WALLS AT BORDERS
"Of all the Russian czars, Nicholas II (reigned 1894-1917) may have been the most intensely nationalistic. He allowed only Russian to be spoken by his ministers, read only Russian authors, attended only performances of Russian music. Determined to keep the czardom off-limits to European thinking and culture, he once proposed erecting an electrified fence around Russia. Aides talked him out of it."
Bruce Felton, What Were They Thinking, The Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, Connecticut, 2003, page 36
Painting by Ernest Lipgart - 1900s
Questions:
Are you in favor of walls at our borders?
Did you celebrate when the Berlin Wall came down?
What was the Great Wall of China all about?
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