Russia Dispatch: Turgenev Dissed Russia but Is Still Lionized as Literary Star by Touchy Kremlin The Russian government celebrates the writer Ivan Turgenev even though it scorns many of his negative views of his homeland and his embrace of Western, liberal values. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Wilson Harris, Guyanese Writer of Intricate Novels, Dies at 96Trilobites: ‘Rewilding’ Missing Carnivores May Help Restore Some LandscapesAll 7 U.S. Troops Aboard Helicopter Killed in Crash in IraqRemember Rex Tillerson? The Secretary of State’s Changing RoleCanada Struggles as It Opens Its Arms to Victims of ISISA Conversation With Louise Penny: The Canada Letter