Russia From a Hungarian Perspective. Lajos Thallóczy's Study “Russia and Our Country”
Journal: RussianStudiesHu
Year: 2023

In many respects, the work of the historian Lajos Thallczy, published in 1884 under the title Oroszorszg s haznk [Russia and Our Country]," stands out from the Russia-related studies and writings of his time.The great virtue of this volume is that, in addition to travel experiences, the author also draws on primary Russian archival sources and presents the Tsarist Russia of the 1880s from a wide variety of perspectives, while always keeping the Hungarian point of view in mind.The focus of his at