Solovyov, V. S. Three Conversations on War, Progress, and the End of World History (Tri razgovora), 1901. 2nd Edition. Including "A Short Tale of the Antichrist." In Russian.

Соловьев В. С. Три разговора о войне, прогрессе и конце всемирной истории, со включением Краткой повести об антихристе и с приложениями.
С.-Петербург : Типография Товарищества «Труд», 1901.
XXII, [2], 279 с., 1 л. фронт. (портрет). Твердый переплет, обычный формат. Второе издание.
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Solovyov, Vladimir. Three Conversations on War, Progress, and the End of World History, including a Short Tale of the Antichrist and with Appendices.
St. Petersburg : "Trud" Publishing House, 1901.
XXII, [2], 279 pp., 1 plate (frontispiece portrait). Hardcover. Second edition. In Russian.

This 1901 second edition represents the final philosophical testament of Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (1853–1900), the preeminent Russian religious thinker, mystic, and poet. Published just one year after his death by the "Trud" typography in St. Petersburg, this volume contains his most famous and chilling work, "A Short Tale of the Antichrist." The book is structured as a series of dialogues between five characters representing different facets of the Russian intelligentsia—The General, The Politician, The Lady, The Prince, and Mr. Z—debating the nature of evil, the ethical necessity of war, and the ultimate trajectory of human progress. Solovyov uses these conversations as a platform to critique the passive non-resistance of Leo Tolstoy and the burgeoning "Superman" philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, arguing that evil is an active, objective force that cannot be defeated by morality alone. The text provides a deep typological analysis that offers a deep dive into the internal logic of Christian eschatology, including the arrangement of the Antichrist's future global empire and the spiritual reunification of the Christian churches in the face of the end of world history.
As a foundational text of the Russian Silver Age, this edition includes a significant frontispiece portrait of the author, capturing the philosopher’s intense, ascetic appearance in the final period of his life. The publication of the second edition so quickly after the first (1900) testifies to the profound impact Solovyov’s apocalyptic vision had on the Russian society on the eve of the 20th century's revolutionary upheavals. The appendices further elaborate on his religious-philosophical systems, bridging his earlier theories of "All-Unity" with his final, more somber reflections on historical catastrophe. This 1901 imprint remains an essential primary source for historians of theology, researchers of Russian mysticism, and bibliophiles interested in the origins of modern Russian religious thought.