Napoleon on Cossacks

Thu Jul 12 12:31:50 UTC 2012

The French version of the prophesy is "D'Ici à cinquante ans, toute l'Europe sera républicaine ou cosaque."  It seems to be from the Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène.

Mark R. Pettus, Ph.D.
Department of Slavic
Languages & Literatures
Princeton University

On Jul 11, 2012, at 7:01 PM, Toman, Jindrich wrote:

Dear Seelangers: At some point Napoleon allegedly made the prophesy that in one hundred years Europe would be either French or Cossack. Is anyone familiar with a source for this?

Many thanks for suggestions from a colleague involved in footnoting...

--Jindrich Toman

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