1895. Mikhail Bakhtin was born

120 years ago, on November 17, 1895, the Russian philosopher and philologist Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin, the creator of the concept of polyphonism (polyphony) in a literary work, was born.

In December 1928, Bakhtin, among other Leningrad intellectuals, was arrested in connection with the activities of the religious and philosophical circle "Resurrection" led by Alexander Meyer. He categorically refused to testify, but recognized his "non -sensitivity of the Soviet regime" and was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment on Solovki. However, due to a serious illness (multiple osteomyelitis), the conclusion was replaced by a link to Kustanai.