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Lev Gumilev, Ethnogenesis and Eurasianism ALEXANDER SERGEEVICH TITOV The theory of ethnogenesis is an original paradigm for the study of ethnic history, which emphasises the non-voluntary, behaviourist nature of ethnic development and interaction. It is a concept of history that is anti-humanistic and anti-Enlightenment in its spirit. Gumilev’s significant contribution was the creation of a conceptual framework which moved away from the traditional historical study of political, social and cultural events towards a study of ethnic history interpreted as naturalistic phenomenon of human behaviour.