From Pushkin to Putin: Russian Literature’s Imperial Ideology

“Once you begin to look for it, you’ll find Russian literature chock full of imperialist discourse, romanticized conquest and cruelty, and silence about the consequences,” Volodymyr Yermolenko, Director of Analytics at Internews Ukraine and UkraineWorld, about imperialist narratives, opposition to democracy and Euro-American freedom in Russian literature and culture.