THE PROJECT OF A "NEW MAN" IN THE RUSSIAN NIETZSCHEANISM
The article examines the comprehension of the concept of the Übermensch by Russian philosophers. The author demonstrates that the Nietzschean project of creating “The New Man” has significantly affected the various trends of Russian philosophy, since the end of the nineteenth century and up till nowadays. The concept of the “Superhuman” provides a powerful lens and a tool for the scrutiny of the paradigm shift in Russian philosophy at the turn of 19<sup>th</sup> and 20<sup>th</sup> and 20<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> centuries, respectively.