Pyotr Lavrov

Pyotr Lavrov (born June 14 [June 2, old style], 1823, Melekhovo, Russia—died Feb. 6 [Jan. 25, old style], 1900, Paris) was a Russian Socialist philosopher whose sociological thought provided a theoretical foundation for the activities of various Russian revolutionary organizations during the second half of the 19th century. A member of a landed family, he graduated from an artillery school in St. Petersburg in 1842 and taught mathematics at military schools in St. Petersburg from...