Did Rabbi Nachman Say Russia Will Be Destroyed? Eh…

“In Megilat Setarim, R. Natan and R. Naftali reveal the order of the arrival of the Redeemer. It is known that our master (Rabbi Nachman) said; ‘In the future, nothing will remain of the great Russia except for a small mound and a small tree’. “

Source: Siach Sarfei Kodesh [compilation of oral Breslover traditions] vol. 3, KC, p 49 (“KC”?)

But the book itself is considered mostly unreliable...

Besides, I don’t see any date here or even a rough period.

Also, does he perhaps mean a burial mound [I can’t see the Hebrew], and if so, of whom? Is (the) Ukraine (then) a part of Russia (called what?)…?

So many questions…

Again, “Siach Sarfei Kodesh” is considered mostly unreliable (although I have no doubt some of it is at least valuable based on its penetrating content). A “traditional”, family-rooted Breslover once told me about a third of it is true, but refused to tell me who\what supplied that fraction, or based on what.

See more on all this at Kotzk Blog here…