M. O. Gershenzon Archive

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Rare photos of Mikhail Osipovich Gershenzon's family and letters from Gershenzon. Gershenzon (1869-1925) was an important scholar and philosopher of Russia's Silver Age; a mystic, he believed in the power of the "cosmos" to bring unity to the world and happiness to the individual. These rare photos and letters describe the life of a Russian intellectual in the decade before and after the October Revolution.

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: A group photo at RAKhN (Russian Academy of Art Sciences)

: A group photo taken at M.O Gershenzon's wake in 1925

: Invitation card to an evening of lectures in memory of M.O. Gershenzon, March 20, 1925

: M. O. Gershenzon and family (restored)

: M.O. Gershenzon and his golden retriever Zor'ka

: M.O. Gershenzon and his wife Maria Borisovna Gershenzon and his baby son Aleksandr

: M.O. Gershenzon and his wife Maria Borisovna Gershenzon (nee Gol'denveizer)

: M.O. Gershenzon with his children

: Portrait of M.O. Gershenzon as a young scholar

: Portrait of M.O. Gershenzon's wife, Maria Borisovna Gershenzon (nee Gol'denveizer)