French Revolution and its role in formation of conservative tradition in Russia

The article considers the influence of the revolutionary events in France in 1779–1794 on the formation of Russian conservatism. The authors show the perception of the Russian conservatism representatives of the reasons and outcome of the revolution in the light of the ideological and cultural contacts between Russia and France in the second half of the XVIII th – early XIX th century. The article analyses the formation of the image of France in the conservative circles of Russia in the first half of the XIX th century.

Russian conservatism, revolution, public thought, Russian-French relations