Antithesis «Russia-West» in Foreign Policy Views of Russian Conservatives of the Mid 19th Century (on Fedor Tutchev`s Concept)

The article is devoted to foreign policy views of Russian conservatives mid 19th century. On the concept of F. Tutchev, one of the biggest personalities of Russian conservatism, the author explores the problem of the historic confrontation between Russia and Western Europe, a theme which became prevalent in the doctrine of foreign policy of Russian conservatives of the 19th century.

conservatism, foreign policy, public opinion, geopolitics, Slavic unity