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The Russian Intelligentsia: from Men of Ideas to Men of Convictions*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Vladimir C. Nahirny
Vladimir C. Nahirny
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Hunter College of the City University of New York
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The oppressive regime of Nicholas I witnessed the rise of the free-lance literati in Russia. Estranged from the state and divested of status in the official hierarchy, they turned their youthful energies and talents into intellectual pursuits. The generation of the “remarkable decade” represented the crowning point of this emancipatory development. While contrasting cultured Moscow before 1812 with that which he left in 1847, Herzen's heart throbbed with joy and satisfaction:

We have made tremendous strides forward. In those days there was a society of the discontented — that is, of those who have been left out, dismissed, or laid on the shelf; now there is a society of independent people.

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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , July 1962 , pp. 403 - 435
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1962

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