Ilyin has also received a great deal of attention from seemingly polar opposite groups within Russian society. The Putin administration often quotes him. Members of the Russian Orthodox Church have praised him as a “religious philosopher” who “preached about the spiritual renewal and rebirth of Russia.” And a leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation called him someone who “made a very significant contribution to the development of the Russian state ideology of patriotism.” So, who is Mr. Ilyin?
Source: Ivan Ilyin and the Ideology of Putin’s Rule | Foreign Affairs