u/SvitlanaLeo

Dmitry Pisarev, one of the most influential inspirers of the Russian Revolution and a forerunner of Nietzscheanism according to the English Wikipedia, remains widely known in Russia as the author of a key essay on Ostrovsky’s "The Storm." While frequently mentioned in school textbooks, this work is rarely read in its entirety. This is hardly surprising, considering it features a wild racist passage:

>"...the Russian man belongs to the highest, Caucasian race; therefore, all the millions of Russian children, untouched by the crippling elements of our national life, are capable of becoming both thinking people and healthy members of a civilized society."

People prefer not to recall this passage today. Which is a pity.