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Kolokol

Russian newspaper

Also known as: “The Bell”

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Herzen

In Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen: Life in exile.
…in 1856, and a newspaper, Kolokol (The Bell), created in 1857 with the aid of his old friend Ogaryov, now also an émigré. Herzen’s aim was to influence both the government and the public toward emancipation of the peasants, with generous allotments of land and the liberalization of Russian society.…
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