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# Nikolay Karamzin on false opinions in chronicles and the memory of the dead
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- Published: 2024-07-31T09:38:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:43:46.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books

Cold ashes of the dead have no defender but our conscience: all is silent around the ancient grave! Its deep stillness is broken only by the blessings or the curses of those who pass by and read the inscription on the tomb. What if we slander these ashes; what if we unjustly torment the memory of a man, believing false opinions admitted into the chronicle through folly or enmity?

Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin