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In this article, Andrei Zorin discusses the generational shift in the techniques of self-analysis that occurred in Russia at the turn from the eighteenth to the nineteenth centuries as revealed in the diaries of Andrei Turgenev, a document that has attracted the attention of many scholars but still remains largely unpublished. Young Turgenev was influenced both by his upbringing in the circles of Moscow Freemasons and by the literature of German Sturm und Drang and especially by the early tragedies by Friedrich Schiller. In his self-reflections, his dramatic love story, and his attempts to translate Alexander Pope'sEloisa to Abelardinto Russian, Turgenev demonstrated his quest to resemble his favorite literary characters and the despair caused by his failure to meet these self-imposed standards. Both his quest and his personality as revealed in the diaries can serve as a symbol of the new emotional culture that emerged in Russia and became prevalent there throughout the Romantic age.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF RUSSIA'S EUROPEANIZATION TO 1825 -- 2. EXPOSURE TO EUROPE -- 3. COMMERCE WITH POWER -- 4. THE QUEST FOR TRUE SPIRITUALITY -- 5. WRITING ON THE TABULA RASA -- 6. THE RISE OF LITERATURE AND THE EMERGENCE OF A SECULAR CULT -- 7. THE EUROPEANIZED SELF COLONIZING THE PROVINCES -- CONCLUSION -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index

This paper summarises interviews with scholars from different cities regarding the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Centre, which has been operating in Yekaterinburg since 2015. The interviews not only concern the importance of the Yeltsin Centre as a cultural and research institution, but also historical memory about the Yeltsin era, issues of glorification and hero cults in Russian history, and, more broadly, issues connected with Yeltsin's name. The key topic of the interviews was the peculiar dialectics of freedom and power which manifested themselves so vividly during Yeltsin's life. The interviews took place at different times, yet the structure and logic of the talks were similar, which makes it possible for the journal to publish them as part of one talk. The interviewees were Andrey Zorin (Dr. Hab. (Philology), Professor; Oxford University, United Kingdom), Evgeny Emelianov (PhD (History); Boris Yeltsin Presidential Centre, Yekaterinburg), Elena Burlina (Dr. Hab. (Philosophy), Professor; Samara State Medical University), Boris Orlov and Irina Lisovets (PhDs (History); Ural Federal University). ; Настоящая статья суммирует материалы бесед с учеными из разных городов на тему о работающем с 2015 г. в Екатеринбурге Президентском центре Б. Н. Ельцина. Беседы эти касались не только актуальной значимости Ельцин-центра как культурной и научной институции, но и исторической памяти о ельцинской эпохе, проблем глорификации и культа героя в отечественной истории и – в широком смысле – тех вопросов истории России, которые связаны с именем Ельцина. Лейтмотивом беседы была проблема своеобразной диалектики свободы и власти, столь ярко проявившейся в истории жизни Ельцина. Интервью были проведены в разное время, но структура и логика их были одинаковыми, а потому журнал публикует данные материалы в форме единой беседы, хотя реплики участников были разнесены во времени. В обсуждении приняли участие доктор филологических наук, профессор Андрей Зорин (Оксфордский университет, Великобритания), кандидат исторических наук Евгений Емельянов (Президентский центр Б. Н. Ельцина), доктор философских наук, профессор Елена Бурлина (Самарский государственный медицинский университет), кандидаты философских наук Ирина Лисовец и Борис Орлов (Уральский федеральный университет).