Rand's views also may have been influenced by the promotion of egoism among the Russian nihilists, including Chernyshevsky and Dmitry Pisarev, although there is no direct evidence that she read them.
ɹˈændz vjˈuːz ˈɔːlsoʊ mˌeɪhɐv bˌɪn ˈɪnfluːənst baɪ ðə pɹəmˈoʊʃən ʌv ˈiːɡoʊˌɪzəm ɐmˌʌŋ ðə ɹˈʌʃən nˈaɪəlˌɪsts, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ tʃˌɜːnɪʃˈɛvski ænd dəmˈiːtɹi pˈɪsɛɹv, ɔːlðˈoʊ ðɛɹ ɪz nˈoʊ dᵻɹˈɛkt ˈɛvɪdəns ðæt ʃiː ɹˈiːd ðˌɛm.