The official booklet of The Year of Alexander Zinoviev 2012

2. THE YEAR OF ALEXANDER
ZINOVIEV 2012
Russian Blueprint for Resisting
In 2012 the whole thinking world is obscurantism, superimposed choice, an
celebrating the 90th anniversary of the absence of any alternative and the
birth of Alexander Alexandrovich Zinoviev manipulation of history. It is the path of
– logician, philosopher, sociologist, writer, resistance to the planned global control
ideologist, outstanding citizen of Russia. of the human evolutionary process.
The world is discovering for itself the His creed is the pursuit of truth,
phenomenon that is Alexander Zinoviev, whatever the cost. His formula is service to
Renaissance man, one of the most the truth. His standard is the acme of
alluring, intriguing individuals of the 20th intellectual ratiocination. His world is the
and beginning of the 21st Centuries, a sphere of society, to a study of whose laws
hero of our time, while being a man ahead he devoted himself wholeheartedly. His
of his time… heroic feat was to throw down the gauntlet
Alexander Zinoviev is the first to an all-powerful Leviathan. His fate was the
theoretician of humankind in its era of tragedy of a Russian genius and prophet
global awakening. He devoted his whole who was banished from his Fatherland. His
life to the study of the intellectual, social epoch is the great turning point in
and civic awakening of humanity, and of humankind’s evolutionary process. His
its principal driving force: reason. His intellectual tradition of teaching people to
legacy focuses on the preservation and think in a new way is his uncompromising
development of the “comprehension search for a social and civilised alternative
factor”, which allows the individual to evolutionary path in today’s world.
comprehend mankind’s social existence According to his fundamental law it is only
and helps him to survive in the world of possible to remain human by going against
today as an independent and free- the current.
thinking human being. After all, only “man Zinoviev's path is that of a New Man
ignites the flame of reason and there is no whose moral code is grounded in the
substitute for this miracle”. following values:
The life of Alexander Zinoviev offers a DIGNITY,
Russian blueprint for resisting social
entropy and ideological manipulation, the JUSTICE,
global dumbing down of people’s minds, CREATIVE WORK
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3. «The prayer of the believing «Calamity»
atheist»
«That day is bad luck, THEY`ll take you
«It's been proved by cyclotrons away.
And so it must be true, Maybe forever or for one day.
The world is full of electrons THEY`ll silently do it for people to look.
And chromosomes - not YOU. You like it or not, but you are on the hook
And so you don't exist, oh God, Your mother won’t weep and your father
You're just a priestly lie; won’t see,
But all the same, I pray you, God, Your friends will not fight THEM to let you
Exist for me - please try! go free
You may not be omnipotent, Colleagues will not scream indignation
Omniscient, all-blest, and shame
Farsighted and benevolent, All will look away and live all the same.
Forgiving and the rest. To Nowhere alone from friends you will
It's not a big request I make, part
So do your best for me: Nobody will keep your words in his heart»
All-seeing be, for goodness' sake,
I pray you, God, please see. Alexander Zinoviev
Just see, that's really all I want, «The Madhouse», 1978–1979
Just that and nothing more.
Just keep an eye on what goes on,
On who's against, who's for.
That's all you've got to do, oh Lord,
There's nothing else to say;
All else besides can be ignored «The friendship with
Save what I do, what They.
I'll make concessions if you want: Zinoviev enriched my life in
If you can't watch it all, many senses. He’s a
Watch one per cent of what goes on,
POET
Just that and nothing more. unique person, and his
We need someone to watch this world, genius shows in his ability
So that's why I insist
And roar and scream and rant to explain with few words
Oh Lord!! the essence of our world,
Not pray – demand:
Exist!! why everything happens
I whisper,
I croak:
and where it leads to…
Exist He’s the only one to have
Oh Lord!!!
I pray,
that genius gift. I adore
Not demand, him, he’s a great man»
Exist!!!!»
Alexander Zinoviev Mstislav Rostropovich,
«Gospels for Ivan», 1988 Cellist, conductor (RF)
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4. Philosophical Problems of only with the help of various logical
many-valued logic calculi, methods, conceptions, trends, etc.
