Russian Enlightenment

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The Russian Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Russia that adapted and spread European Enlightenment ideas—such as rationalism, secular education, and legal and social reform—within the context of the Russian Empire.

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Generate an image of the Russian Enlightenment (The Russian Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Russia that adapted and spread European Enlightenment ideas—such as rationalism, secular education, and legal and social reform—within the context of the Russian Empire.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural movement ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
intellectual movement ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
field education ⓘ
law ⓘ
literature ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political thought ⓘ
science ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Westernization ⓘ
legal reform ⓘ
literary innovation ⓘ
philosophical debate ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
scientific inquiry ⓘ
secular education ⓘ
secularization ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
hasPart Freemasonry in Russia ⓘ
linked to: Masonic lodges

Moscow University foundation ⓘ
St Petersburg Academy of Sciences activity ⓘ
charter to the nobility ⓘ
charter to the towns ⓘ
codification of laws ⓘ
codification projects under Catherine II ⓘ
debates on education of women ⓘ
debates on enlightened absolutism ⓘ
debates on natural law ⓘ
debates on religious tolerance ⓘ
debates on serfdom ⓘ
development of Russian classicism in arts ⓘ
development of Russian moral philosophy ⓘ
development of Russian periodicals ⓘ
emergence of public intellectuals ⓘ
formation of Russian public sphere ⓘ
growth of secular book publishing ⓘ
growth of secular historiography ⓘ
noble education reforms ⓘ
reforms of Catherine the Great ⓘ
reforms of Peter the Great ⓘ
salon culture at the imperial court ⓘ
secularization of education ⓘ
spread of deist and skeptical ideas ⓘ
state-sponsored scientific expeditions ⓘ
translation of European works ⓘ
influenced Russian educational reforms ⓘ
Russian historiography ⓘ
Russian legal reforms ⓘ
Russian literature ⓘ
Russian philosophy ⓘ
Russian political thought ⓘ
Russian secular culture ⓘ
Russian social thought ⓘ
development of Russian universities ⓘ
influencedBy European Enlightenment ⓘ
mainRegion Russia ⓘ
startTime 18th century ⓘ

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Denis Diderot → influenced → Russian Enlightenment ⓘ
Yekaterina Alekseyevna → associatedWith → Russian Enlightenment ⓘ
Nikolai Karamzin → movement → Russian Enlightenment ⓘ
Mikhail Speransky → movement → Russian Enlightenment ⓘ
Vasiliy Karazin → movement → Enlightenment in Eastern Europe ⓘ
linked to: Russian Enlightenment
Cameron Gallery → era → Russian Enlightenment ⓘ
Elizabeth Petrovna → era → Russian Enlightenment ⓘ
Letters of a Russian Traveller → associatedWith → Russian Enlightenment ⓘ
Moscow Journal → historicalContext → Russian Enlightenment ⓘ
Russian classicism → follows → Early Russian Enlightenment ⓘ
linked to: Russian Enlightenment
Russian classicism → relatedTo → Age of Enlightenment in Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian Enlightenment
Palace of the Empress Catherine the Great → historicalPeriod → Age of Enlightenment in Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian Enlightenment
Mikhail Lomonosov → movement → Russian Enlightenment ⓘ