perhaps also not-so-curiously lacking is also any mention of orthodox christianity as part of the worldviews presented; russians as a whole are presented as bei

perhaps also not-so-curiously lacking is also any mention of orthodox christianity as part of the worldviews presented; russians as a whole are presented as being proto-communists and ultra-rationalist: for example: "In England, utilitarianism supported moderate liberalism, but by the 1860s Russians took it as proof of revolutionary socialism." .. you know, umm.. except for the ones that didn't. not to mention that marx and his 'dialectical materialism' was published from london, etc. Tolstoy's faith (though clearly not always in agreement with the church) is here simply a 'personal' one which magically appeared in a vacuum. etc.