Background
TYUMENEV, Aleksandr was born on September 5, 1880 in Saint St. Petersburg.
TYUMENEV, Aleksandr was born on September 5, 1880 in Saint St. Petersburg.
1904 graduate Philology and History Faculty, Saint St. Petersburg University.
From 1921 professor, Leningrad University. 1928-1931 at Institute of Marxist Methodology. 1931-1938 at State Academy of the History of Material Culture.
His research led him to the conclusion that ancient Eastern and Western civilizations were not two consecutive stages of historical development, but two different types of a slave-holding society, whereby Oriental soc had its own specific features and only superficially resembled the slaveowning system.
All religious orders impose irrational rules of good and bad behaviour.
The role of the individual as a member of a collective is more important than the individual.
Member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences from 1932.