Lev Gumilev

Lev Gumilev
Лев Гумилёв
Gumilev in 1934
Born1 October [O.S. 18 September] 1912
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died15 June 1992(1992-06-15) (aged 79)
Awards
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionRussian philosophy
SchoolEurasianism
InstitutionsSaint Petersburg State University
Doctoral advisorNikolai Kuehner
Doctoral studentsGelian Prokhorov
Main interests
Philosophy of history, history, ethnology, turkology, cultural studies, geopolitics, religious studies
Notable ideas
Eurasianism, passionarity
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Lev Nikolayevich Gumilev (also Gumilyov; Russian: Лев Никола́евич Гумилёв; 1 October [O.S. 18 September] 1912 – 15 June 1992) was a Soviet and Russian historian, ethnologist, anthropologist and translator. He had a reputation for his highly unorthodox theories of ethnogenesis and historiosophy. He was an exponent of Eurasianism.