"Russia was a slave in Europe but would be a master in Asia."
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

January 1, 1970

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ExistentialistsEditorsFyodor DostoyevskyEastern Orthodox ChristiansPeople from Moscow
Original Language: English

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As quoted in "Dilemmas of Empire 1850-1918: Power, Territory, Identity" by Dominic Livien in Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 34, No.2 (April 1999), pp. 180