Pyotr Lavrov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pyotr Lavrov

Russian academic

Date of Birth: 02-Jun-1823

Place of Birth: Novorzhevsky District, Pskov Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 25-Jan-1900

Profession: military personnel, mathematician, historian, journalist, sociologist, anthropologist, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Pyotr Lavrov

  • Pyotr Lavrovich Lavrov (Russian: ???? ??´?????? ?????´?; alias Mirtov (??????); (June 2 (June 14 N.S.), 1823 – January 25 (February 6 N.S.), 1900) was a prominent Russian theorist of narodism, philosopher, publicist, revolutionary and sociologist. He entered a military academy and graduated in 1842 as an army officer.
  • He became well-versed in natural science, history, logic, philosophy, and psychology.
  • He also became an instructor in mathematics for two decades. Lavrov joined the revolutionary movement as a radical in 1862.
  • His actions led to his being exiled to the Ural Mountains in 1868 from which he soon escaped and fled abroad.
  • In France, he lived mostly in Paris, where he became a member of the Anthropological Society.
  • Lavrov had been attracted to European socialist ideas early on, though at first he did not know how they applied to Russia.
  • While he was in Paris, Lavrov fully committed himself to the revolutionary socialist movement.
  • He became a member of the Ternes section of the International Workingmen's Association in 1870.
  • He was also present at the start of the Paris Commune, and soon went abroad to generate international support. Lavrov arrived in Zürich in November 1872, and became a rival of Mikhail Bakunin's in the "Russian Colony".
  • In Zürich he lived in the Frauenfeld house near the university.
  • Lavrov tended more toward reform than revolution, or at least saw reform as salutary.
  • He preached against the conspiratorial ideology of Peter Tkachev and others like him.
  • Lavrov believed that while a coup d'état would be easy in Russia, the creation of a socialist society needed to involve the Russian masses.
  • He founded the journal Forward! in 1872, its first issue appearing in August 1873.
  • Lavrov used this journal to publicize his analysis of Russia's peculiar historical development. Lavrov was a prolific writer for more than 40 years.
  • His works include The Hegelian Philosophy (1858–59) and Studies in the Problems of Practical Philosophy (1860).
  • While living in exile, he edited his Socialist review, Forward!.
  • A contribution to the revolutionary cause, Historical Letters (1870) was written under the pseudonym Mirtov.
  • The letters greatly influenced the revolutionary activity in Russia.
  • He was called "Peter Lawroff" in Die Neue Zeit (1899–1900) by K.
  • Tarassoff.

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