On I.A. Ilyin’s Attitude to Fascism and Nazism

The article is devoted to the critical examination and refutation of the “black myths” about A.I. Ilyin (1883–1954), the greatest Russian philosopher, jurist, religious thinker, who infl uenced profoundly modern Russian conservative thought. Some representatives of the left and liberal camps claim that I.A. Ilyin was allegedly a supporter of Fascism and Nazism in the 1920s and 1940s. The author of the article examines the true attitude of I.A. Ilyin to rightwing radical ideologies and practices over a long time and comes to the conclusion that the attribution of the Russian thinker to collaborationism, Fascism and Nazism is possible only through conscious falsifi cation and tendentious tearing of situational assessments from the general context of his life and work