The biography of Leo Gumilyov, as well as his “Theory of Passionarity,” is published in all languages of the civilized world. It testifies that the fate of the scientist is tragic, as well as the fate of his parents.
His father, a prominent poet of the early 20th century, the brilliant Nikolai Gumilev, was so popular and deified by fans that he was even credited with the “illegitimate” fatherhood of Nicholas II. In the 21st year, he was shot by the Soviet authorities as an “enemy of the people."
Mother, the great, ingenious Russian poetess Anna Akhmatova, was almost always persecuted by the authorities. About the most terrible time of her life, when both her husband and son were imprisoned, and she stood for days in line in prisons to receive news or to give something to them, she wrote the great poem Requiem, which deserves a separate discussion.
In 1912, Lev Gumilyov was born in a brilliant family of poets who were in Tsarskoye Selo at that time. His grandmother was engaged in his upbringing, since the marriage of his parents broke up after 2 years.
About the extraordinary and extraordinary talent of the future scientist, that nature does not always rest on the children of geniuses, the following fact says. Being absolutely deprived of access to higher education (first because of his noble birth, then as the son of an “enemy of the people”), Gumilyov became a full corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an academician, defended two doctoral dissertations in different fields - history and geography.
Gumilyov’s biography tells of more than 20 years spent in labor colonies (condemned by false libel). Unable to visit libraries, engage in scientific work, Lev Nikolaevich was an encyclopedist. But his erudition never suppressed others.
Gumilyov’s military biography also testifies to his courage and eccentricity. In 1944, he achieved sending to the war and, as part of the Belorussian Front, reached Berlin, repeatedly showing personal courage.
In the 60s the world saw its first publications, instantly attracted attention to it. At this time, thanks to the opened talent, his lectures became unusually popular. Those who want to listen to an order of magnitude more audience opportunities. In the 70s, a series of lectures by Gumilyov was organized on television.
But genuine, worldwide recognition comes to the ethnologist and historian after the publication of his book Ethnoginesis and the Biosphere of the Earth, in which the Theory of Passionarity, or The Passionary Theory of Ethnogenesis, was set forth. Despite a considerable number of enemies (and there have always been enough of them throughout life, as evidenced by Gumilyov’s biography), this theory is gaining an increasing number of supporters. She is increasingly referenced, she is increasingly mentioned in the works of modern authors.
Of course, society is moving forward through the efforts of passionaries, among whom belonged to Lev Gumilyov himself , a biography of his life testifies to this.
This unique scientist has made so many innovations in the scientific life of the whole world that it is very difficult to overestimate the significance of this figure. His life is hard and unique, and if someone decided to write a book: “Lev Gumilev. Biography ”- a brief history of the whole country would eventually be published.