Russia of To-Day From the German of Baron E. Von Der Brüggen (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Russia of to-Day: From the German of Baron E. Von Der Bruggen
Russian influence in the affairs of European States has been growing steadily for a hundred years-it received a check only when the formation of the German Empire confined the dominating influence of Russia's physical power on the European continent within certain limits. This new order in the balance of European powers has, to a considerable extent, benefited England, whose greatest political opponent has been for some time Russia.
England's position with regard to Russia differs from that of other European powers towards this semi-European Eastern Empire chiefly in this, that whilst they, at the present time, lay greater stress upon their economic relations with the great export country of raw materials, England has more especially to face a political rival. Nevertheless, the cultural and economic conditions of Russia must be of the greatest interest to the English politician, as much with regard to commerce as in order to enable him to gauge correctly the political power of which Russia disposes to-day and upon which she may possibly count in the future. In the present volume I have endeavoured to depict, as briefly as possible, the economic, social and administrative foundations upon which the Russian State edifice is resting to-day, and which, under normal conditions, ought to correspond to the measure of her external power. The English public, less influenced by Russian securities than, for example, the French, will, I presume, be all the better qualified to pass an unbiassed judgment.
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