L s vygotsky biography definition

Lev Vygotsky was a famous Soviet Belarusian psychologist who was the founder of the idea of a cultural-historical psychology.

During his lifetime, Lev’s theories remained controversial in the Soviet Union. His theories were introduced in the West in the 1930s, but they remained virtually unknown until the 1970s when they came into the foreront and became central part of development of new paradigms in educational and developmental psychology.

Early Life

Lev was born on November 17, 1896, in the Orsha town of Belarus, which was part of the Russian empire at that time.

He was born into a non-religious Jewish middle-class family. His father was a banker and during his schooling years, he was raised in the city of Gomel in Belarus. After the schooling, Lev went to Moscow State University in 1913, where he was adm