Sarabianov Vladimir

Sarabianov Vladimir (1886–1952) – Soviet philosopher, historian and economist, author of anti-religious articles.

He participated in the revolutionary movement since 1903; in 1911, he graduated from the Legal Faculty of the Moscow University – at the Economical and Civic Departments. In 1922-1930, he worked for the ‘Pravda’ Magazine. Since 1930, he taught at various institutions.

He was an active participant of philosophical discussions of 1920-s – 1930-s, where he was criticized as ‘Mechanist’. After the death of M. A. Reisner in 1928, for several months, he has been Chairman of the Commission on the History of Religion at the Communist Academy. In December 1928, at the Communist Academy, there was an open meeting ‘The Social Roots of Religious Moods in the U.S.S.R.’ – S. made the main report.

Since the mid-1920-s, he taught at the Moscow Architectural Institute

Compositions

Historical Materialism: Popular Essays. Moscow, Moskovskyi rabochii Publishing House, 1922. (republ. 1923, 1924, 1925). (in Rus.)
Friedrich Engels. Moscow, 1923. (in Rus.)
On the Anti-Religious Propaganda. Moscow – Leningrad, Moskovskyi rabochii Publishing House. 1923 (3rd publ. 1926) (in Rus.)
Economics and Economical Policy of the U.S.S.R. Moscow, Krasnaya Nov’ Publishing House, 1924. (in Rus.)
Industry in the System of People’s Economics by 1924 г. Moscow, Krasnaya Nov’ Publishing House, 1924. (in Rus.)
The New Economical Policy. Moscow, 1925. (in Rus.)
Talks on Marxism. Moscow, Bezbozhnik Publishing House, 1925. (in Rus.)
Introduction to Dialectical Materialism. Kharkov, 1925. (in Rus.)
The History of Russian Industry. Kharkov, Krasnyi proletaryi Publishing House, 1926. (in Rus.)
The Main Problems of the NEP. Moscow ‒ Leningrad, 1926. (in Rus.)
The Industrialization of the Country. Moscow ‒ Leningrad, 1928. (in Rus.)
For the Defense of Marxism. Moscow ‒ Leningrad, 1929. (in Rus.)
The Roots of Religion and the Work of Atheist. Kharkov, 1929. (in Rus.)
Marxism and Religion. Bezbozhnik Publishing House, 1929. (in Rus.)
Who Needs the Christmas? Moscow, Bezbozhnik Publishing House, 1930 (in Rus.)
The ‘Divine’ Sociology. Kharkov, 1930. (in Rus.)
Dialectical and Historical Materialism: Essays. Moscow, 1934. (in Rus.)
Religion – Opium for People. Moscow, GAIZ Publishing House, 1937. (in Rus.)
Architecture and Social Conscience. Moscow, 1952. (in Rus.)

About him

Yakhot I. Suppression of Philosophy in the U.S.S.R.: 1920-s ‒ 1930-s // Voprosy filosofii. 1991, No 9, pp. 44‒68; No 10, pp. 72‒138; No 11, pp. 72‒115. (in Rus.)
Philosophy is not Finishing... From the History of Russian Philosophy. Twentieth Century, in 2 vol. Book I: 1920-s ‒ 1950-s. Moscow, ROSSPEN Publishing House. (in Rus.)
Shakhnovich М. М. Discussions at the Communist Academy and Religious Studies in the U.S.S.R. (Late 1920-s - Early 1930-s) // Religiovedenie. No 4, 2015, pp.151-159. (in Rus.)

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