The crowning achievement of Symbolist poet and philologist Sergey Solovyov,
Vladimir Solovyov: His Life & Creative Evolution
remains the most comprehensive critical biography of the great nineteenth-century Russian philosopher, mystic, and ecumenist Vladimir Solovyov. Intended for publication in 1923, this work remained in manuscript until 1977, when it was first published in Brussels, and then finally in Moscow in 1997. This complete English translation is based on both the Brussels and Moscow editions and includes a biographical introduction about Sergey Solovyov and the history of the manuscript.