Fathers and Sons - Ivan Turgenev: How does nihilism challenge the conservative order of nineteenth-century Russia?

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Cultural Studies - East European Studies, University of North Florida, language: English, abstract: Since the uprising of the Decembrists in 1825, Russia had to deal with recurrent insurgence and turmoil due to popular Russian discontent with the prevailing Tsarist system, missing human rights, inequalities, and poverty. During the Crimean War between 1853 and 1856, Russia tried to expand its territory at the expense of the Ottoman Empire; however, th...