La Russie en 1839
Book by French author Marquis de Custine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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La Russie en 1839 (French for Russia in 1839) is a 1843 book by French author Marquis de Custine. Highly critical of Russia, it was banned there during the era of the Russian Empire.
Due to this work, Custine was later dubbed by some historians as "the de Tocqueville of Russia".[1]
Custine in this work coined the description of Russia as the prison of the peoples.[2]