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csp-102	Sokolov, Sergei V.	Between Barbarism and Progress: Enlightenment Historical Writings on a Major Conflict in Russian History	2020	19	.pdf	application/pdf	9349	550	56	The discourse on Russian barbarism had been known in Europe since at least 16th century, but Enlightenment thinkers gave it a new shape by juxtaposing the ancient conception of barbarism with the rather modern idea of progress. Napoleon himself on Saint Helena claimed that “the courage of the French was defeated by frost, the fire of Moscow and Russian barbarism” (Segur, 1859, p. 311).	cache/csp-102.pdf	txt/csp-102.txt