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	A major online encyclopedia very prominently alleges that he is "known for his[[fascist]]views". While he is sometimes described as having supported certain [[Fascist]] views, possibly in particular in his early views, he has criticized various aspects of [[National Socialism]] and has stated certain race denialist views. His book ''[[The Fourth Political Theory]]'' (2009) states a [[Theory]] intended to supersede [[liberal democracy]], [[Marxism]], and [[Fascism]]. Moreover, he has supported the recent "Denazification" of Ukraine<ref>https://vk.com/wall-977015_42846?lang=en&solution429=aK1thECwtDByDr3pONwBFJV-iRfjRuA-pKQAJhNZxAvcCPx48J8ZCW4HB0PG6tLyC5SGKcaHSe2564Fh-2h2b3UYM5ctpT2CgVjD1NQG0amzVf4IVKIY (BETTER SOURCE NEEDED)</ref>, has labeled gender a social construct<ref>https://www.renegadetribune.com/putins-adviser-dugin-gender-is-a-social-construct/</ref> and associated with pro-[[Gender Ideology\|Gender-Ideology]] individuals<ref>Is Alexander Dugin an Undercover Queer Theorist? - CounterPunch.org</ref>. A cause for his erroneous label as "Fascist" is his largely [[Traditionalism\|Traditionalist]] position, which, however, isn't even [[Fascism\|Fascist]].		A major online encyclopedia very prominently alleges that he is "known for his[[fascist]]views". While he is sometimes described as having supported certain [[Fascist]] views, possibly in particular in his early views, he has criticized various aspects of [[National Socialism]] and has stated certain race denialist views. His book ''[[The Fourth Political Theory]]'' (2009) states a [[Theory]] intended to supersede [[liberal democracy]], [[Marxism]], and [[Fascism]]. Moreover, he has supported the recent "Denazification" of Ukraine<ref>https://vk.com/wall-977015_42846?lang=en&solution429=aK1thECwtDByDr3pONwBFJV-iRfjRuA-pKQAJhNZxAvcCPx48J8ZCW4HB0PG6tLyC5SGKcaHSe2564Fh-2h2b3UYM5ctpT2CgVjD1NQG0amzVf4IVKIY (BETTER SOURCE NEEDED)</ref>, has labeled gender a social construct<ref>https://www.renegadetribune.com/putins-adviser-dugin-gender-is-a-social-construct/</ref> and associated with pro-[[Gender Ideology\|Gender-Ideology]] individuals<ref>Is Alexander Dugin an Undercover Queer Theorist? - CounterPunch.org</ref>. A cause for his erroneous label as "Fascist" is his largely [[Traditionalism\|Traditionalist]] position, which, however, isn't even [[Fascism\|Fascist]].

	Moreover, the Russian government officially supports [[civic nationalism]]<ref>https://ebrary.net/87437/sociology/russian_nationalism</ref>, has banned and imprisoned individuals/organizations/books associated with fascism, [[White nationalism]], [[anti-Semitism\|anti-Loxism]], and "[[The Holohoax\|~~Holocaust~~ denial]]". One example is that the "Federal List of Extremist Materials" has banned many[[fascist]]books, both by non-Russian and Russian fascists. There are strong laws against Hate Speech<ref>According to Article 282 of the Criminal Code, 'Raising hates or hostility, or equally humiliation of human dignity':<blockquote>Actions aimed at the incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as the humiliation of a person or group of persons on grounds of sex, race, nationality, language, origin, attitude to religion, as well as affiliation to any social group, committed publicly or with the use of media or information and telecommunication networks, including the network "Internet" shall be punished by a fine of 300,000 to 500,000 rubles or the salary or other income for a period of 2 to 3 years, or community service for a period of 1 year to four years, with disqualification to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities up to 3 years, or imprisonment for a term of 2 to 5 years.</blockquote><bdi>Уголовный кодекс Российской Федерации/Глава 29 (Criminal Code of the Russian Federation/Chapter 29) ; Статья 282. Возбуждение ненависти либо вражды, а равно унижение человеческого достоинства. ''Уголовный кодекс РФ''</bdi> (Article 282. Incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity. the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)<bdi>''.''</bdi></ref>, Crimes<ref>https://www.sova-center.ru/en/xenophobia/reports-analyses/2019/02/d40603/</ref> and ~~Holocaust~~ Denial<ref>In May 2014, Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a law making the denial of Nazi crimes and "wittingly spreading false information about the activity of the USSR during the years of World War Two" or portraying Nazis as heroes a criminal offence.		Moreover, the Russian government officially supports [[civic nationalism]]<ref>https://ebrary.net/87437/sociology/russian_nationalism</ref>, has banned and imprisoned individuals/organizations/books associated with fascism, [[White nationalism]], [[anti-Semitism\|anti-Loxism]], and "[[The Holohoax\|Holohoax denial]]". One example is that the "Federal List of Extremist Materials" has banned many[[fascist]]books, both by non-Russian and Russian fascists. There are strong laws against Hate Speech<ref>According to Article 282 of the Criminal Code, 'Raising hates or hostility, or equally humiliation of human dignity':<blockquote>Actions aimed at the incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as the humiliation of a person or group of persons on grounds of sex, race, nationality, language, origin, attitude to religion, as well as affiliation to any social group, committed publicly or with the use of media or information and telecommunication networks, including the network "Internet" shall be punished by a fine of 300,000 to 500,000 rubles or the salary or other income for a period of 2 to 3 years, or community service for a period of 1 year to four years, with disqualification to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities up to 3 years, or imprisonment for a term of 2 to 5 years.</blockquote><bdi>Уголовный кодекс Российской Федерации/Глава 29 (Criminal Code of the Russian Federation/Chapter 29) ; Статья 282. Возбуждение ненависти либо вражды, а равно унижение человеческого достоинства. ''Уголовный кодекс РФ''</bdi> (Article 282. Incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity. the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)<bdi>''.''</bdi></ref>, Crimes<ref>https://www.sova-center.ru/en/xenophobia/reports-analyses/2019/02/d40603/</ref> and Holohoax Denial<ref>In May 2014, Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a law making the denial of Nazi crimes and "wittingly spreading false information about the activity of the USSR during the years of World War Two" or portraying Nazis as heroes a criminal offence.

	https://forward.com/news/breaking-news/197664/holocaust-deniers-in-russia-now-face-five-years-in/</ref> within the Russian Federation and over 6000 Fascists are jailed within its prisons.		https://forward.com/news/breaking-news/197664/holocaust-deniers-in-russia-now-face-five-years-in/</ref> within the Russian Federation and over 6000 Fascists are jailed within its prisons.

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	Moreover, the Russian government officially supports [[civic nationalism]]<ref>https://ebrary.net/87437/sociology/russian_nationalism</ref>, has banned and imprisoned individuals/organizations/books associated with fascism, [[White nationalism]], [[anti-Semitism\|anti-Loxism]], and "[[The Holohoax\|Holocaust denial]]". One example is that the "Federal List of Extremist Materials" has banned many[[fascist]]books, both by non-Russian and Russian fascists. There are strong laws against Hate Speech<ref>According to Article 282 of the Criminal Code, 'Raising hates or hostility, or equally humiliation of human dignity':<blockquote>Actions aimed at the incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as the humiliation of a person or group of persons on grounds of sex, race, nationality, language, origin, attitude to religion, as well as affiliation to any social group, committed publicly or with the use of media or information and telecommunication networks, including the network "Internet" shall be punished by a fine of 300,000 to 500,000 rubles or the salary or other income for a period of 2 to 3 years, or community service for a period of 1 year to four years, with disqualification to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities up to 3 years, or imprisonment for a term of 2 to 5 years.</blockquote><bdi>Уголовный кодекс Российской Федерации/Глава 29 (Criminal Code of the Russian Federation/Chapter 29) ; Статья 282. Возбуждение ненависти либо вражды, а равно унижение человеческого достоинства. ''Уголовный кодекс РФ''</bdi> (Article 282. Incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity. the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)<bdi>''.''</bdi></ref>, Crimes<ref>https://www.sova-center.ru/en/xenophobia/reports-analyses/2019/02/d40603/</ref> and Holocaust Denial<ref>In May 2014, Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a law making the denial of Nazi crimes and "wittingly spreading false information about the activity of the USSR during the years of World War Two" or portraying Nazis as heroes a criminal offence.		Moreover, the Russian government officially supports [[civic nationalism]]<ref>https://ebrary.net/87437/sociology/russian_nationalism</ref>, has banned and imprisoned individuals/organizations/books associated with fascism, [[White nationalism]], [[anti-Semitism\|anti-Loxism]], and "[[The Holohoax\|Holocaust denial]]". One example is that the "Federal List of Extremist Materials" has banned many[[fascist]]books, both by non-Russian and Russian fascists. There are strong laws against Hate Speech<ref>According to Article 282 of the Criminal Code, 'Raising hates or hostility, or equally humiliation of human dignity':<blockquote>Actions aimed at the incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as the humiliation of a person or group of persons on grounds of sex, race, nationality, language, origin, attitude to religion, as well as affiliation to any social group, committed publicly or with the use of media or information and telecommunication networks, including the network "Internet" shall be punished by a fine of 300,000 to 500,000 rubles or the salary or other income for a period of 2 to 3 years, or community service for a period of 1 year to four years, with disqualification to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities up to 3 years, or imprisonment for a term of 2 to 5 years.</blockquote><bdi>Уголовный кодекс Российской Федерации/Глава 29 (Criminal Code of the Russian Federation/Chapter 29) ; Статья 282. Возбуждение ненависти либо вражды, а равно унижение человеческого достоинства. ''Уголовный кодекс РФ''</bdi> (Article 282. Incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity. the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)<bdi>''.''</bdi></ref>, Crimes<ref>https://www.sova-center.ru/en/xenophobia/reports-analyses/2019/02/d40603/</ref> and Holocaust Denial<ref>In May 2014, Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a law making the denial of Nazi crimes and "wittingly spreading false information about the activity of the USSR during the years of World War Two" or portraying Nazis as heroes a criminal offence.

	https://forward.com/news/breaking-news/197664/holocaust-deniers-in-russia-now-face-five-years-in/</ref> within the Russian Federation and over 6000 ~~Nationalists~~ are jailed within its prisons.		https://forward.com/news/breaking-news/197664/holocaust-deniers-in-russia-now-face-five-years-in/</ref> within the Russian Federation and over 6000 Fascists are jailed within its prisons.

	Dugin has had associations with the [[Conservative Revolutionary movement]] and the [[European New Right]] and has published a journal titled ''Elementy'' (compare ''[[Éléments]]'').		Dugin has had associations with the [[Conservative Revolutionary movement]] and the [[European New Right]] and has published a journal titled ''Elementy'' (compare ''[[Éléments]]'').
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	During the 2014 war in Ukraine, Dugin also lost the offered post Head of the Department of Sociology of International Relations of the Faculty of Sociology of the [[Moscow State University]] (while being Deputy Head since 2009).<ref name=DOUPOU>{{cite news\|author1=Ben Hoyle\|title=Putin accused of betraying and abandoning Ukraine separatists\|url=https://www.Theaustralian.com.au/news/world/putin-accused-of-betraying-and-abandoning-ukraine-separatists/story-fnb64oi6-1226976223365\|work=[[The Australian]]\|date=3 July 2014}}<br />{{cite news\|title=Rebel leaders in Ukraine feel 'abandoned' by Putin\|url=https://www.Theaustralian.com.au/news/world/rebel-leaders-in-ukraine-feel-abandoned-by-putin/story-fnb64oi6-1226976988427\|work=[[The Australian]]\|date=4 July 2014}}<br />{{cite news\|author=Paul Sonne\|title=Russian ~~Nationalists~~ Feel Let Down by Kremlin\|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-fascists-feel-let-down-by-kremlin-again-1404510139\|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]\|date=4 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=Fitzpatrick2014>{{cite news\|last1=Fitzpatrick\|first1=CaTherine A\|title=Russia This Week: Dugin Dismissed from Moscow State University? (23–29 June). Entry at 2002GMT\|url=https://www.interpretermag.com/russia-this-week-what-will-be-twitters-fate-in-russia/\|access-date=12 January 2015\|work=The Interpreter\|date=27 June 2014}}</ref> In 2014, a petition entitled "We demand the dismissal of MSU Faculty of Sociology Professor A. G. Dugin!" was signed by over 10,000 people and sent to the MSU rector [[Viktor Sadovnichiy]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Требуем увольнения профессора факультета социологии МГУ А. Г. Дугина!\|trans-title=We demand the dismissal of Professor of the Faculty of Sociology of Moscow State University A. G. Dugin!\|url=https://www.change.org/p/ректору-мгу-им-ломоносова-академику-в-а-садовничему-требуем-увольнения-профессора-факультета-социологии-мгу-а-г-дугина\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213201546/https://www.change.org/</ref>		During the 2014 war in Ukraine, Dugin also lost the offered post Head of the Department of Sociology of International Relations of the Faculty of Sociology of the [[Moscow State University]] (while being Deputy Head since 2009).