The reader will find a concise survey of the history of Swiss tutors and governesses in Russia. The rest of the article deals with one particular case of a Swiss tutor who, after his departure from Russia, wrote a very polemical work on the country.
Keywords: history, image of Russia, swiss tutors, education, private and public education
Link: Bandelier A., Rjeoutskij V. The «Republican» Fornerod : Swiss tutor against Russian propaganda // Annuaire d'études françaises 2011. Т. 43: Les précepteurs francophones en Europe aux XVIIe – XIXe siècles / Annual of French Studies 2011 : French-Speaking Tutors in Europe of the 17th – 19th Centuries.М. P. 265-293.