E.V. Ilyenkov and P.G. Kuznetsov: the destinies of the Soviet era geniuses (on the 100th anniversary)

The article, published for the centenary of the birth of P.G. Kuznetsov and E.V. Ilyenkov, highlights selected moments of their biography concerning their joint scientific and philosophical creativity, mutual influence, and social circle. The traceable connections allow us to get to the origins of many key ideas of both Ilyenkov and Kuznetsov.