Ideas and representatives of the Russian world: Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev

Mochalov Evgeny Vladimirovich

The article attempts to identify and systematically investigate the historiosophical views of one of the most prominent poets of the XIX century – Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev. Considering the epistolary heritage of the poet, his journalism, the author of the article came to the conclusion that Tyutchev can rightly be attributed to one of the first ideologists, creators of the concept of the Russian world. The article focuses on the analysis of Tyutchev's understanding of the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russia and in Europe, and Russia's place in world civilizational processes. The relevance of Tyutchev's judgments for modern Russia is particularly noted. A significant place in the article is given to the consideration of Tyutchev's place in the context of Slavophilism. In addition, the role and significance of the epistolary heritage in the poet's work are substantiated. The article contains an analysis of a number of significant assessments of Tyutchev made by authoritative historians of Russian philosophy. among them are Mikhail Maslin and Anjey Valitsky.

Keywords:Russian world, Orthodoxy, Russia, civilization, West, Church, Europe, Slavs, revolution.