sentences:  Nikolay Strakhov was also one of the most prominent opponents of Liberalism, Rationalism and Utilitarianism in Russia, who contributed greatly to the development of traditionalist Slavophile ideology and its more conservative and nationalist variant known as "Pochvennichestvo".In 1883 Nikolay Strakhov wrote "The Struggle Against the West in Russian Literature" and supported ideas of Nikolay Danilevsky and claimed that Western European rationalism lacks scientific grounds.Nikolay Strakhov supported and encouraged the young Vasily Rozanov to become a writer and philosopher.