Pitirim Sorokin

Pitirim Sorokin
Pitirim Sorokin
Питирим Сорокин
	Sorokin in 1917
Born	4 February [O.S. 23 January] 1889; Turya, Yarensky Uyezd, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire (now Komi Republic, Russia)
Died	10 February 1968 (aged 79); Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	Russian
Citizenship	Russian Empire (1889–1917); Stateless (1922–1930); United States (1930–1968);
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg Imperial University
Spouse	Elena Petrovna Sorokina (née Baratynskaya) (1894–1975)
Children	Peter Sorokin, Sergei Sorokin
Awards	55th President of American Sociological Association
	Scientific career
Fields	Sociology
Institutions	Saint Petersburg Imperial University; Harvard University; University of Minnesota;
Doctoral students	Robert K. Merton

The picture of the book cover for one of Sorokin's more famous works

Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin (/səˈroʊkɪn, sɔː-/;^[1] Russian: Питири́м Алекса́ндрович Соро́кин; 4 February [O.S. 23 January] 1889 – 10 February 1968) was a Russian American sociologist and political activist, who contributed to the social cycle theory.

Sorokin was a professor at Saint Petersburg Imperial University. He was repressed by Vladimir Lenin's communist regime, which led Sorokin to flee to Czechoslovakia with the help of Thomas Masaryk and Edouard Benes.^[2] He became a professor of sociology at the Uversity of Minnesota in 1924.^[2] In 1930, he was hired as head of the newly formed department of sociology at Harvard University.^[2]

A member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party in Russia, he was arrested multiple times by both the Czarist regime and the communist regime.

^ "Sorokin". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
^ ^a ^b ^c Simpson, Richard L. (1953). "Pitirim Sorokin and His Sociology". Social Forces. 32 (2): 120–131. doi:10.2307/2573709. ISSN 0037-7732.

[1] "Sorokin". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.

[:1-2] Simpson, Richard L. (1953). "Pitirim Sorokin and His Sociology". Social Forces. 32 (2): 120–131. doi:10.2307/2573709. ISSN 0037-7732.

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