1. Vladimir Veniaminovich Bibikhin was the most prominent Soviet and Russian religious thinker of the New Russia and continued the Russian tradition of early 20th century religious thinking.
18 Facts About Vladimir Bibikhin
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Vladimir Bibikhin was known as a translator, philologist, and philosopher.
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Vladimir Bibikhin is best known for translations of Martin Heidegger, which caused mixed reactions among specialists.
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Vladimir Bibikhin lectured in authors' courses at the philosophy faculty of Moscow State University.
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Vladimir Bibikhin graduated from Moscow State Linguistic University in 1967 and taught language and translation theory at both the MSLU and MGIMO University.
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Vladimir Bibikhin worked as a secretary and assistant for Aleksei Losev, recording several conversations with the philosopher.
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Vladimir Bibikhin was employed at the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences in 1972 and served there until his death.
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Vladimir Bibikhin spent his last years working at the Centre of Methodology and Ethics of Science of the Philosophy of Science and Technology Branch of the Institute.
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Vladimir Bibikhin was a lecturer of Philosophy and member of the faculty of MSU from 1989 onward.
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Vladimir Bibikhin lectured in authors courses and held seminars at the Faculty of Philosophy of MSU from 1980 to 2004.
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Vladimir Bibikhin lectured at St Philaret's Christian Institute in Moscow and St Thomas Institute.
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Vladimir Bibikhin lectured in about twenty courses at MSU and other institutes.
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Vladimir Bibikhin translated texts from Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek, French, English, and German from 1967 onward.
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Vladimir Bibikhin wrote several papers and scientific reviews, as well as commentaries on translations and articles on the theory of translation.
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Vladimir Bibikhin noted the ambiguity of his "Being and Time" translation: 'But his translation of "Being and Time" is worthy of special conversation.
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In December 2003 V Bibikhin took part in a public debate on the case of Yukos, standing on the side of Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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Vladimir Bibikhin was an adherent to ideas of liberalism, multiculturalism, and toleration.
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Vladimir Bibikhin was awarded the A Piatigorsky literature prize for the best philosophic work for his "Diaries of Leo Tolstoy" in 2003.