Lev Vygotsky

Lev Vygotsky

Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky (Russian: Лев Семёнович Вы́готский or Выго́тский, born Лев Симхович Выгодский (Lev Simkhovich Vygodsky)) (November 17 1896 – June 11, 1934) was a Russian psychologist, the founder of an original holistic theory of human cultural and biosocial development commonly referred to as cultural-historical psychology, and leader of the Vygotsky Circle. According to recent studies, Vygotsky is the most popular Russian psychologist in Russia and North America.

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