Great Person
From Turya to Winchester: how a man of Komi hinterland became a scientist with a world-known name.Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin (1889-1968) is the most outstanding Russian and American sociologist, culturologist, teacher, one of the founders of the social stratification and social mobility theories. He lived through the political repressions during the Tsar regime, two revolutions, the civil war and exile from the state, so the importance of his scientific works was not appreciated either in Russia or in the United States. The erudite sociologist wrote tens of books and hundreds of articles, which have been later translated into 48 languages. However, his theories that reveal problems and controversies of human society are still relevant.FamilyA to-be scientist and political figure was born on February 4, 1889 in the Turya village (Knyazhpogostsky district, Komi Republic). Pitirim Sorokin was the second son in the family. His elder brother Vasily was born in 1885, and …