To accomplish this the very problems of
«Every scientific theory is two-valued logic have to be expanded and reoriented
or in general n-valued in the sense that relative to the tradition which has been
logical symbols 'and', 'or', 'if...then...', etc., built up in logic. We have tried to show the
are used in it, and the rules of deduction possibilities which can be discovered
can be defined and justified in logical already in the analysis of the most
theories in which two or generally n truth fundamental concepts and principles of
values are attributed to the propositions. logic if they are regarded as means of
Thus the choice of one or another system describing the properties of scientific
of definitions depends on the properties knowledge»
of the object domain studies and on the Alexander Zinoviev, 1967
conditions of its knowledge»
«As to the rise of many-valued logic, it «The Comprehension Factor»
aims (among other problems) at giving a
wider and more exact description of the «The comprehension factor in my
LOGICIAN
lows of scientific thinking, and at rendition (my teaching) is radically
accounting also for the progress of different from every other existing
science in this respect, but it in no way teaching of this sort that I know of – as a
denies the laws of classical logic. It denies whole as well as detail-wise. All such
only the claim of some representatives of disciplines – or teachings (including
traditional logic for a final completeness Marxism) are conceived as compilations
of formal logic and for the independence of intellectual materials penned by a
of its laws from the progress of variety of authors. What I propose is a
knowledge» theory with a singular organic
Alexander Zinoviev, 1960 conceptual structure (non-compilatory),
organised as a whole in accordance with
the rules of my own logical conception»
Foundations of the logical theory of Alexander Zinoviev, 2006
scientific knowledge
«Thus, the logical theory of scientific
knowledge is not a special science,
different fro, and paralled to logic. It is
simply that part (or aspect) of logic which
makes it possible for the formal apparatus
of logic to be counted precisemy as an
apparatus of logic and not of any other
science. It explains the basis on which this
apparatus is set up, the direction of
«Reading Zinoviev is
development of it, and paths of using it in a remedy against the
the describing and perfecting of the
language of science»
freezing of our society»
«It is our view that one can construct a Max Gallo,
theory of scientific knowledge adequate Writer, historian, politician, member of
to the practice of contemporary science French Academy (France)
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5. Intellectology introduce them, and nobody has any
PHILOSOPHER
practical need for anything of the sort»
«In this part of the book I give a Alexander Zinoviev, 2006
popular description of my research in
what I call the logical aspect of human About the sense of life
intellectual activity, or logical intellect. I
use the term «intellectology» for referring «The phenomenon defined by the
to the scientific discipline that studies expression ‘the sense of life’ is an
logical intellect. As for its subject area, ideological phenomenon that means
intellectology combines everything that one pertaining to masses.
pertains to logic (which studies the nature A human taken as an individual can
of cogitation), ontology (which studies have objectives in his life, not the sense
the nature of being) and epistemology of it. The individual has the sense of life
(which studies the nature and scope of as a part of a mass that carries certain
knowledge)... I consider logic, ontology ideology. The sense of life is a state of an
and epistemology to be different facets of individual that makes him a part of
a single discipline – a science that studies something historically grandiose».
the following three aspects of the human Alexander Zinoviev
intellect simultaneously: language, being
and knowledge» Life on Earth
Alexander Zinoviev,
«The Comprehension Factor», 2006 ««I do not believe in the existence of
other planets but the Earth inhabited by
living and sentient creatures. Life in
The Future of the human general and humanity in particular are
intellect unique and inimitable phenomena.
Should they reach extinction on Earth, the
«The masters of the new world do Universe shell forever remain dead and
not need an evolved intellect. It is quite soulless».
