title: Russian-Slovak Contacts: From Alexander I until the Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century
abstract: The article deals with the most significant cases of Russian-Slovak cultural and scholarly connections in the nineteenth century, starting from the first mentions of inclusion of Slavs into the programs of Decembrists to 1870s when Slovaks came to study at Russian universities. The researchers’ attentions is concentrated mostly on the perception of Slovaks in Russia and their image in the Russian society. First, the researchers identified the basic stages in the development of Russian-Slovak con
journal: Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences