Etymology of "intelligentsiya"

[FIEGUTH Rolf]

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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