A Herzen Reader

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A Herzen Reader

Edited and translated from the Russian with an introduction by Kathleen Parthe

With a critical essay by Robert Harris

A Herzen Reader

A

HERZEN

READER

Edited and translated from the Russian with an introduction by Kathleen Parthe

With a critical essay by Robert Harris

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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS EVANSTON, ILLINOIS

Northwestern University Press www.nupress.northwestern.edu

Copyright © 2012 by Kathleen Parthe. Critical essay copyright © 2012 by Robert Harris. Published 2012 by Northwestern University Press. All rights reserved.

This book was published under the auspices of the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation TRANSCRIPT Programme to Support Translations of Russian Literature.

Printed in the United States of America

10 987654321

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Herzen, Aleksandr, 1812-1870.

[Selections. English. 2012]

A Herzen reader / edited and translated from the Russian with an introduction by Kathleen Parthe ; with a critical essay by Robert Harris. p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-8101-2847-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Herzen, Aleksandr, 1812-1870. 2. Russia—History—1801-1917. 3. Russia— Politics and government—1801-1917. 4. Socialism—Russia—History—19th century. 5. Intellectuals—Soviet Union. I. Parthe, Kathleen. II. Harris, Robert (Robert Neil) III. Title. DK189.H42 2012 947.°73—^dc23

2012026561

©The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1992.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments ix Introduction

Kathleen Parthe xi

A Note on the Text xxxiii

A Herzen Reader

On the Development of Revolutionary Ideas in Russia

[1851/1858] 3

The Free Russian Press in London [1853] 27

St. George's Day! St. George's Day! [1853] 30

An Announcement About The Polestar [1855] 36

A Letter to Emperor Alexander the Second [1855] 41

A Note on "The Correspondence Between N. Gogol and

Belinsky" in The Polestar [1855] 45

Forward! Forward! [1856] 46

Baptized Property [1857] 5¹

The Bell: A Supplement to The Polestar [1857] 54

A Preface to The Bell [1857] 55

Venerable Travelers [1857] 58

Revolution in Russia [1857] 61

To Flog or Not to Flog the Peasant? [1857] 65

A Letter Criticizing The Bell [1858] 67

Lackeys and Germans Refuse Permission [1858] 69

Censorship Is on the Rise [1858] 71

Logophobia [1858] 72

July 1, 1858 [1858] 73

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A Letter to the Empress Maria Alexandrovna [1858] We Stand Accused [1858] A Bill of Indictment [1858] VERY DANGEROUS!!! [1859] Political Dinners in Moscow [1859]

The Supreme Council of Moscow University Pharisees [1859] The Year i860 [i860]

Count Viktor Panin's Speech to the Deputies [i860]

Letters from Russia [i860]

Five Years Later [i860]

Down with Birch Rods! [i860]

Konstantin Sergeevich Aksakov [i86i]

On the Eve [i86i]

Friends and Comrades! [i86i]

The Bell, Kovalevsky, Kostomarov, a Copy, and Cannibals [i86i] The Abuse of a Fiftieth Anniversary [i86i] Russian Blood Is Flowing! [i86i]

The Smell of Cigars and the Stench of the State Council [i86i]

April i2, i86i (The Apraksin Murders) [i86i]

Petersburg University Is Shut Down! [i86i]

A Giant Is Awakening! [i86i]

Bakunin Is Free [i86i]

Concerning the Assaults on Students [i86i]

The Cannon Fodder of Liberation [i862]

Jubilee [i862]

Academic Moscow [i862]

Young and Old Russia [i862]

Journalists and Terrorists [i862]

A Chronicle of Terror [i862]

A List of People Subject to Arrest by the Government Upon Their Return from Abroad [i862]

The Celebration of the Millennium [i862]

Land and Liberty [i863]

A Lament [1863] 1853-1863 [1863]

The Proclamation "Land and Liberty" [1863] 1831-1863 [1863]

What Kind of Government Does Russia Have? [1863]

The Volga Manifesto and Russia in a State of Siege [1863]

I. Kelsiev and N. Utin [1863]

Gallows and Journals [1863]

At This Stage [1863]

Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin [1863]

Scandal, Soot, a Candle Snuffer, etc. [1864]

The Furies [1864]

They've Gone Completely Out of Their Minds [1864] N. G. Chernyshevsky [1864] VII Years [1864]

Government Agitation and Journalistic Police [1864] 1865 [1865]

A Letter to Emperor Alexander II [1865]

To Our Readers [1865]

The Serno-Solovyovich Case [1865]

Russia Is Still Burning [1865]

As the Year Comes to an End [1865]

Our Future Peers and Our Former Anglomaniacs [1865]

Nicholas the Orator [1865]

The First Ban, the First Warning, the First Trial! [1865] Serf Owners [1866]