Russian Enlightenment

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The Russian Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Russia that adapted and spread European Enlightenment ideas—such as rationalism, secular education, and legal and social reform—within the context of the Russian Empire.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural movement
historical period
intellectual movement
country Russian Empire
field education
law
literature
philosophy
political thought
science
hasCharacteristic Westernization
legal reform
literary innovation
philosophical debate
rationalism
scientific inquiry
secular education
secularization
social reform
hasPart Freemasonry in Russia
Moscow University foundation
St Petersburg Academy of Sciences activity
charter to the nobility
charter to the towns
codification of laws
codification projects under Catherine II
debates on education of women
debates on enlightened absolutism
debates on natural law
debates on religious tolerance
debates on serfdom
development of Russian classicism in arts
development of Russian moral philosophy
development of Russian periodicals
emergence of public intellectuals
formation of Russian public sphere
growth of secular book publishing
growth of secular historiography
noble education reforms
reforms of Catherine the Great
reforms of Peter the Great
salon culture at the imperial court
secularization of education
spread of deist and skeptical ideas
state-sponsored scientific expeditions
translation of European works
influenced Russian educational reforms
Russian historiography
Russian legal reforms
Russian literature
Russian philosophy
Russian political thought
Russian secular culture
Russian social thought
development of Russian universities
influencedBy European Enlightenment
mainRegion Russia
startTime 18th century

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Denis Diderot
influenced

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