Napoleon & Russia

Napoleon Bonaparte• Born in 1769• Climbs military ranks• Napoleonic Era begins 1799 • Crowned emperor in 1804• Failed Invasion of Russia,

1812• Exiled from France to Elba

and St. Helena(BBC)

Raskolnikov and NapoleonSimilarities:

• Indifferent • Proud• Cunning• Detached• Kills for personal

gain

“Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.”– Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes…)

Raskolnikov and Napoleon Differences:

• Ordinary v. Extraordinary

• Guilt v. Total Indifference

1812 French Invasion of Russia

• Height of Napoleon’s power• 600,000 French v. 160,000 Russians• French gradually deteriorated • Napoleon retreats, defeated(Kagan et al.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W1Wi2U9sQ

Russian Nationalism

• Decembrist Revolt 1825• Growing humanitarian movement

(abolitionists?)• Tension with Tsar• Reforms• Limiting of the Aristocracy(Kagan et al.)

Raskolnikov’s “Reform”

• Nationalism as justification• Changed society • His own Emancipation Reform?

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