Background
LEBEDEV-POLYANSKIY, Pavel was born on January 2, 1882 in Melenki, Vladimir Province.
LEBEDEV-POLYANSKIY, Pavel was born on January 2, 1882 in Melenki, Vladimir Province.
Graduate Vladimir Theological Seminary. Studied at Medical Faculty, Derpt (Tartu) University.
1908-1917 political emigre in Geneva and member, “Vperyod” (Forward) group. 1917-1919 Collegium member, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic People's Commissariat of Education and Government comissar of its Literature Publ Department. 1918chief ed, journal “Narodnoye prosveshcheniye”.
1918-1920 chairman, AllRussian Proletkul’t Council. 1918-1921 chief ed, journal "ProIctarskaya kul’tura”. 1921-1930 director, Main Literature and Publ Board.
1922 chief ed, journal “Tvorchestvo”. 1928-1930 chief ed, journal “Literatura i marksizm”. 1929-1931 chief ed, journal “Russkiy yazyk v sovetskoy shkole”.
1934-1948 exec ed, symposia “Lilcraturnoye nasledstvo”. From 1937 director, Institute of Literature, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences. Also taught at Moscow University and Communist Academy and worked for Russian Association of Social Sciences Research Institutes.
Chief ed, “Literaturnaya entsiklopediya” (Literary Encyclopedia) and member, Main Editor Board, “Biosystems Engineering ” (Large Soviet Encyclopedia). Specialized in 19thand 20th-Century Russian literature Criticized the methods of Sakulin, Keltuyala, Pypin, Veselovskiy and even Plekhanov in lit history and proclaimed Lenin a lit historian.
All religions persuade people to rely on outside authority, thus preventing them to become self-reliant.
Individuals have rights to express freedom if it safeguarde the interests of a collective.
Member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences from 1946. Communist Party member from 1902.