How Tolstoy Can Save Putin’s Soul

Wise Counsel

If Putin preferred Tolstoy over Dostoevsky, what a happier, more peaceful place Ukraine would be right now.

Published May 10 2014 5:45AM EDT

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The drama being played out right now in Russia and Ukraine isn’t merely geopolitical. It’s a deep-seated drama of the national soul that’s been around for centuries.

Andrew D. Kaufman

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How Tolstoy Can Save Putin’s Soul

If Putin preferred Tolstoy over Dostoevsky, what a happier, more peaceful place Ukraine would be right now.

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Andrew D. Kaufman