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Pyotr Chaadayev
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Russian philosopher (1794-1856)
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Pyotr Chaadayev was a Russian philosopher and politician born in Moscow in 1794. He was educated at Imperial Moscow University and worked within the field of philosophy. His intellectual development was influenced by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling. Chaadayev wrote in the Russian language and held citizenship in the Russian Empire, to which he also owed allegiance.
He received the Pour le Mérite and the Kulm Cross for his service. Chaadayev died in Moscow in 1856 from pneumonia, a result of natural causes. He is buried at Donskoe cemetery. His life and work have been documented in sources such as the Nordisk familjebok, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the Russian Biographical Dictionary.
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Key facts
- Born
- Pyotr Yakovlevich Chaadayev , ( 1794-06-07 ) June 7, 1794, Moscow , Russian Empire
- Died
- April 26, 1856 (1856-04-26) (aged 61), Moscow, Russian Empire
- Awards
- Pour le Mérite (1812), Order of Saint Anna , 4th class (1812), Kulm Cross (1812)
- Education
- Imperial Moscow University
- Era
- 19th-century philosophy
- Region
- Russian philosophy
- School
- Christian philosophy
- Main interests
- Philosophy
- Notable works
- Les lettres philosophiques (1836)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pyotr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Imperial Moscow University
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Award
- Kulm Cross
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Image
- Chaadaev portrait.jpeg
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- Commons category
- Pyotr Chaadayev
- date of death
- 1856-04-14
- date of birth
- 1794-05-27
- place of burial
- Donskoe cemetery
- allegiance
- Russian Empire
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- influenced by
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
- different from
- Petr Chaadaev
- described at URL
- www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/c/chaadaiev.htm
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Pyotr or Petr Yakovlevich Chaadayev (Russian: Пётр Я́ковлевич Чаада́ев; also spelled Chaadaev; 7 June [27 May O.S.] 1794 – 26 April [14 April O.S.] 1856) was a Russian philosopher. He was one of the Russian Schellingians.
Chaadayev was born in Moscow into a wealthy noble family. He interrupted his education to join the military and served with distinction in the Napoleonic Wars. Chaadayev wrote eight "Philosophical Letters" about Russia in French between 1826 and 1831, which circulated among intellectuals in Russia in manuscript form for many years. They comprise an indictment of Russian culture for its laggard role far behind the leaders of Western civilization. He cast doubt on the greatness of the Russian past, and ridiculed Orthodoxy for failing to provide a sound spiritual basis for the Russian mind. He extolled the achievements of Europe, especially in rational and logical thought, its progressive spirit, its leadership in science, and its leadership on the path to freedom.
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