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The year 1797 began for Radishchev with the usual generous gift from Count Vorontsov — five hundred rubles. Then there was the news, weeks late, of Catherine the Great’s death and her son Paul’s accession to the throne. There is no indication that Radishchev had any inkling of what the new reign would shortly mean for him. As he wrote Vorontsov early in January, “The Emperor begins his reign by acts of kindness. May Heaven favor him in all his enterprises. People already bless his reign. The recruits have returned to their hearths. He who trembled at being torn from the arms of his parents is overcome with joy, and a joy as great as it was unexpected. Ah ! how sweet to see once again the places that saw our birth ... Ah ! how cruel to hope often in vain.”1
O most glorious people! Your descendants will surpass you in glory by their fine, godlike bravery.
Radishchev, Ancient Songs.
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McConnell, A. (1964). Return to Russia. In: A Russian Philosophe Alexander Radishchev 1749–1802. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-3375-1_12
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