beyond their comprehension. Partial or Alexander Zinoviev for «The International
local applications of intellect are Book of Peace», Munich, 1990
commonplace; however, they do not go
beyond the narrow boundaries of
particularities and do not affect the The loneliness
summary state of human intellect in any
way. Intellect in my understanding has «The individual becomes a loner once
never been studied scientifically with he dares to become human»
the application of all resources Alexander Zinoviev
available. It remains a terra incognita, a
material for bulk verbiage and «As for me, the philosopher
demagoguery. I have no knowledge of
whether the situation is going to Alexander Zinoviev belongs
improve or not. Most likely, the to the old spiritual tradition of
improvements will be insignificant and
without any mass success. Principal the great Russian literature»
changes in foreseeable future are right Georges Nivat,
out of the question. There is no one to Historian, translator, slavist (France)
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6. «The Yawning Heights» «The Global human anthill»
«Let's tot up the balance sheet, «Our XX century was probably, as for
Chatterer said to himself. Just a summary the destiny of humans, peoples, ideas,
of accounts. But a vital one. social systems and civilizations, the most
What is the foundation of the dramatic in history of humanity. But it was
foundations of human existence? Alas, the also a century of human passions and
answer is a commonplace. It's been clear grief, a century of hope and despair, of
from the very start. Why did I have to live illusions and insights, of seductions and
my life through to be sure of it? I don't disappointments, of joy and woe, of love
know. and hatred…
I know only one thing: truth is the Maybe it was the last truly human
foundation of any truly human epoch, one to be replaced by centuries of
existence. The truth about oneself. The super-human or post-human history, one
truth about others. The battle for truth bare of hope and despair, bare of illusions
and against it is the most ferocious and and insights, of seductions and
profound battle fought in society. And disappointments, bare of joy and woe, of
from now on the level of development love and hatred»
of society, from the point of view of its Alexander Zinoviev, 1982
humanity, will be defined by the degree
of truth it allows.
This is the first, the most primitive of
evaluations. When people achieve a
WRITER
certain minimum level of truthfulness,
they will advance other criteria. But
everything begins from there»
Alexander Zinoviev
«The Yawning Heights», 1976.
Translated from the Russian «"The Yawning Heights" is
by Gordon Clough the first book of the XXI
century»
«Homo Sovieticus» Wladimir Dimitrijevic, publisher and
«This book is about Soviet Man.He is a founder of "L'Age d'Homme",1978
new type of man, Homo Sovieticus. We
will shorten him to Homosos. I have a
dual relationship zith this new being: I «Alexander Zinoviev is one
love him and at the same time I hate him; of the greatest modern
I respect him and I despise him. I am
delighted with him and I am appalled by
writers insofar as pure
him. I myself am a Homosos. Therefore I literature is concerned,
am merciless and cruel when I describe
him. Judge us, because you yourselves will
perhaps the greatest»
be judged by us» Eugene Ionesco,
Alexander Zinoviev, 1981 playwright (Romania)
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7. The Reality of Communism Colonial democracy
«Marxism makes a distinction «Colonial democracy in a country is
SOCIOLOGIST between the lowest stage of Communism
which is Socialilm and the highest which
is full Comunism... It is reckoned that
society has not yet achieved this highest
stage.
not a result of the natural evolution of
its innate historical conditions and laws.
It is something artificial imposed on this
country by external force contrary to its
potential and evolutionary tendency
…I shall ignore the Marxist distinction that was inbuilt historically. It is kept
between Socialism and Comunism as a afloat by colonial measures.
purely ideological phenomenon. I shall The country chosen for colonization
examine the type of society that is is lead into a state of affairs of complete
dominant in the USSR and a number of inability to exist on its own. From
other countries as the actual embodiment military point of view, the country is
of the aspirations of the classical Marxists demilitarized to the point when
and of all the, the Marxist sense, resistance becomes unthinkable.
progressive thinkers of the past» The armed forces have the function
Alexander Zinoviev, of keeping down the protests of the
«The Reality of Communism», 1981 population and suppressing eventual
uprisings. National culture is vulgarized
into a pittance. Masses are fed with the
Global Supra-society surrogate of democracy made of
absence of discipline, of low level
«Global supra-society is formed not controls by authorities, cheap
after the mould of western societies, but entertainment, debauchery and laissez-
after the mould of supra-societies. It has faire, of scale of values that free the
western supra-societies in the process of individuals of any moral self-
formation as its components. These containment»
components are fit into one whole by Alexander Zinoviev
upper strata of the global supra-society – «The West. The phenomenon of
«society of the second order» on the Westernism», 1995
world scale. This stratum rules the today’s
humanity, not a bunch of the superrich.