<ref name=DOUPOU>{{cite news\|author1=Ben Hoyle\|title=Putin accused of betraying and abandoning Ukraine separatists\|url=https://www.Theaustralian.com.au/news/world/putin-accused-of-betraying-and-abandoning-ukraine-separatists/story-fnb64oi6-1226976223365\|work=[[The Australian]]\|date=3 July 2014}}<br />{{cite news\|title=Rebel leaders in Ukraine feel 'abandoned' by Putin\|url=https://www.Theaustralian.com.au/news/world/rebel-leaders-in-ukraine-feel-abandoned-by-putin/story-fnb64oi6-1226976988427\|work=[[The Australian]]\|date=4 July 2014}}<br />{{cite news\|author=Paul Sonne\|title=Russian Fascists Feel Let Down by Kremlin\|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-fascists-feel-let-down-by-kremlin-again-1404510139\|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]\|date=4 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=Fitzpatrick2014>{{cite news\|last1=Fitzpatrick\|first1=CaTherine A\|title=Russia This Week: Dugin Dismissed from Moscow State University? (23–29 June). Entry at 2002GMT\|url=https://www.interpretermag.com/russia-this-week-what-will-be-twitters-fate-in-russia/\|access-date=12 January 2015\|work=The Interpreter\|date=27 June 2014}}</ref> In 2014, a petition entitled "We demand the dismissal of MSU Faculty of Sociology Professor A. G. Dugin!" was signed by over 10,000 people and sent to the MSU rector [[Viktor Sadovnichiy]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Требуем увольнения профессора факультета социологии МГУ А. Г. Дугина!\|trans-title=We demand the dismissal of Professor of the Faculty of Sociology of Moscow State University A. G. Dugin!\|url=https://www.change.org/p/ректору-мгу-им-ломоносова-академику-в-а-садовничему-требуем-увольнения-профессора-факультета-социологии-мгу-а-г-дугина\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213201546/https://www.change.org/</ref>

	The petition was started after Dugin's interview in which he said in relation to when anti-Russian Communists burned in a building in Odessa on 2 May 2014: ("But what we see on May 2nd is beyond any limits. Kill Them, kill Them, kill Them. There should not be any more conversations. As a professor, I consider it so"). While he was talking about "those who perpetrated lawlessness on May 2nd",<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4-3khItD8s0] with transcript (retrieved 26 December 2018)</ref> media interpreted this as a call to kill Ukrainians.<ref>{{cite web\|title=В России собирают подписи за увольнение профессора МГУ, призвавшего убивать украинцев\|url=https://www.unian.net/politics/928851-v-rossii-sobirayut-podpisi-za-uvolnenie-professora-mgu-prizvavshego-ubivat-ukraintsev.html\|agency=[[Ukrainian Independent Information Agency]]\|date=15 July 2014}}</ref>		The petition was started after Dugin's interview in which he said in relation to when anti-Russian Communists burned in a building in Odessa on 2 May 2014: ("But what we see on May 2nd is beyond any limits. Kill Them, kill Them, kill Them. There should not be any more conversations. As a professor, I consider it so"). While he was talking about "those who perpetrated lawlessness on May 2nd",<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4-3khItD8s0] with transcript (retrieved 26 December 2018)</ref> media interpreted this as a call to kill Ukrainians.<ref>{{cite web\|title=В России собирают подписи за увольнение профессора МГУ, призвавшего убивать украинцев\|url=https://www.unian.net/politics/928851-v-rossii-sobirayut-podpisi-za-uvolnenie-professora-mgu-prizvavshego-ubivat-ukraintsev.html\|agency=[[Ukrainian Independent Information Agency]]\|date=15 July 2014}}</ref>

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	Dugin was born in [[Moscow]], into the family of a colonel-general in the [[GRU\|Soviet military intelligence]] and [[Candidate of Science\|candidate of law]], Geliy Alexandrovich Dugin, and his wife Galina, a doctor and candidate of medicine.<ref name=Literaturnaya>{{cite web\|url=https://www.litrossia.ru/2007/15/01412.html \|script-title=ru:Доктор Дугин \|publisher=Литературная Россия \|access-date=18 March 2012 \|language=ru \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022031837/https://www.litrossia.ru/2007/15/01412.html \|archive-date=22 October 2012 }}</ref> His faTher left the family when he was three, but ensured that they had a good standard of living, and helped Dugin out of trouble with the authorities on occasion.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Clover\|first=Charles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5TBCwAAQBAJ\|title=Black Wind, White Snow: the Rise of Russia's New Nationalism\|date=26 April 2016\|publisher=Yale University Press\|isbn=978-0-300-22394-1\|pages=234–235\|language=en\|quote=Dugin, who left Alexander's mother when his son was three. While Dugin had very little contact with the man after that, it does appear that his faTher loomed large in his life. Dugin has been vague in various interviews about his faTher's profession. He told me and others that Geli was a general in military intelligence (The GRU). But when pressed, he admitted he didn't actually know for a fact what he did. 'At the end of his life he worked for the customs police, but where he worked before that – he did not tell me. That I do not really know.' Dugin's friends, however, are adamant that his faTher must have been someone of rank within the Soviet system. For starters, the family had the accoutrements of prestige – a nice dacha, relatives with nice dachas, and access to opportunities. According to Dugin's close friend and collaborator Gaidar Dzhemal, Geli Dugin had, on more than one occasion, intervened from a high-ranking position in the Soviet state to get his son out of trouble.}}</ref> He was transferred to the customs service due to his son's behaviour in 1983.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Clover\|first=Charles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5TBCwAAQBAJ\|title=Black Wind, White Snow: the Rise of Russia's New Nationalism\|date=26 April 2016\|publisher=Yale University Press\|isbn=978-0-300-22394-1\|language=en\|quote=Alexander, Geli was transferred to the customs service after his son's detention in 1983 by the KGB.}}</ref> In 1979, Aleksandr entered the [[Moscow Aviation Institute]], but was expelled. Afterwards, he began working as a street cleaner and used a forged reader's card to access the Lenin Library and continue studying. However, other sources claim he instead started working in a KGB archive, where he had access to banned literature on Masonry,[[fascism]]and paganism.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Umland \|first=Andreas \|date=July 2010 \|title=Aleksandr Dugin's Transformation from a Lunatic Fringe Figure into a Mainstream Political Publicist, 1980–1998: A Case Study in the Rise of Late and Post-Soviet Russian Fascism \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1016/j.euras.2010.04.008 \|journal=Journal of Eurasian Studies \|language=en \|volume=1 \|issue=2 \|pages=144–152 \|doi=10.1016/j.euras.2010.04.008 \|issn=1879-3665}}</ref>		Dugin was born in [[Moscow]], into the family of a colonel-general in the [[GRU\|Soviet military intelligence]] and [[Candidate of Science\|candidate of law]], Geliy Alexandrovich Dugin, and his wife Galina, a doctor and candidate of medicine.<ref name=Literaturnaya>{{cite web\|url=https://www.litrossia.ru/2007/15/01412.html \|script-title=ru:Доктор Дугин \|publisher=Литературная Россия \|access-date=18 March 2012 \|language=ru \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022031837/https://www.litrossia.ru/2007/15/01412.html \|archive-date=22 October 2012 }}</ref> His faTher left the family when he was three, but ensured that they had a good standard of living, and helped Dugin out of trouble with the authorities on occasion.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Clover\|first=Charles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5TBCwAAQBAJ\|title=Black Wind, White Snow: the Rise of Russia's New Nationalism\|date=26 April 2016\|publisher=Yale University Press\|isbn=978-0-300-22394-1\|pages=234–235\|language=en\|quote=Dugin, who left Alexander's mother when his son was three. While Dugin had very little contact with the man after that, it does appear that his faTher loomed large in his life. Dugin has been vague in various interviews about his faTher's profession. He told me and others that Geli was a general in military intelligence (The GRU). But when pressed, he admitted he didn't actually know for a fact what he did. 'At the end of his life he worked for the customs police, but where he worked before that – he did not tell me. That I do not really know.' Dugin's friends, however, are adamant that his faTher must have been someone of rank within the Soviet system. For starters, the family had the accoutrements of prestige – a nice dacha, relatives with nice dachas, and access to opportunities. According to Dugin's close friend and collaborator Gaidar Dzhemal, Geli Dugin had, on more than one occasion, intervened from a high-ranking position in the Soviet state to get his son out of trouble.}}</ref> He was transferred to the customs service due to his son's behaviour in 1983.