Lev Gumilev
Soviet historian, ethnologist, and anthropologist (1912–1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Lev Gurilyov.
Lev Nikolayevich Gumilev (also Gumilyov; Russian: Лев Никола́евич Гумилёв; 1 October [O.S. 18 September] 1912 – 15 June 1992) was a Soviet and Russian historian, ethnologist, anthropologist and translator. He had a reputation for his highly unorthodox theories of ethnogenesis and historiosophy. He was an exponent of Eurasianism. According to geographer Mark Bassin, Lev Gumilev, whose books have now sold millions of copies, can be compared in terms of influence to Herodotus, Karl Marx, Oswald Spengler or Albert Einstein.[1]
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Gumilev.
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Лев Гумилёв | |
Born | 1 October [O.S. 18 September] 1912 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Died | 15 June 1992(1992-06-15) (aged 79) Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Russian philosophy |
School | Eurasianism |
Institutions | Saint Petersburg State University |
Doctoral advisor | Nikolai Kuehner |
Doctoral students | Gelian Prokhorov |
Main interests | Philosophy of history, history, ethnology, turkology, cultural studies, geopolitics, religious studies |
Notable ideas | Eurasianism, passionarity |
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