The instant when the global supra-
society has appeared the very type of the
evolutionary process has changed: the
degree and the scale of understanding of «Let’s admit that we
historical events have reached such level haven’t yet adequately
that chaotic evolutionary process was
replaced by the evolution both planned studied the society we live
and managed» and work in»
Alexander Zinoviev, Yuri Andropov,
«On the way to Supra-society», 1988 Secretary of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union, Head of the KGB (USSR)
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8. A Thinker's Palette on an infinite and invisible horizon, captives
of the immutable. Add to that a baroque,
«...ugly, and wretched society with which albeit often manneristic emphasis created by
the artist has broken... There is something the juxtaposition of contrasted colours of a
grotesque in the sardonic, merciless satire of bitter-sweet quality, and the physical
events which could as well have occurred distortions of humans and animals, especially
elsewhere, even in the United States or horses, whose bodies are given the clean,
France. Thus the compelling vision of plastic elongations...
Chernobyl: the evocative power of this .. these paintings have a visionary power
apocalyptic composition goes far beyond the that fires both the soul and the mind.
accident and calls into question the whole of
uncontrolled science. The world has become a set of situations
The sharp, sparing lines formed without to be fathomed, and the key is given by an
excessive flourishes, are sometimes uncovered tragic vein which is rooted in the
deliberately brutal and vulgar so as to reflect inmost depths of Alexander Zinoviev... After
more clearly the absurdity and derisiveness of the fashion of his novels... his paintings
a closed world. The choice of colours is describe a tragicomic universe which must be
willingly limited, moving through a few dark, deciphered on two levels; the form says what
aggressive shades, marked here and there by it represents and also reveals what lies in the
despair and nihilism. Opposition of intense inmost depths of each one of us, as we
reds and blues reinforce this oppressiveness confront all sorts of ideological systems: our
of a penitentiary world where pessimism nocturnal anguish»
withers even vague hopes and dashes hints of Sylvio Acatos, journalist , art critic
cheerfulness.
...On all accounts, these are powerful,
«In his books Alexander
ARTIST
symbolic and thought-provoking works...
A valuable testimony» Zinoviev uses the
Claude Ketterer, art critic
burlesque, black humour,
tragic laughter, colossal
Anguish, diurnal and nocturnal
absurdity, but at the same
«Alexander Zinoviev's paintings also have time, he dissects and
similarities to a whole artistic movement of
realistical fantasy...
describes the ideological
Zinoviev's tonalities – they are often mechanism of the Soviet
muted, sombre, «cold», – express another society in all its details and
world, a distorted, occasionally ironical, at
times profoundly bewitching, at times depicts with incredible
obsessively disturbing world. Certain precision the nightmare of
paintings, such as the boldly composed
Destiny, or Germany with its hieratic everyday’s life in the Soviet
monumentality (both are built from purple- Union»
red, yellow and black) convey even better the
Bernard Pivot,
mineral solitudes of an expanse forsaken by
man. And when men - or women - do appear, Journalist, member of Goncourt
they stand erect, motionless, their eyes turned Academy (France)
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9. Ideology of the Party of the Future development of the new ideology
(ideology of the future), propaganda of
«After disintegration of the soviet this ideology among citizens
communist block, disintegration of the independently of their social status, race,
USSR itself and destruction of the sex, ethnos, profession, etc.., growth of
communist social way of life in the number of sympathizers (persons
countries of this part of the world the accepting propagated ideology) and
epoch of the evolutionary decline and unionization of such citizens in the
of total social counter-reaction has framework of such objective for collective
IDEOLOGIST
begun. actions.
Social orientation of this counter- The party of the future under
reaction is anti-communism, anti- present conditions in place on our
socialism, anti-democracy, and planet can be born exclusively on the
anti-liberalism. The important top level of intellectual and creative life
component of this counter-reaction of the contemporary human anthills
is artificially created, induced and (supra-societies).
stimulated total mind muddying, The party of the future must not take
artificial reanimation of antediluvian part in the day to day social-political
ideologies and invention of new activity within the framework of the
ideologies of the same intellectual existent social organization. It is none of
level and orientation. the business of the opposition of such
This evolutionary process becomes a level to operate for the good of the
threat to the existence of billions of existent social organization. Such a Party
people on this planet as well one to the has a much more significant objective of
whole of the humankind. an epochal size, that is to lay foundation
Can it be stopped? In my opinion it of the struggle of humanity for a social
may be possible only under condition of ideal alternative to westernism»
creation of the new ideology, comparable Alexander Zinoviev
by its span to the Marxist one, but «Ideology of the Party of the Future», 2003
exceeding it by its intellectual level and by
its degree of adequacy to the conditions
and demands of the third millennium,
and under condition of appearance of
adequately strong organization of
sympathizers that will accept such
ideology and will make its conscientious
objective social transformations in the
sense of ideals fo the future humanity, as
«Alexander Zinoviev’s
defined in this ideology. whole life is an exemplar of
The Party of the Future must not
consider itself as representative of certain
genuine spiritual freedom.
part of the population of the country, of He always was a faithful
certain oppressed, exploited, impoverished son to his country»
etc. classes, i.e. like proletariat in the Marxist
Sergey Mironov,
sense.
