Konstantin Leontiev

Konstantin Nikolayevich Leontiev, monastic name: Clement^[1] (Russian: Константи́н Никола́евич Лео́нтьев; 25 January 1831 – 24 November 1891) was a conservative tsarist and imperial monarchist Russian philosopher who advocated closer cultural ties between Russia and the East against what he believed to be the West's catastrophic egalitarian, utilitarian and revolutionary influences. He also advocated Russia's cultural and territorial expansion eastward to India, Tibet and China.