Etymology of "intelligentsiya"

Thu Jun 19 14:20:33 UTC 2003

Dear Rolf Fieguth,

Richard Pipes has a detailed history of the word and of its different
meanings in
the course of Russian history. (see chapt 10 "Intelligentsia" in Russia
Under
The Old Regime.

Konstantin Starikov

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Dear SEELangers,

who knows competently about the word history of the Russian term
"intelligentsiya" - by what semantic shifts and under which foreign language
influences the word (orignally stemming from Latin intelligentia) acquired
its actual meaning?
Thanks in advance

Rolf Fieguth

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