Evald Ilyenkov

Evald Ilyenkov was a Soviet philosopher and psychologist who wrote in Russian. He was educated at Moscow University's Department of Philosophy and worked for the Institute of Philosophy. His field of work included dialectical logic, epistemology, and the theory of knowledge. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was associated with continental philosophy.

His notable works include *Dialectical Logic* and *Intelligent Materialism*. Ilyenkov participated in the Eastern Front during World War II. He received the Order of the Patriotic War, the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", the Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", and the Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR". He died by suicide in Moscow in 1979 and is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.