Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolay Chernyshevsky

Russian revolutionary democrat, materialist philosopher, critic, and socialist (1828-1889)

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1828

Place of Birth: Saratov, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1889

Profession: writer, economist, journalist, literary critic, philosopher, novelist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (24 July [O.S.
12 July] 1828 – 17 October 1889) was a Russian revolutionary democrat, materialist philosopher, editor, critic, and socialist (seen by some as a utopian socialist).
He was the leader of the revolutionary democratic movement of the 1860s, and had an influence on Vladimir Lenin, Emma Goldman, and Serbian political writer and socialist Svetozar Markovic.