Chairman of the Federation Council of the
It must consider itself as a special kind
of union that has one objective: RF Federal Assembly (RF)
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10. About the murder of Slobodan Why we are slaves?
Milošević
«Why we stay slaves in spite of all? The
«The voracious Moloch of monstrous problem «Why we are slaves?» is in its
unfairness that embodies the American essence the problem «Why we prefer to be
standards of justice has performed it slaves?».
ignominious deed. Not to fight, not to climb upwards, not
That ultimate, human something that to swim against the current makes life
inflexible freedom fighter Slobodan easier - for some time the freefall is
Milošević, walled in the prison of the perceived by some people as flying.
Haage Tribunal, was deprived of for Not the desire to be free, but the desire
many years, has run its course, has cut as to deprive other people of the desire to be
the guillotine, his worn out heart, free is the substitute that is fed to the
strained nerves and suffering soul have citizens today. This is so much easier than
given in. the fight for not being enslaved. The
Slobodan Milošević was killed by results of the struggle for the true freedom
unpronounced verdict of the Haage are seldom recognized and only by a few
Tribunal. Shame on all of you who silently after many generations pass»
watched this slow bloodletting, be cursed Alexander Zinoviev, May 1980
all of you who worked the buttons of the
FIGHTER
merciless machinery of the sterile fascism
that does its dirty job in the name of
Freedom and Democracy»
Chairman of the International Committee
to Defend Slobodan Milošević, Alexander «All the years of emigration
Zinoviev (in a telegram to the Milošević family,
11 March 2006)
Alexander Zinoviev always
remained a Russian patriot
On Russia’s Future who, devoted to Russian
«I want the people of which I am a part science and culture, never
of to survive as a historically significant parted in his personal
entity under actual dramatic and
unprecedented circumstances. destiny from Russia’s fate.
The objective and merciless When he returned to his
perception of this given reality is the
necessary condition for the survival. Motherland, he returned to
I wish my compatriots to pursue such a new fame too»
understanding irrelevant of its horror. Victor Sadovnitchi,
Otherwise, we will be simply expelled Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State
from history» University, member of Russian Academy of
Alexander Zinoviev,
Sciences, Head of International editorial
«Literaturnaya gazeta» newspaper,
board of “The complete works of
28-31 December 2005
A.A.Zinoviev” (RF)
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11. «I Have a Dream of a New Man» miracle happens before too long. All
these years we have seen the practical,
businesslike, shrewd, cruel and
«Something quite horrible has egotistical people methodically trample
occurred – the human being can barely be down everything that's decent and
said to exist any more, it virtually verges humane about people. All I want is for
on extinction. the New Man to survive, it is my fondest
The fact that individual human beings and most cherished dream. Otherwise
keep on getting born does not negate the there is no hope for our survival as a
grim reality that human beings no longer species»
exist as entities that influence the course From an last interview given by A.A.
of historical events. Zinoviev for the Rossiyskiye Vesti
We must start from scratch here, newspaper,
commencing with level zero – the 22–29 March 2006
creation of a New Man. A civilised,
idealistic, utopianist, naїve, starryeyed,
non-egotistical, human being quite
PROPHET
untouched by shrewdness
Such people did exist in the days of
yore, they lived among us, we were «Alexander Zinoviev is to be
accustomed to knowing such people.
