DOI:

https://www.doi.org/10.22455/2541-8297-2018-10-184-195

Issue:

2018 №10

Author: Diana Oboleńska
About the author:

Diana Oboleńska, Doctor Hab, Professor, University of Gdańsk, Poland.

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Abstract:

The article treats about Konstantin Ligsky, a well-known activist of the new communist regime in Russia after the 1917 revolution. In the research perspective, however, the analysis was subjected to the years 1914–1916, when Ligsky joined the Anthroposophical Society and worked on the construction of the Goetheanum in Dornach. The scant information, contained in the letters and memoirs of people who knew and became friends with Ligsky, allow to build a short story of “anthroposophist of Dornach”, as he was called by Andrei Bely.

Keywords: Konstanty Ligski, Anthroposophy, Dornach, stained glass.
For citation:

Oboleńska Diana. A story from letters and memoirs. Konstantin Ligsky — “anthroposophist of Dornach”. Literary fact, 2018, no. 10, pp. 184–192.

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