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Clover\|first=Charles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5TBCwAAQBAJ\|title=Black Wind, White Snow: the Rise of Russia's New Nationalism\|date=26 April 2016\|publisher=Yale University Press\|isbn=978-0-300-22394-1\|language=en\|quote=Alexander, Geli was transferred to the customs service after his son's detention in 1983 by the KGB.}}</ref> In 1979, Aleksandr entered the [[Moscow Aviation Institute]], but was expelled. Afterwards, he began working as a street cleaner and used a forged reader's card to access the Lenin Library and continue studying. However, other sources claim he instead started working in a KGB archive, where he had access to banned literature on Masonry,[[fascism]]and paganism.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Umland \|first=Andreas \|date=July 2010 \|title=Aleksandr Dugin's Transformation from a Lunatic Fringe Figure into a Mainstream Political Publicist, 1980–1998: A Case Study in the Rise of Late and Post-Soviet Russian Fascism \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1016/j.euras.2010.04.008 \|journal=Journal of Eurasian Studies \|language=en \|volume=1 \|issue=2 \|pages=144–152 \|doi=10.1016/j.euras.2010.04.008 \|issn=1879-3665}}</ref>

	In 1980, Dugin joined the "[[Yuzhinsky group]]", an avant-garde dissident group which dabbled in [[Satanism]] and other forms of the [[occult]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Teitelbaum\|first=Benjamin R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdHADwAAQBAJ\|title=War for Eternity: the Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right\|date=21 April 2020\|publisher=Penguin Books Limited\|isbn=978-0-14-199204-4\|pages=41\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Clover\|first=Charles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5TBCwAAQBAJ\|title=Black Wind, White Snow: the Rise of Russia's New Nationalism\|date=26 April 2016\|publisher=Yale University Press\|isbn=978-0-300-22394-1\|language=en\|quote=The Yuzhinsky circle gained a reputation for [[Satanism]], for séances, a devotion to all things esoteric – mysticism, hypnotism, Ouija boards, Sufism, trances, pentagrams and so forth}}</ref> In the group, he was known for his embrace of [[National Socialism]] which he attributes to a rebellion against his Soviet raising, as opposed to genuine sympathy for [[Hitler]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Clover\|first=Charles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5TBCwAAQBAJ\|title=Black Wind, White Snow: the Rise of Russia's New Nationalism\|date=26 April 2016\|publisher=Yale University Press\|isbn=978-0-300-22394-1\|language=en\|quote=Dugin is very forthright about his early Nazi antics, which he says were more about his total rebellion against a stifling Soviet upbringing than any real sympathy for Hitler. Still, virtually everyone who remembers Dugin from his early years brings it up.}}</ref> He adopted an alter ego with the name of "Hans Siever", a reference to [[Wolfram Sievers]], a researcher of the [[paranormal]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Clover\|first=Charles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5TBCwAAQBAJ\|title=Black Wind, White Snow: the Rise of Russia's New Nationalism\|date=26 April 2016\|publisher=Yale University Press\|isbn=978-0-300-22394-1\|language=en\|quote=He adopted the nom de plume 'Hans Sievers', which added a hint of Teutonic severity to an already colourful and fairly camp militaristic–folklore style. the impression he created was, as his later collaborator Eduard Limonov described it, a 'picture of Oscar Wildean ambiguity'. Sievers was not just a stage name: it was a complete persona and alter ego. This was painstakingly composed of as many antisocial elements as its creator could find – a total and malevolent rebellion not just against the Soviet Union, but against convention and public taste as a whole: his namesake, Wolfram Sievers}}</ref> Studying by himself, he learned to speak Italian, German, French, English<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Clover\|first=Charles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5TBCwAAQBAJ\|title=Black Wind, White Snow: the Rise of Russia's New Nationalism\|date=26 April 2016\|publisher=Yale University Press\|isbn=978-0-300-22394-1\|language=en\|quote=In the evenings he read voraciously, learned to speak Italian, German, French and English, played the guitar and wrote songs.}}</ref> and Spanish.