Iranian Studies over time: Chernyshevsky and Ferdosi's Shahnameh

Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (1828-1889), economist, historian, critic, writer, man of letters, virtuoso and theorist of new artistic theories, is one of the most brilliant thinkers and revolutionaries of Russia in 19th Century. He was familiar with Persian language and was under the influence of great Persian poets especially Ferdosi. Chernyshevsky has valuable works. Considering the great effect of Ferdosi on Chernyshevsky's thoughts and works and the creation of his revolutionary ideas, one of the prominent researchers, Vali Samad, spent several years of his life to investigate deeply into the life, works and thoughts of Chernyshevsky about Iran and Ferdosi's Shahnameh. Samad has published the findings of his studies as a book entitled: Ferdosi's Shahnameh and Chernyshevsky: The Place of Iranian Civilization in the History of Russian Culture. The present article explains Chernyshevsky's life, personality and works and introduces Samad's book.