Who is considered the leading theoretician of Russian nihilism?
Nikolay Chernyshevsky
Leo Tolstoy
Aleksandr Herzen
Dostoevsky
Answer
Nikolay Chernyshevsky was a Russian writer, philosopher, and social activist who is considered to be the leading theoretician of Russian nihilism. He was a proponent of utopian socialism and advocated for the abolition of private property and the establishment of a communist society. He was also a critic of the Russian Orthodox Church and the autocracy of the Russian Empire.
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