Позволь мне найти тебя. Как обрести любовь

Balalaika, vodka, a man with an axe, Ivan the Terrible — these images of Russia are well known. But did the West perceive our country exclusively as an antiverse and an "empire of evil"? Not at all, throughout all times there have been those for whom Russia was a model to emulate, those who placed their hopes on us for the future of civilization. "The future lies on the shores of the Neva" — thus wrote a French aristocrat in the 19th century. This book is dedicated to that benevolent and interested opinion. Was the West ready to accept such an image of Russia? And what does it mean to love Russia in a French way?