Abstract
A LEXANDER RADISHCHEV (1749-1802) is known in Russian history principally for his scathing attacks on serfdom and for his moral solution of philosophical problems. Very little known is the fact that he also showed a great deal of interest in the geography of Siberia. This interest stemmed largely from his efforts to forget the distressing fact that he was a political prisoner, banished to Siberia in 1790 by Catherine II for writing A Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Whether intentional or not, this celebrated work struck at the foundations of autocratic rule and its eternal verities. The unfortunate circumstances under which Radishchev made his observations on the
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