Russian Empire
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| - | '''Lev Isaakovich Shestov''', born '''Yehuda Leyb Schwarzmann''' was a Ukrainian/Russian - Jewish [[existentialist]] philosopher. Born in [[Kiev]] ([[Russian Empire]]) on January 31 (February 13) 1866, he emigrated to France in 1921, fleeing from the aftermath of the [[October Revolution]]. He lived in Paris until his death on November 19, 1938. | + | The '''Russian Empire''' ([[History of the Russian language|Pre-reform Russian]]: Россійская Имперія, [[Russian language|Modern Russian]]: Российская Империя, [[Romanization of Russian|translit]]: ''Rossiyskaya Imperiya'') was a state that existed from 1721 until the [[Russian Revolution of 1917]]. It was the successor to the [[Tsardom of Russia]], and the predecessor of the [[Soviet Union]]. It was [[List of largest empires|the second largest contiguous empire]] the world had seen, surpassed only by the [[Mongol Empire]]. At one point in 1866, it stretched from eastern Europe, across Asia, and into North America. At the beginning of the 19th century, Russia was the largest country in the world, extending from the Arctic Ocean to the north to the [[Black Sea]] on the south, from the [[Baltic Sea]] on the west to the Pacific Ocean on the east. Across this vast realm were scattered the Emperor's 176.4 million subjects, the third largest population of the world at the time, after [[Qing China]] and [[British Raj|British India]], but still represented a great disparity in economic, ethnic, and religious positions. Its government, ruled by the Emperor, was one of the last [[Absolute monarchy|absolute monarchies]] left in Europe. Prior to the outbreak of [[World War I]] in August 1914 Russia was one of the five major [[Great Powers]] of Europe. |
| - | == Main Works == | + | |
| - | These are Shestovs most important works, in their English translations, and with their date of ''writing'': | + | |
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| - | * ''The Good in the Teaching of Tolstoy and Nietzsche'', 1899 | + | |
| - | * ''The Philosophy of Tragedy, Dostoevsky and Nietzsche'', 1903 | + | |
| - | * ''All Things are Possible (Apotheosis of Groundlessness)'', 1905 | + | |
| - | * ''Potestas Clavium'', 1919 | + | |
| - | * ''In Job's Balances'', 1923-29 | + | |
| - | * ''Kierkegaard and the Existential Philosophy'', 1933-34 | + | |
| - | * ''Athens and Jerusalem'', 1930-37 | + | |
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The Russian Empire (Pre-reform Russian: Россійская Имперія, Modern Russian: Российская Империя, translit: Rossiyskaya Imperiya) was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia, and the predecessor of the Soviet Union. It was the second largest contiguous empire the world had seen, surpassed only by the Mongol Empire. At one point in 1866, it stretched from eastern Europe, across Asia, and into North America. At the beginning of the 19th century, Russia was the largest country in the world, extending from the Arctic Ocean to the north to the Black Sea on the south, from the Baltic Sea on the west to the Pacific Ocean on the east. Across this vast realm were scattered the Emperor's 176.4 million subjects, the third largest population of the world at the time, after Qing China and British India, but still represented a great disparity in economic, ethnic, and religious positions. Its government, ruled by the Emperor, was one of the last absolute monarchies left in Europe. Prior to the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 Russia was one of the five major Great Powers of Europe.
