Rumiantsev Nickolay

Rumiantsev Nickolay (1892‒1956) – journalist, historian of religion.

He was a member of the society ‘Atheist’, and of the League of Militant Atheists; details of biography are unknown. The data on the book covers testifies that he was a member of the Editorial Board of the ‘Atheist’ Magazine during all the period of its existence. In 1920-s, he worked as a teacher of social discipline in a secondary school in Mozhaisk (Moscow Region). Perhaps, he worked at the Central Anti-Religious Museum.

He wrote about the history of Christianity throght description of key persons, events and relics. He offered the radical version of the mythological school, the popularity of which in the U.S.S.R. grew in 1920-s.

Compositions

Myth on John the Baptist. Moscow, Atheist, 1923. (in Rus.)
Christmas: An Essay on Comparative Mythology. Moscow, Atheist, 1923. (in Rus.)
Christmas Mythology. Moscow, Atheist, 1924. (in Rus.)
Easter Mythology. Moscow, Atheist, 1924. (in Rus.)
St Tichon of Amatus: Study on the Cult of Saints. Moscow, Atheist, 1925. (in Rus.)
Death and Resurrection of the Saviour: Study in Comparative Mythology. Moscow, Atheist, 1925. (in Rus.)
Great Blackmail: Relics of Christ. Moscow, Atheist, 1926. (in Rus.)
Pre-Christian Christ. Moscow, Atheist, 1926. (in Rus.)
Relics of the New Testament Heroes. Moscow, Atheist, 1927. (in Rus.)
Great Blackmail. Iss. II. 2nd publ., add. Moscow, Atheist, 1928. (in Rus.)
Prophet Ilya. Moscow, Atheist, 1928. (in Rus.)
Autumnal Religious Feasts. Moscow, Bezbozhnik, 1929. (in Rus.)
Did Virgin Mary Exist? Moscow, Atheist, 1929. (in Rus.)
Ascension – Trinity – Pentecost: From the History of Ecclesiastic Calendar. Moscow, Atheist, 1929. (in Rus.)
Epiphany. Candlemas. Annunciation: From the History of Ecclesiastic Calendar. Moscow, Atheist, 1929. (in Rus.)
Elevation and the First Savior Day: From the History of Ecclesiastic Calendar. Moscow, Atheist, 1929. (in Rus.)
Pagan Christs: Classical Predecessors of Christianity. Moscow – Leningrad, 1929 . (in Rus.)
Easter, Its Origin and Meaning. Moscow, Bezbozhnik 1929. (in Rus.)
Feasts of Our Lady. Moscow, Bezbozhnik 1930. (in Rus.)
Transfiguration: From the History of Ecclesiastic Calendar. Moscow, Atheist, 1930. (in Rus.)
Butter Week: From the History of Ecclesiastic Calendar. Moscow, Atheist, 1930. (in Rus.)
Autumnal Religious Feasts in the Peasants’ Life. Moscow – Leningrad, 1931. (in Rus.)
Did Jesus Christ Mary Exist? Moscow – Leningrad, 1931. (in Rus.)
The Apocalypse – Revelation of St John, its Origin and Class Role. Moscow, 1934. (in Rus.)
Orthodox Feasts and Their Class Essence. Moscow, 1933. (in Rus.)
On the Min Ecclesiastic Feasts. Moscow, 1939. (in Rus.)
The Origin of Christianity and Its Short History. Moscow, 1940. (in Rus.)
The Weather and Its Predictions. Moscow, 1941. (in Rus.)

About him

Rumiantsev Nickolay Vasilievich // Atheistic Dctionary / Edit. М. P. Novikov. Moscow, Politizdat Publishing House, 1986. (in Rus.)

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