title: Balkans in the Works of the Russian Writer Konstantin Nikolaevich Leontyev andHis Story “P His Story “P s Story “Pink”
abstract: Konstantin Nikolaevich Leontiev (1831-1891) occupied a unique place in the history of social thought in the 19 th Century Russia. He was an ultra-conservative political philosopher, literary critic and novelist. After working as a doctor in Crimea, he entered the Russian diplomatic service and worked for eight years as a consular official in the island Crete and in the Balkans. K. N. Leontiev’s bestknown novel is “Pink”. This novel describes a love story between a Gypsy girl and an Albanian rule