Prison of the peoples

Prison of the nations (Russian: Тюрьма́ наро́дов) is a phrase first used by Vladimir Lenin in 1914. He applied it to Russia, describing the national policy of that time.[1] The idea of calling Russia a prison is based on Marquis de Custine's book La Russie en 1839.

References
  1. Brandenberger, David (2002). National Bolshevism: Stalinist Mass Culture and the Formation of Modern Russian National Identity, 1931-1956. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674009066.
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