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I'm not confused about why he thought western Russia was "barbarous." I'm confused why there are more spots of "enlightenment" there than any other country desp
by tboyd47 3y ago
I'm not confused about why he thought western Russia was "barbarous." I'm confused why there are more spots of "enlightenment" there than any other country despite being mostly "barbarous."
- HarryHirsch 3y agoYou find "enlightenment" in urban centers like Odessa, St Petersburg, Moscow and Kiew. The spot furthest east could be Kazan. And in the very East of Poland there's Warsaw. The rest of the vast country is rural and Orthodox. The Baltic is enlightened, but as soon as you get to Vilna and Minsk it gets suspicious.