BORIS LEONOV – was born in 1935 in Odessa. A Doctor of Philology, professor. He graduated from the Moscow State pedagogic institute named after V.P. Potemkin, department of history and philology in 1958. In 1964 he wrote his candidate dissertation “Lyrics of L.P. Polonsky”. In 1985 he wrote his doctor’s dissertation “Heroism, patriotism, and “national spirit” of Russian literature”. He is a professor at the Department of Russian Literature of the XXth century at Gorky Institute of Literature.

He is an author of monographs and numerous manuals including “Epics of heroism” (1975), “Heroism, patriotism, national spirit” (1984), “Spiritual arsenal of the people” (1985), “Consolidation” (1985), “On the margins of domestic periodicals” (2001) etc.

His work is awarded by the prices of A.A. Fadeyev, “The golden Wreath of Frontiers”. He is a Distinguished worker of the Russian Federation. He is awarded by the medal of Friendship of People.

Concept: Heroism as the main notion connected with the spiritual activity of the human being, with his/her capacity to voluntarily, independently, consciously reject himself/herself for the sake of others and thus to surpass “the animal state of war”.

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