Rousseau and Locke dreamed of such placed among the great
human beings, likewise Hobbes and teachers of humanity, of
Descartes. Could they have all perished
without a trace? I think not. Nobody can reformers in the like of
actually leave the world – the only Martin Luther. You can find
destination for aspiring emigrants is a new
level of culture, a new level of intelligence
those who dare to go
and a new level of morals. It is possible to against public opinion, few
emigrate into the inner space. I do not
think humanity will degrade completely,
are they, yet you can find
and we might as well hope that human them. But one also has to
beings remain as human as possible, know where and how to go.
notwithstanding the emergence of the
new savage, one covered from head to Alexander Zinoviev was not
toes in electronics and gadgetry of all only courageous in his
sorts. Yet this new savage remains
perfectly barbaric. deeds; he also understood
Still, for as long as we remain human, what it was all about. He
we have to realise that none of these
cybercreatures could ever replace the had the courage of
most important identifier of humanity – comprehension»
the fire of the mind. This is a wonder for Abdulsalam Guseinov,
which there is no substitute. Director of Institute of Philosophy of
I see the emergence of a New Man Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS),
being as the only hope we have as a
member of RAS (RF)
sentient species, and I do hope that this
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12. Olympus of Glory Philosophy at Lomonosov Moscow State
University.
1978
Publication in the West of the sociological
novel «The Radiant Future»
1968
Dismissal as Head of the Chair following his 1978
refusal to fire the lecturers, Viktor Finn and A. Zinoviev is stripped of his soviet
Yurij Gastev who protested against Soviet citizenship and under threat of arrest expelled
1922 A. Zinoviev is associated with a brilliant invasion of Czechoslovakia together with his family from the USSR to FRG
Alexander Alexandrovich Zinoviev is born page in the history of the institute and the
on 29 October 1922 in the village of Pakhtino, advent of the «Thaw» period. A young 1969 1978 – 1999
Chukhloma region, Kostroma province generation of philosophers emerges, aspiring Marries Olga Mironovna Sorokina Forced exile in FRG
to a new humanist interpretation of Marx (Zinovieva) who becomes his trusted partner A. Zinoviev and his family live in Munich. He
1939 legacy and inciting to rethink certain and companion-in-arms for life pursues his literary and scientific work,
A.Zinoviev excels at school, and in 1939 principles of social philosophy. The leader of sociological research, works as professor at the
enters the Moscow Institute of Philosophy, this intellectual reshaping is A.A.Zinoviev, 1974 – 1975 Chair of logic at Munich University. He survives 4
Literature and History who base his research on methods of logic Seek and hide writing of satire novel «The attempts at his life by unspecified secret services
and dialectic, proceeding from a firm Yawning Heights»
1939 conviction that scientific and philosophical 1978
Arrested and put under guard for research and his results are to be the key 1974 French Medici prize ( Prix MОdicis
conspiracy to murder Stalin. Escaped from factor of social transformation Elected together with physicist P.L.Kapitsa Оtranger) for literature in the nomination «for
«Lubyanka» NKVD (KGB) secret police as full member of the Finnish Academy of foreign writers» awarded for his novel «The
headquarter 1960 Sciences. Recognized as founder of the Soviet Yawning Heights»
Doctor of sciences dissertation on school of logic
1940 – 1946 «Philosophical problems of many-valued logic», 1978
He enrolls in the Red Army in 1940 and professorship at Chair of logic at the Faculty of 1976 Election as a full member of Italian
takes part in the Second World War of 1941 – philosophy at Lomonosov Moscow State The first ever sociological novel «The Academy of Sciences
1945, first in the cavalry, then as tanker and University. Yawning Heights» is published in the Swiss
later as fighter pilot publishing house «L’Age d’Homme». The book 1979 – 1983
1962 – 1975 becomes a bestseller and is translated in more Publishes a number of sociological novels
1946 A.Zinoviev publishes a number of books on than 20 languages and stories further developing the plot and
Student (1946 – 1951) and post-graduate logic and methodology of sciences which are ideas of «The Yawning Heights»: «On the
student (1951 – 1954) of Faculty of philosophy translated into foreign languages. 1976 Threshold of Paradise» (1979), «The Yellow
at Lomonosov Moscow State University Among the important results of A. Ostracism House» (1980), «Homo Sovieticus» (1982) ,
Zinoviev’s research are: A.Zinoviev books are banished from all «Para Bellum» (1982), «The Wings of Our
1952 Solutions of some major problems of libraries of the USSR, his name is shunned from Youth» (1983)
Founds (together with G.Schedrovitsky) many-valued logic, problems of logical all encyclopaedias and university programs,
the Moscow Circle of Logic, which becomes a conclusions, development of an original open plagiarism of his ideas in professional 1982
milestone in the intellectual life in the USSR concept of complex logic; Foundations to the circles. Banned from everywhere, he loses his job, Laureate of the Alexis de Tocqueville Prize.
