Semjon Yulievich Semkovsky
Semjon Juljewitsch Semkowski ( Russian Семён Юльевич Семковский , actually SJ Bronstein ; * March 4th July / March 16, 1882 greg. In Mahiljou , Russian Empire ; † March 18, 1937 , Soviet Union ) was a Soviet philosopher .
Life
Semkovsky was a cousin and close collaborator of Leon Trotsky . He graduated from the Law Faculty of Saint Petersburg University . From 1907 to 1917 he was in exile in Vienna. In 1917 he was one of the organizers of the return of the Russian revolutionaries from Switzerland. In 1918 he went to Ukraine and taught as a lecturer at the University of Kiev and between 1920 and 1922 he was a professor at the Kharkov University . There he founded the first scientific research department of Marxism of Ukraine. In 1929 he became a member of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences . His research focus was the history of philosophy. He published from 1923 to 1926, and in the 1930s fell victim to the Stalinist purges .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Корнилов, Владимир Владимирович: Донецко-Криворожская республика. Расстрелянная мечта. С предисловием Николая Старикова. "Издательский дом" "Питер" "", 2017, ISBN 978-5-496-03067-0 , page 210
- ↑ Semjon Juljewitsch Semkowski in the history of philosophical thought in the Ukraine ; accessed on May 5, 2017 (Ukrainian)
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| SURNAME | Semkowski, Semjon Juljewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bronstein, Semjon Juljewitsch (real name); Семковский, Семён Юльевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mahiljou , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1937 |
| Place of death | Soviet Union |