Background
Rostovtsev, Mikhail was born on November 10, 1870 in Kiev.
Rostovtsev, Mikhail was born on November 10, 1870 in Kiev.
Studied at Kiev and Petersburg universities. Studied at Kiev and Petersburg universities.
Professor at Petersburg University, 1901-1918. Historian of antiquity, one of the greatest world authorities in his field. Emigrated, 1918. Professor at Wisconsin University 1920-1925, and at Yale University, 1925-1944.
Member of the academies of many countries.
Religion is bad because it imposes irrational rules of good and bad behaviour.
Strong communist party can create a new and better society with neither rich nor poor.