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Research Seminar: The Enlightenment on the Margins? Russia’s Libertine Century
Research Seminar: The Enlightenment on the Margins? Russia’s Libertine Century
Igor Fedyukin Associate Professor of History, ShanghaiTech University The Enlightenment on the Margins? Russia's Libertine Century The public perception of eighteenth-century Russia is dominated by the imagery of sexual license and debauchery, as two recent mini-series featuring Hellen Mirren and Elle Fanning, respectively, recently reminded us. Yet, amazingly, what we actually know about Russia's age of […]