Abstract

The life of T.N. Granovskii, which spanned the years 1813 to 1855, has been seen by Soviet historians of thought in various perspectives. His career as a teacher of medieval and world history at Moscow University between 1839 and 1855, his few publications, and most of all, his friendships with N.V. Stankevich, A.I. Herzen, V.G. Belinskii, and N.P. Ogar?v have attracted the comments of Soviet scholars. Despite their differing vantage points, they have gradually fashioned a consistent view of the significance to be accorded to Granovskii's life. The present inquiry has been designed to focus attention upon the following general areas: the extent to which Granovskii's philosophy of history was related to that of Leopold von Ranke, the definition of 'universal history' to which the former subscribed, and the influences which the German philosophers, Schelling and Hegel, exerted upon Grano vskii. Finally, a suggestion will be made as to Granovskii's impact upon Soviet historiography. In modern biographies, Granovskii has been acclaimed as the represen tative of Hegelian thought in Russia, as the founder of Russian historiogra phy concerned with medieval Europe, and as a highly politicized, though cautious, intellectual.1 Moreover, one of the outstanding characteristics which Soviet observers attribute to Granovskii stems from their contention

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