The study of personality and creativity of Bernard of Clairvaux (1091–1153) in the Russian science

Since the middle of the 19 century Russian researchers in religion, philosophy and church history repeatedly addressed to the heritage of Bernard of Clairvaux, a prominent preacher and theologian of the Roman Catholic Church. During the Soviet period the study of his works and the analysis of his philosophical and theological ideas were accompanied by the stamps of the Soviet ideology usual for the religious thinkers. Large work on translation of the texts of St. Bernard was carried out, though. After the collapse of the USSR the abbey from Clairvaux was rehabilitated. The article is devoted to the estimation of the works and activities of St. Bernard in Russian religious and theological thought.