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Lev Vygotsky

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Lev Vygotsky

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Also known as Lev Semyonovich Vigotsky

Soviet psychologist (1896-1934)

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Lev Vygotsky was a Soviet psychologist who studied how children learn and develop, emphasizing the importance of social interaction and cultural context in shaping human thinking. His ideas—developed in the early 20th century and influential today—challenged the view that learning is purely individual, instead suggesting that relationships with others and cultural tools like language fundamentally shape how our minds work.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Lev
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Orsha
Place of death
Moscow
Occupation
anthropologist
Educated at
Moscow City People’s University
Employer
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Languages spoken
Russian
Doctoral student
Leonid Zankov
Field of work
literary studies
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Lev-Semyonovich-Vygotsky-1896-1934.jpg
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relative
David Vygodsky
place of burial
Novodevichy Cemetery
cause of death
tuberculosis
date of birth
1896-11-17
date of death
1934-07-11
Commons category
Lev Vygotsky
medical condition
tuberculosis
manner of death
natural causes
student
Natalia Menchinskaya
birth name
Лев Симхович Выгодский
influenced by
Benedictus de Spinoza
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Lev Vygotsky
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Encyclopedic overview

Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky (Russian: Лев Семёнович Выготский, IPA: [vɨˈɡotskʲɪj]; Belarusian: Леў Сямёнавіч Выгоцкі; November 17 [O.S. November 5] 1896 – June 11, 1934) was a Russian and Soviet psychologist, best known for his work on psychological development in children and creating the framework known as cultural-historical activity theory. After his early death, his books and research were banned in the Soviet Union until Joseph Stalin's death in 1953, with a first collection of major texts published in 1956. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Vygotsky as the 83rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century.

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