Anti-German sentiment (or Germanophobia) is defined as a fear or hatred of Germany, its people, and the German language. 19th century Russia In the 1860s Russia experienced an outbreak of Germanophobia, mainly restricted to a small group of writers in St. Petersburg who had united around a right wing newspaper. It began in 1864 with the publication of an article by a writer using the pseudonym "Shedoferotti" who proposed that Poland be given autonomy and that the privileges of the German barons… (More on Germanophobia)