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Alexander Herzen
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Russian author, philosopher, and revolutionary (1812–1870)

Also known as: Alexander Iwanowitsch Herzen, A. H., Aleksandr Herzen, Alexander Gerzen, Alexander Ivanovich Herzen, Alexander Iwanowitsch Gerzen

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Known works

  • Letters from France and Italy, 1847-1851 (1995)
  • Byloe i dumy (1921)
  • Mysli ob iskusstve i literature (1987)
  • Gert͡s︡en i Ogarev v krugu rodnykh i druzeĭ (1997)
  • Liberalizm i sot︠s︡ializm--Zapad i Rossii︠a︡