| Show HOW HISTORY IS DISTORTED russian textbook text book shows curious in stance ane of ram Tam paring pring with french history Hl tory reasons ol of church chuoc h state or other policy have frequently caused the scholars of 0 one country to tamper ith the history of 0 another with which it has been baen intimately connected A curious instance or of such a dW distortion of french history was that thai found in ili a russian textbook used in ili all russian public schools and edited by a great russian scholar the following may be cited as an illustration louls louis XVI was a good and peaceful king atter after a long and famous reign in which he be was wag happy in his choice of minister of nuance finance he liel quietly in paris beloved by all his ais people afis death was caused by a hemorrhage the successor success suc cesor or or louis XVI was his son louls during his reign the brave royala roya parmy ruly commanded by general napoleon bonaparte captured th the larger pait ot of the european contingent for the n french ench crown but the faithless napoleon showed tendencies toward misusing his power and was suspected of 0 harbo harboring dishonest schemes tures against the legitimate luler with the help or tits his mili majesty estY the emperor and autocrat it if all tile the Ruas Ru islas lBs his lii plaus were frustrated aud and he was dep hed ot of all his big possessions honors awl and rights to a pen pension sini ile he was thun thin exiled to the I 1 slant island 0 of st Il helena eletia where he died the sunday magazine |
