He was born in the city of Livna, Orel province. He graduated from theological school, entered the theological seminary in Orel, which he left in 1888. He graduated from the gymnasium in Yelets, entered the law faculty of Moscow University, which he graduated in 1894 from the Department of Political Economy and Statistics. At this time he joined the Social-Democratic movement and published scientific works on Marxist political economy. Bulgakov’s disillusionment with Marxism came in the early years
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He was born in the city of Livna, Orel province. He graduated from theological school, entered the theological seminary in Orel, which he left in 1888. He graduated from the gymnasium in Yelets, entered the law faculty of Moscow University, which he graduated in 1894 from the Department of Political Economy and Statistics. At this time he joined the Social-Democratic movement and published scientific works on Marxist political economy. Bulgakov’s disillusionment with Marxism came in the early years of the twentieth century, when his philosophical and economic research revealed contradictions in the method and foundations of Marx’s theory. At the same time, Bulgakov’s public activity was growing – in 1906 he was even elected a deputy of the Second State Duma. His evolution towards theological philosophy continues, and in 1917 he already participates in the work of the All-Russian Local Council, and in 1918 he was placed in the rank of priest. Soon he left for his family in the Crimea, from where he could not return to Moscow because of the Civil War. In Crimea he continued to work actively on works on religious philosophy. In 1922, he was exiled abroad by the Soviet government along with many other scientists and public figures. He first lives and works in Prague, and in 1925 became dean of the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris. He died in Paris in 1944.