Ivan Ilyin was a Russian nationalist and monarchist. Blah blah blah, you’ve heard it all before. If you want to hear the details of his life and though check out his Wikipedia page. Here’s an idea, Ilyin was a BAPist. Is that true or just an absurd statement meant to get you to click? Lets go through a few details of his biography and see if he’s the /real deal/.
He was Russian.✅
He was a fan of the arts and had a close connection with Sergei Rachmaninoff.✅
He liked to eschew the common spellings and grammar of his time.✅
He was a optimist for bright future.✅
He was a fascist then later something worse.✅
He is deeply respected and admired by PUTLER!✅
He did not fight in battle but deeply inspired and contributed to esprit de corps among soldiers.✅
He poasted often.✅
Enough with my mischaracterization of him! If you wish to read his actual works translated into English, then you’re in luck. I have begun translating them and will soon be publishing many on this Substack. Please subscribe, its free!