ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book demonstrates the close connection between politics and perceptions of history. The images of the French Revolution were interwoven with Russian political life. The perception of the French Revolution was not stable and changed in accordance with political development. The book shows how the perception of the past depended on the political situation of the present. In a case where a country has comparative political stability, especially when combined with nonexistent political life historical knowledge is usually disseminated either through big scholarly monographs, or through philosophical treatises and literary essays. The book demonstrates that politicians, especially during dramatic political events such as the Russian Revolution of 1917, pay little attention to the "advice of history" and choose from history only those items that suit their particular needs.
