Review on:] Teresa Obolevich Semyon Frank, Lev Karsavin and the Eurasians. Moscow, Modest Kolerov Publishing House, 2020 (Studies on the History of Russian Thought, vol. 24.) 304 p.

Abstract

K. Ermishina’s review of Teresa Obolevich’s Semyon Frank, Lev Karsavin and the Eurasians (Pontifical University of John Paul II, Krakov, 2020) highlights the strengths and shortcomings of Obolevich’s presentation of the figures of the Eurasinist movement. The author of review states that a thorough investigation of Eurasianism should not only be conducted on the basis of personal letters exchanged by members of the movement living in different locations, but that is necessary to incorporate formal manuscripts and published work for proper research of the movement and its authors, since only articles and books fully express the ideas of the Eurasianists. The author of review does not support the research position, refers Frank to “Russian European” and the Eurasianists as the deniers of Western culture. The review highly appreciates Obolevich’s work with archival sources and the use of rich personal correspondence from the archives of Russia, Europe and the United States.