The origins and meaning of Russian communism

The book "The origins and meaning of Russian communism" was conceived by N.A. Berdyaev in 1933 and is one of the most famous books of the philosopher. Molded as a reaction to numerous articles in a foreign press, according to the author, distorted the history of ideological and religious struggle in Russia in a revolutionary era, it was addressed primarily to Western readers, unfamiliar with Russian history. In the fascinating, accessible form of Berdyaev discusses in detail the history of revolutionary thought in Russia, the formation and nature of the Russian intelligentsia, Slavophilism and Westernism, socialism and nihilism, population and anarchism, the role of Russian literature of the 19th century in the development of revolutionary thought and, finally, direct prerequisites for revolution 1917 of the year