E In his teens. Soloviev renounced Orthodox Christianity for nihilism,

though he later returned to the Russian Orthodox Church E Soloviev was a close friend of Dostoevsky and he is believed to be the inspiration for the character Alyosha Karamazov in Dostoevsky's masterpiece The Brothers Karamazov 7 He wrote a number of books, including The Justification of the Good, The Meaning of Love and The Crisis of Western Philosophy: Against the Positivists His writings influenced a number of philosophers and theologians, including Nicolas Berdyaev, Sergey Bulgakov and Pavel Florensky 0 The imminent coming of the Antichrist was the theme of Soloviev's final book. written in 1899, Three Dialogues on War, Progress, and the End of History ▪ Soloviev advocated the reunion of the Eastern and Western Churches in his book Russia and the Universal Church O It has been suggested that Soloviev converted to Catholicism four years before his death in 1900, but this is hotly disputed