world famous names Mikhail Ilyin, N. Berdiaev, P. Sorokin, S. Bulgakov.All these Russian people, thinkers and philosophers who have become exiles their homeland.These and many other representatives of the Russian intelligentsia fled Russia in the autumn of 1922 forced.Philosophy Ship - is the collective name given to the two vessels went from Russia to Germany on board which have been expelled from the country's intellectuals, who did not accept the Bolshevik ideology.
Recently there were publications and documentaries showing that philosophical steamer - is an invention of the Bolsheviks, that is not really so much a person has been sent.But the main purpose of hype to Western government believed that in Europe headed opponents of the Bolshevik regime.And in fact, there were spies, scouts, who were to prepare the ground for the world revolution, which then dreamed of Russian Social-Democrats.
turn to the facts.In the early 20-ies in Russia established an authoritarian regime headed by Lenin.Political life was under full control, carried out high-profile cases against the SRs and Mensheviks, formed a unified ideological system.But the cultural and spiritual life is like beyond this single policy.Silver Age, to designate a surge in art, philosophical and scientific thought, by inertia continued to develop.Intellectuals, free-thinking, the ability to critically evaluate the communist ideology, is a danger to the emerging regime.Read "Heart of a Dog", you will be more clear-minded people on the situation at the time.
In this environment, All-Russian Central Executive Committee passed a law "On administrative expulsion," the logical culmination of which was the philosophical steamer.1922 was marked by arrests of intellectuals suspected of counter-revolutionary tendencies, which rose to a choice of either "voluntary" departure or prison or even execution.
According to the memoirs of Nikolai Berdyaev, it is clear that the processing carried out "voluntary" immigrants.Having spent a week in prison, Berdyaev signed receipt that he would not return to their homeland.Otherwise I would have been shot.A similar process took place many moons Nikolai Alexandrovich.
throughout Russia formed the lists of objectionable for the new government.Among them were doctors, agronomists, engineers, artists and philosophers.Recently made a special contribution to the world of philosophy, sociology, political science.
Total philosophical steamer took from Russia about 200 of its best representatives.Tracing the journey of life many people, we understand that they were honest people, not rich, for most of them, emigration has not been easy, and until the end of the day they were Russian in spirit.The ordeal that befell Russia in 1941-1945., Will not leave indifferent expelled from the country.As the forces they helped Motherland and the Soviet army in the fight against fascism.
vessel, which expelled immigrants, called "philosophical steamer."1922 was the last for them in Russia.The only exception is the religious philosopher and historian Lev Karsavin.At the end of the 20s he moved to Lithuania, which soon became part of the Soviet Union.In 1950, Leo Platonovich was arrested at the age of 68 years on charges of anti-Soviet conspiracy and sentenced to 10 years in prison.He died in prison.
These are the facts.Perhaps philosophical boat and drove a few people who played the role of double agent.However, the fact that does not change.It is important to realize that the ship was the result of a philosophical struggle for control of the company, it has been eliminated as a result of Russia's best minds.
