Abstrakt:
In this article, the author develops a thesis that History of Holly Russia, one of the works of the great illustrator of Bible and classic literature, Gustave Dore, is not only the reflection of the social opinion of Russia in the middle of 19th century, but according to the famous Martin Malia’s book Russia under Western Eyes, it can also tell something about the French society of this time; for instance, about social attitudes or burning issues of the French society in the days of the Crimean War.