The Philosopher's Steamboat. 100 years in exile
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The Philosopher's Steamboat. 100 years in exile
9.99 €
We expelled these people because there was no reason to shoot them, and it was impossible to tolerate them. - L. Trotsky.
In May 1922, V. I. Lenin proposed to replace the use of the death penalty for those actively opposing Soviet power with deportation abroad: All these are obvious counter-revolutionaries, accomplices of the Entente, the organization of its servants and spies and molesters of student youth. It is necessary to put things in such a way that these "military spies" are caught and captured constantly and systematically and sent abroad.
In the autumn of 1922, several huge liners sailed off the coast and took the best people of their era into eternal exile. Among them were Russian philosophers like Berdyaev and Ilyin, and great poets of the Silver Age like Zinaida Gippius.
F. Stepun wrote: One winter and one summer coat, one suit, two pieces of all underwear, two day shirts, two night shirts, two pairs of pants, two pairs of stockings. Gold objects, precious stones, except for wedding rings, were forbidden for export; even crosses had to be removed from the neck. Among other things, it was permitted, however, to take a small amount of currency, if I am not mistaken, at $20 per person; but from where to get it, when prison and, in some cases, even the death penalty were imposed for its possession.
What was the fate of these people? What were they thinking when they left a country they didn’t need? You will learn about all this from the book, which was composed by the memoirs of philosophers, historians and writers who went into eternal exile on “philosophical steamers”.
In May 1922, V. I. Lenin proposed to replace the use of the death penalty for those actively opposing Soviet power with deportation abroad: All these are obvious counter-revolutionaries, accomplices of the Entente, the organization of its servants and spies and molesters of student youth. It is necessary to put things in such a way that these "military spies" are caught and captured constantly and systematically and sent abroad.
In the autumn of 1922, several huge liners sailed off the coast and took the best people of their era into eternal exile. Among them were Russian philosophers like Berdyaev and Ilyin, and great poets of the Silver Age like Zinaida Gippius.
F. Stepun wrote: One winter and one summer coat, one suit, two pieces of all underwear, two day shirts, two night shirts, two pairs of pants, two pairs of stockings. Gold objects, precious stones, except for wedding rings, were forbidden for export; even crosses had to be removed from the neck. Among other things, it was permitted, however, to take a small amount of currency, if I am not mistaken, at $20 per person; but from where to get it, when prison and, in some cases, even the death penalty were imposed for its possession.
What was the fate of these people? What were they thinking when they left a country they didn’t need? You will learn about all this from the book, which was composed by the memoirs of philosophers, historians and writers who went into eternal exile on “philosophical steamers”.
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