PHILOSOPHER

Alexander Men

1935 - 1990

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Alexander Vladimirovich Men (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Мень, romanized: Aleksandr Vladimirovich Men'; 22 January 1935 – 9 September 1990) was a Soviet Russian Orthodox Church priest, dissident, scholar of theology and the Bible, and author of works on theology, history of religion, the fundamentals of Christian doctrine, and Orthodox worship. He wrote dozens of books, including his magnum opus, History of Religion: In Search of the Way, the Truth and the Life (from 1970 onward). Its seventh volume, Son of Man (1969) introduced Christianity to thousands of Soviet citizens. He baptized hundreds of people, founded an Orthodox open university in 1990, established one of the first Sunday schools in the USSR, and created a charity group supporting the Russian Children's Hospital. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Men is the 1,095th most popular philosopher (down from 1,035th in 2019), the 1,631st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,444th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Russian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Alexander Men ranks 1,095 out of 1,267. Before him are Julián Marías, Clémence Royer, Theodor Benfey, Cleopatra the Alchemist, John Scott Haldane, and Eugenio Garin. After him are Jean Cavaillès, Ivan Kireyevsky, Abdel Rahman Badawi, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, and Tadeusz Kotarbiński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Alexander Men ranks 316. Before him are Milorad Milutinović, Sandy Koufax, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Pjetër Arbnori, Hanna Krall, and Nancy Kovack. After him are Alfredo Hernández, John Patrick Foley, Aulis Sallinen, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Roberto Ferreiro, and Enzo Jannacci. Among people deceased in 1990, Alexander Men ranks 193. Before him are Heitor Canalli, Katalin Karády, Irving Wallace, Erna Berger, Giorgio Ghezzi, and Julijans Vaivods. After him are Edmond Delfour, Cemal Süreya, Marino Morettini, Juliet Berto, Kenjiro Takayanagi, and Walter Bruch.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Men ranks 1,631 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Esenin-Volpin (1924), Vladimir Lisin (1956), Aleksandr Golovin (1863), Carl Neumann (1832), Aleksey Koltsov (1809), and Alexander Gradsky (1949). After him are Ivan Yarygin (1948), Natalya Bondarchuk (1950), Viktor Savinykh (1940), Vladimir Solovyov (1946), Ivan Kireyevsky (1806), and Yuriy Voynov (1931).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Russia

Among philosophers born in Russia, Alexander Men ranks 25. Before him are Konstantin Leontiev (1831), Alexander Zinoviev (1922), Vasily Rozanov (1856), Evald Ilyenkov (1924), Ivan Aksakov (1823), and Boris Parygin (1930). After him are Ivan Kireyevsky (1806), Albert Razin (1940), Aleksei Losev (1893), Geydar Dzhemal (1947), and Semyon Frank (1877).

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