Russian intelligentsia

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The Russian intelligentsia was a socially conscious, educated class of writers, thinkers, and professionals in Imperial Russia known for its critical stance toward autocracy and its influential role in cultural and political life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intelligentsia ⓘ
social class ⓘ
advocatedFor emancipation of the serfs ⓘ
expansion of civil rights ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
conceptualizedAs moral conscience of society ⓘ
continuedAs Soviet intelligentsia ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
developedFrom educated elite of the Russian Empire ⓘ
emergedInContextOf decline of serfdom ⓘ
growth of universities in Russia ⓘ
modernization of the Russian Empire ⓘ
fieldOfActivity education ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
literature ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political activism ⓘ
hasCharacteristic cosmopolitan ⓘ
critical of autocracy ⓘ
culturally influential ⓘ
educated ⓘ
morally idealistic ⓘ
often alienated from state power ⓘ
often oppositional to the tsarist regime ⓘ
politically engaged ⓘ
secularizing influence ⓘ
socially conscious ⓘ
hasNotableMember Alexander Herzen ⓘ
Andrei Sakharov ⓘ
Anton Chekhov ⓘ
Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
Mikhail Bakunin ⓘ
Nikolai Chernyshevsky ⓘ
Petr Lavrov ⓘ
Pyotr Kropotkin ⓘ
linked to: Peter Kropotkin

Vissarion Belinsky ⓘ
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
includesProfession artists ⓘ
clergy sympathetic to reform ⓘ
doctors ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
journalists ⓘ
lawyers ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
university professors ⓘ
writers ⓘ
influenced Russian cultural life ⓘ
Russian literature ⓘ
Russian philosophy ⓘ
Russian political movements ⓘ
Russian revolutionary movements ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
Russian Orthodox moral tradition ⓘ
Western European liberal thought ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
romantic nationalism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
location Imperial Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian Empire
opposed censorship in the Russian Empire ⓘ
tsarist autocracy ⓘ
playedRoleIn Russian Revolution of 1905 ⓘ
Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
relatedConcept intelligentsia ⓘ
selfImage critic of power ⓘ
servant of the people ⓘ
socialOrigin nobility ⓘ
seminary-educated clergy ⓘ
urban middle classes ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vladimir Kovalevsky → associatedWith → Russian intelligentsia ⓘ
Arbat District → historicalSignificance → associated with Russian intelligentsia ⓘ
linked to: Russian intelligentsia
Pyotr Chaadayev → influenced → Russian Westernizers ⓘ
linked to: Russian intelligentsia
Vera Figner → partOf → Russian revolutionary intelligentsia ⓘ
linked to: Russian intelligentsia