NIKOLAI FYODOROV’S RELIGIOUS UTOPIA IN ANDREI PLATONOV’S PROSE (THE ANALYSIS OF PLATONOV’S SHORT NOVEL "THE FOUNDATION PIT")

The article examines the influence of the religious utopia of Nikolai Fyodorov on the creative work of Andrei Platonov. Based on the material of the novel "The Foundation Pit", it analyzes the following motives that are close to Nikolai Fyodorov’s philosophy: the motive of orphanage, the motive of the Earth cult, the motives of death and resurrection. The article concludes that the religious utopia of Fyodorov hidden under the layer of socialist utopia, becomes a special way to recreate the utopian reality and simultaneously criticize it. This proclaims the complex anti-utopian strategy of Andrei Platonov.