The book presents the memoirs and correspondence of one of the largest Russian scientists, an outstanding philologist, historian of Ancient Rome, the second half of the XIX – early XX centuries, an enlightener, publicist and public figure (whose opinion was listened to and whose assessments were afraid of the authorities). His thoughts and generalizations, conclusions and assessments of the situation in Russia are more relevant than ever, they make it possible to look impartially at our present, based on the invaluable experience of the past and offer a possible option for the development of the future.
The circle of interests of the scientist is extremely wide – philology, linguistics, literature history and modernity – ancient civilizations and Russia, the problems of the relationship of Russophiles and Ukrainophiles, issues of education and the prospects for the development of the pedagogical system. The book will be interesting to both specialists studying these aspects of science and political science, as well as a wide range of readers.
Memoirs and epistolary heritage of V.I. Modestov is supplemented by memories of him the largest n …
Author
Modestov Vasily Ivanovich
Editor
Telitsyn Vadim Leonidovich
Publisher
Principle, 2014
Genre
Essays, letters, essays
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