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Herzen
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Herzen (Russian) [ˈgjɛrtsən]
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(Biographies / Herzen, Aleksandr (Ivanovich) (1812-1870) M, Russian, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Aleksandr (Ivanovich) (alɛkˈsandr iˈvaːnovitʃ). 1812-70, Russian socialist political philosopher: best known for his autobiography My Past and Thoughts (1861-67)
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In 1863, the Russian democratic E[umlaut]migrE[umlaut] thinker Alexander Herzen, commenting on the brutal crushing of the Polish uprising by the Tsarist army, wrote in his publication Kolokol that acceptance of violence on the streets of Warsaw meant the acceptance of violence on the streets of St Petersburg.
Old problem on China's new frontier by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
After the revolutions had been thoroughly mopped up and the revolutionaries sent packing (mainly to England, then as now a refuge for subversives from other countries), Alexander Herzen, the Russian radical, produced an essay addressed to his son called "From The Other Shore," in which he wrote: Modern man only builds a bridge.
Springtime of their discontent by Waugh, Septimus / The American Conservative
The man Alexander Herzen described as "a blue-eyed giant with a leonine head and a tousled mane" entranced crowds across Europe with his erudition and warmly inflected voice.
A rugged utopian: a new biography tries to save a Russian anarchist ... by Conlogue, Ray / Literary Review of Canada
 
 
 
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