general theory of signs, theory of definitions, and is stripped of all his academic titles. He is This prestigious prize for sociological research is
1953 expansion the theory of induction, theory of dismissed from MSU, disqualified from awarded for his tractate «Communism as reality»
Joins the communist party of the USSR proofs, and construction of an empirical professorship, excluded from the communist He is the first to develop a scientific theory
(after Stalin’s death) geometry; solutions for most of the complex party and betrayed by his friends, colleagues and of real-life communism, the first to predict the
logic calculations, for problems of consistency, pupils inevitability of the future crisis of communist
1954 completeness, solvability. system and its type, the first to give a scientific
Candidate of sciences dissertation on «The A. Zinoviev outruns western logic by dozens 1977 description of the modern Western society –
Rise of the abstract to the concrete» (based on» of years, the latter starting to work on these European Charles Veillon prize awarded for «Westernism» in his terminology, the first to
Marx's Capital) problems only by the end of the XXth century. «The Yawning Heights» (Le Prix EuropОen de conclude the existence and to describe the
He is considered to be one of the three leading l'Essai Charles Veillon) evolutionary upheaval in the second half of
1955 – 1975 logicians in the world. This prize is attributed for a book of creative XXth century, the first to describe the reasons
Senior researcher at the Institute of cumulus that has witness value and proposes an and results of the anticommunist plot in Russia,
Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the 1965 – 1968 example of productive critic of modern the first to describe post-Soviet social
USSR Head of the Chair of logic at the Faculty of societies, their ideologies and way of life organization of society
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13. 1984 Publishes a research book «The West» (1994), agreement and participation of the Russian political history (RGASPI) forms A. Zinoviev
Elected as the full member of Bavarian the anti-utopian novel «The Human anthill» thinker Alexander Zinoviev. The Center has archive. Original documents and manuscripts
Academy of Arts (1997), «On the way to supra-society» (2000) opened a school of the social studies and a are deposited for eternal storage
school by correspondence. In 6 years of
1984 – 1986 1992 existence over 200 students have graduated 2005
Honorary citizenship of a number of Awarded the Tevere literary prize by Italian from this school, over 300 students registered The book «The crossroads» heads the top-
European cities: 1984 – Ravenna (Italy), 1986 Center for Dissemination of Arts and Culture with correspondence courses 100 rating of the texts of Russian social-
– Orange (France), 1986 – Avignon (France) (Cidac) humanitarian writings (INTELROS group)
Reaches worldwide recognition. He 1999 – 2006
becomes a regular guest to some of the most 1997 Professorship at the Chair of Ethics at the 2006
worldwide popular TV programs with many State Archives of Bremen sets up A. faculty of Philosophy of MSU Conclusive works on «the sum of totals»
hours of live air. Some European cities hold Zinoviev archive Professorship in the Institute of Philosophy books, one that summarizes his scientific ideas
literary festivals in honour of Alexander The works of A.Zinoviev as well as all audio, at the Academy of Science of Russia – a scientific testament for new generations of
Zinoviev. His books are published in 26 video, photo, manuscripts, press articles, press Professorship in Maxim Gorky Institute of Russian intellectuals – «The comprehension
languages totalling over 3 million copies. cuts, paintings, books, magazines, etc are Literature factor» (published post mortem)
Academician Zinoviev becomes a visiting considered as part of national German legacy, Lectures in numerous Institutes
professor of major universities, holds public life, culture and sciences During the years 1999–2006 A.Zinoviev 2006
lectures and meetings with his readership. He reads the following courses: Introduction to the Alexander Alexandrovitch Zinoviev dies on
is regarded as an international independent 1999 methodology of sociology, Ideology of the 10 May, 2006. As recognition of his services to
authority, consults on their demand heads of A. Zinoviev returns to Russia with his family. Future, Russia he is buried in the Novodevichy
state and presidents The reason of his comeback to Moscow is Basics of methodology of social research, cemetery in Moscow on order of the President
