Moscow Old and New (A Travelogue “La Russie en 1839” by Astolphe Custine and a New Understanding of Russia)
I have just finished reading the book “Empire of the Czar” (A Journey Through Eternal Russia in 1839) by the Marquis de Custine, Copyright @1971 Princeton University Press, Published by Doubleday, New York, 1989. Listen to the song Old Russia The book was banned in Russia, where even discussion of it was forbidden. Why? Because…