Russia is known as one of the most popular country thanks to its ethnicity, rich heritage, architectural wonders, and legendary leaders.This country is also home of some of the world’s greatest intellectuals and academicians who have influenced the life of many people across the globe in many ways. There are many intellectuals of Russia and I will be telling you about three of them. The names of these three famous Russian Intellectuals are Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Leo Tolstoy.
One famous Russian Intellectual that I will be telling you about it is Vladimir Lenin. Born as Vladimir Ilich Ulanov on April 10th, 1870 in Simbirsk, which was later renamed Ulyanovsk in his honor. He was a communist philosopher founder of the Soviet Republic, …show more content…
More and more he saw a party and government that had strayed far from its revolutionary goals. He then issued what came to be called his Testament, in which he remorse over the dictatorial power that dominated Soviet government. On March 10th, 1923, Vladimir health was hit with an additional stroke he had then suffered for a long time. This stroke taking away his ability to speak and concluding his political work. Around ten months later he had one last stroke in January 21, 1924, that took his life. He had passed away that evening in the village now known as the Gorki Leninskiye. In a testament to his standing in Russian society, his corpse was embalmed and placed in a mausoleum on Moscow’s Red Square.
Another famous Russian Intellectual was Leon Trotsky byname of Lev Davidovich Bronshtein. Leon was born on November 7th, 1879 in Bereslavka, Ukraine. He was one of the key revolutionaries in the history of Russia who fought alongside the likes of Lenin for the liberation of the working class from the dominating regime of monarchy. Chosen the Commissar of War he helped to defeat the forces that were opposed to Bolshevik …show more content…
Leo was born on September 9th, 1828 in Tula Province, Russia. He was a well known writer, a recognized moralist, and a distinguished social reformer. Leo is highly remembered as the greatest Russian literary giant who gave the world some of the most remarkable piece of writings. In the 1860’s he wrote his first great novel named War and Peace. His second best novel came out in 1873, and the name of that was Anna Karenina. One of his most successful works later on was The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Leos novels today are considered amongst the finest literary works. Most of his stories are built around his memories of his own childhood. Even though he had an emotionally hard early life, much of his later life was built around moralistic and ascetic views. During quiet periods while Tolstoy was a junker in the Army, he also worked on an autobiographical story called Childhood. In this he wrote some of his own childhood memories which was then his very first published work. Amazingly Leo still managed to continue writing while at battle during the Crimean War. Once that war ended and he had left the army he then returned back home to Russia. There he found himself in high demand on the St. Petersburg literary scene. Being the way he is he refused to ally himself with any particular intellectual school of thought. Declaring himself an anarchist he left to Paris in 1857. There he
One famous Russian Intellectual that I will be telling you about it is Vladimir Lenin. Born as Vladimir Ilich Ulanov on April 10th, 1870 in Simbirsk, which was later renamed Ulyanovsk in his honor. He was a communist philosopher founder of the Soviet Republic, …show more content…
More and more he saw a party and government that had strayed far from its revolutionary goals. He then issued what came to be called his Testament, in which he remorse over the dictatorial power that dominated Soviet government. On March 10th, 1923, Vladimir health was hit with an additional stroke he had then suffered for a long time. This stroke taking away his ability to speak and concluding his political work. Around ten months later he had one last stroke in January 21, 1924, that took his life. He had passed away that evening in the village now known as the Gorki Leninskiye. In a testament to his standing in Russian society, his corpse was embalmed and placed in a mausoleum on Moscow’s Red Square.
Another famous Russian Intellectual was Leon Trotsky byname of Lev Davidovich Bronshtein. Leon was born on November 7th, 1879 in Bereslavka, Ukraine. He was one of the key revolutionaries in the history of Russia who fought alongside the likes of Lenin for the liberation of the working class from the dominating regime of monarchy. Chosen the Commissar of War he helped to defeat the forces that were opposed to Bolshevik …show more content…
Leo was born on September 9th, 1828 in Tula Province, Russia. He was a well known writer, a recognized moralist, and a distinguished social reformer. Leo is highly remembered as the greatest Russian literary giant who gave the world some of the most remarkable piece of writings. In the 1860’s he wrote his first great novel named War and Peace. His second best novel came out in 1873, and the name of that was Anna Karenina. One of his most successful works later on was The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Leos novels today are considered amongst the finest literary works. Most of his stories are built around his memories of his own childhood. Even though he had an emotionally hard early life, much of his later life was built around moralistic and ascetic views. During quiet periods while Tolstoy was a junker in the Army, he also worked on an autobiographical story called Childhood. In this he wrote some of his own childhood memories which was then his very first published work. Amazingly Leo still managed to continue writing while at battle during the Crimean War. Once that war ended and he had left the army he then returned back home to Russia. There he found himself in high demand on the St. Petersburg literary scene. Being the way he is he refused to ally himself with any particular intellectual school of thought. Declaring himself an anarchist he left to Paris in 1857. There he