Russia through the eyes of Bismarck. Vlasov N.

In our country, Bismarck attributes many phrases that he did not pronounce in reality. It is easy to guess that we are talking about compliments to Russia. This can be explained by the fact that in the Russian mass consciousness the “Iron Chancellor” acquired the status of an authoritative “no other” - a person who was negative about Russia as a whole, but respected, was afraid and involuntarily admired the outstanding qualities of our country and the people. Since this respect and admiration was not based on sympathy, it appears as an extremely objective judgment.

But what did Bismarck think about Russia, with which so much was connected in his life and politics? How did he relate to the Russian people, the state, how did he assessed the power of the country in the international arena? Did he consider Russia to be invincible, and the war with it is a disaster for Germany? On the pages of the presented book based on a thorough analysis of the extensive case of the statements of the Iron Chancellor, an answer is given to these and many other questions.