<ref>{{cite AV media\| url-status = live\| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/1VcjIyUtulc\| archive-date = 11 December 2021\| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VcjIyUtulc\| title = Alexandr Dugin en Argentina: "Nada puede frenar la transición hacia el mundo multipolar" \| website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He also discovered the writings of [[Julius Evola]] in the V. I. Lenin State Library, and adopted the beliefs of the Traditionalist School.		In 1980, Dugin joined the "[[Yuzhinsky group]]", an avant-garde dissident group which dabbled in [[Satanism]] and other forms of the [[occult]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Teitelbaum\|first=Benjamin R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdHADwAAQBAJ\|title=War for Eternity: the Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right\|date=21 April 2020\|publisher=Penguin Books Limited\|isbn=978-0-14-199204-4\|pages=41\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Clover\|first=Charles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5TBCwAAQBAJ\|title=Black Wind, White Snow: the Rise of Russia's New Nationalism\|date=26 April 2016\|publisher=Yale University Press\|isbn=978-0-300-22394-1\|language=en\|quote=The Yuzhinsky circle gained a reputation for [[Satanism]], for séances, a devotion to all things esoteric – mysticism, hypnotism, Ouija boards, Sufism, trances, pentagrams and so forth}}</ref> In the group, he was known for his embrace of [[National Socialism]] which he attributes to a rebellion against his Soviet raising, as opposed to genuine sympathy for [[Hitler]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Clover\|first=Charles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5TBCwAAQBAJ\|title=Black Wind, White Snow: the Rise of Russia's New Nationalism\|date=26 April 2016\|publisher=Yale University Press\|isbn=978-0-300-22394-1\|language=en\|quote=Dugin is very forthright about his early Nazi antics, which he says were more about his total rebellion against a stifling Soviet upbringing than any real sympathy for Hitler. Still, virtually everyone who remembers Dugin from his early years brings it up.}}</ref> He adopted an alter ego with the name of "Hans Siever", a reference to [[Wolfram Sievers]], a researcher of the [[paranormal]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Clover\|first=Charles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5TBCwAAQBAJ\|title=Black Wind, White Snow: the Rise of Russia's New Nationalism\|date=26 April 2016\|publisher=Yale University Press\|isbn=978-0-300-22394-1\|language=en\|quote=He adopted the nom de plume 'Hans Sievers', which added a hint of Teutonic severity to an already colourful and fairly camp militaristic–folklore style. the impression he created was, as his later collaborator Eduard Limonov described it, a 'picture of Oscar Wildean ambiguity'. Sievers was not just a stage name: it was a complete persona and alter ego. This was painstakingly composed of as many antisocial elements as its creator could find – a total and malevolent rebellion not just against the Soviet Union, but against convention and public taste as a whole: his namesake, Wolfram Sievers}}</ref> Studying by himself, he learned to speak Italian, German, French, English<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Clover\|first=Charles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5TBCwAAQBAJ\|title=Black Wind, White Snow: the Rise of Russia's New Nationalism\|date=26 April 2016\|publisher=Yale University Press\|isbn=978-0-300-22394-1\|language=en\|quote=In the evenings he read voraciously, learned to speak Italian, German, French and English, played the guitar and wrote songs.}}</ref> and Spanish.<ref>{{cite AV media\| url-status = live\| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/1VcjIyUtulc\| archive-date = 11 December 2021\| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VcjIyUtulc\| title = Alexandr Dugin en [[Argentina]]: "Nada puede frenar la transición hacia el mundo multipolar" \| website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He also discovered the writings of [[Julius Evola]] in the V. I. Lenin State Library, and adopted the beliefs of the Traditionalist School.

	Dugin's first wife was [[Evgenia Debryanskaya]], a Russian activist. they have a son they called Artur, who they named in honor of [[Arthur Rimbaud]].<ref>"The Bizarre Russian Prophet Rumored to Have Putin's Ear". the Bulwark. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-06.</ref>		Dugin's first wife was [[Evgenia Debryanskaya]], a Russian activist. they have a son they called Artur, who they named in honor of [[Arthur Rimbaud]].<ref>"The Bizarre Russian Prophet Rumored to Have Putin's Ear". the Bulwark. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-06.</ref>