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Vissarion Belinsky
(1811-1848)
Russian literary critic
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Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky (Russian: Виссарион Григорьевич Белинский, Vissarión Grigórʹyevich Belínskiy, June 11 [O.S. May 30] 1811 – June 7 [O.S. May 26] 1848) was a Russian literary critic of Westernizing tendency. Belinsky played one of the key roles in the career of poet and publisher Nikolay Nekrasov and his popular magazine Sovremennik. He was the most influential of the Westernizers, especially among the younger generation. He worked primarily as a literary critic, because that area was less heavily censored than political pamphlets. He agreed with Slavophiles that society had precedence over individualism, but he insisted the society had to allow the expression of individual ideas and rights. He strongly opposed Slavophiles on the role of Orthodoxy, which he considered a retrograde force. He emphasized reason and knowledge, and attacked autocracy and theocracy.

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11 June 1811
Sveaborg, Finland
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7 June 1848 (aged 36)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Zodiac Gemini
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