the NATO aggression of the sovereign Society and – Supra-society, Logical Sociology, of the Russian Federation V.V.Putin
1988 Yugoslavia. Alexander Zinoviev considers this Logical Intellect
Honorary professorship at the University of barbarian act to be an eventual scenario of the 2007
Santiago de Chile future of Russia 2000 – 2006 First publication of «ZINOVIEV». An
The Head of State did not welcome Chairman of Russian public Committee exclusive magazine»
1990 A.Zinoviev's return to his Motherland. No «Freedom to the President of Yugoslavia Exibition dedicated to Alexander Zinoviev
Reinstalled in the citizenship of the USSR by official apologies from the Russian powers Slobodan Milosevic» in the Parliament of Russia «Go!» in the Moscow State Literature Museum
the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme towards the family are extended. His Moscow
Council of USSR flat that had been confiscated in 1978 was not 2001 – 2006 2008
returned President of the Russian Intellectuals Club International editorial board of «The
1990 Honorary Professor of Moscow University complete works of A.A.Zinoviev» headed by
History making live TV dispute on French 1999 of Humanities the rector of MSU Academician the Academy
channel Antenne 2 – perceived by millions of Following uncompromising position of Member of Russian Academy of social of Sciences of Russia V.A.Sadovnitchy is set
European audiences as a true duel between A.A.Zinoviev on NATO aggression of Yugoslavia, sciences up
Russian thinker Alexander Zinoviev and Soviet the Nobel prize committee strikes him down as Vice-president of the Academy of Russian
politician Boris Yeltsin a nominee for the Nobel prize for literature art of writing 2007
According to the sources close to the first Member of International Academy of First International Conference Zinoviev
president of Russia after this encounter decided 1999 Sciences of Eurasia Readings at Moscow University of Humanities
never again to take part in live TV political He is nominated as Candidate of the party
debates. All Russian presidents still keep to this «Union of Russian People» in the elections to 2001 2007 – 2010
line Russian Parliament (State Duma of RF), but is «Man of the year 2011» by Russian Zinoviev Readings are held in Paris
refused registration as candidate by the election Biographical Institute in the nomination (France), Donetzk (Ukraine), Dnepropetrovsk
1991 board on a phony pretext, actually on direct «Culture» awarded for «extraordinary (Ukraine), Stockholm (Sweden), St Peterburg
Defines the fall of the USSR as «the greatest strict order from Kremlin educational activity» (Russia), Glasow (RF), Kostroma (RF), Omsk
social catastrophe of the XXth century» and (RF), Piatigorsk (RF), Saratov (RF), Sofia
USSR as the «apex of 1000 years of the history 1999 2005 (Bulgaria), Oxford, Glasgow (UK), Manila
of Russia» Alexander Zinoviev Research Center is Awarded The Star of Moscow University (Philippines)
created The Research Center is created on («For the service to the Truth»)
1994 – 2006 initiative of Mr. Lomeiko, assistant to the 2008
Analysis of Western societies, criticism of director general of UNESCO and rector of 2005 Post mortem decoration with title and
global capitalism, forecasts of the world crisis. Institute of Youth (called MosGU now) with The Russian State archive of social and medal of the «honorary citizen of Kostroma».
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14. The city of Kostroma institutes annual 2009
Alexander Zinoviev Prize Russian-Bavarian Alexander Zinoviev
Research Center founded by University of
2008 Augsburg (Bavaria, Germany) together with
Second International Conference Zinoviev Russian State University of Commerce and
Readings in Moscow Lomonosow State Economy
University
2010
2009 Third International Conference «Zinoviev
Consecration in the court of the Readings in Russian Academy of Sciences»
N.A.Nekrasov University in Kostroma of the
monument to Alexander Zinoviev by 2011
decision of the Governor of the Kostroma Exhibition «Zinoviev ≡ Time ≡ Forward!» at
Region Igor Slunaev. The monument was the Museum of History of the Moscow State
created by sculptor Andrei Kovaltchuk, University
decorated People`s painter, Head of the
Union of the Painters of Russia. 2012
Inauguration of «Alexander Zinoviev Preparation of 90th anniversary of the great
auditorium» at the N.A.Nekrasov University Russian thinker Alexander Zinoviev.
in Kostroma Organization of International Congress
Zinoviev Readings in Kostroma
Alexander Zinoviev
Biographical Institute:
www.zinoviev.info
www.zinoviev.org
www.zinoviev.ru
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