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Ivan Ilyin
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Russian political philosopher (1883–1954)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1883-04-09 ) 9 April 1883, Moscow , Moscow Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 21 December 1954 (1954-12-21) (aged 71), Zollikon , Switzerland
- Alma mater
- Moscow State University
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Political and religious philosophy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ivan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Zollikon
- Occupation
- jurist
- Educated at
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- Russian
- Student of
- Pavel Novgorodtsev
- Field of work
- opinion journalism
- Image
- Iljin02.jpg
- Work location
- Moscow
- Political ideology
- Russian fascism
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- date of birth
- 1883-03-28
- date of death
- 1954-12-21
- place of burial
- Donskoy Monastery
- Commons category
- Ivan Ilyin
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- writing language
- Russian
- time period
- contemporary philosophy
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Encyclopedic overview
Ivan Alexandrovich Ilyin (Russian: Иван Александрович Ильин, romanized: Ivan Aleksandrovich Il'in; 9 April [O.S. 28 March] 1883 – 21 December 1954) was a Russian jurist, religious and political philosopher, publicist, orator, and a far-right thinker.
Ilyin began his career as a political writer during the failed 1905 Russian Revolution; by the February Revolution of 1917, which he later saw as a "temporary disorder", he shifted towards liberalism, and by October he became a radical right opponent of democracy. October Revolution, in his view, marked a "national catastrophe". This conviction led him to oppose the Bolshevik regime. As a white émigré journalist, he aligned himself with Slavophile beliefs and emerging as a key ideologue of the Russian All-Military Union. This organization firmly believed that force stood as the sole means through which the Soviet regime could be toppled.
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