Pushkin duel biography

Pushkin - the held and failed fights of the Russian poet all the duels of A. Pushkin - the painting "Last shot" held and failed fights. Author: Adrian Markovich Volkov Wikimedia Commons The scale of the genius of the Russian poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, his life and death still haunt his fans, and the entire poetic and world community, the first - does not cease to amaze, and the latter causes incredible pity and burning tears.

Even with modern youth.

Pity for us, who early lost a poet who could leave many more invaluable creations, and tears of this, was a genius happy? Was he able to enjoy the beautiful moments of life, having left in the prime of his strength? We will not give you answers to these questions. Few great people are happy. And, here, about why and what a duel had arise in Pushkin, we will tell. Russian poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin had many duels, order - fortunately, not all of them took place.

But why are there so many challenges? Why a little that, - immediately the duel Russia defeated Napoleon in the Great Patriotic War of the year. In that era, the patriotic spirit was great, and these are the years of the formation of Alexander Pushkin. The military were national heroes. And many features from the nature of the military tried to inherit young people.

The literary works of that victorious time were "saturated" with a patriotic feeling. Pride for the homeland and sincere aspirations about the fate of the Motherland overwhelmed the inspired and pure souls and hearts of youth. The concept of honor has become the most important in their life, and the duel was an almost ordinary business. P. Vyazemsky also wrote about this: Pushkin and his friends, brought up during the Napoleonic troops, under the influence of the heroic rampant of that era, flaunted military removal and some kind of contempt for the requirements of the civil system.

The appearance and character of Pushkin Alexander Sergeevich is unusual initially, starting from external data - Arap. The appearance of Pushkin among contemporaries had various opinions. Those who knew the poet noted his little growth, according to his own brother: Pushkin was Duren, but his face was expressively and animatedly; He was small. The Russian historian M. Pogodin recalled the first meeting with Pushkin: the majestic priest of tall art expected by us was a medium height, an almost low man ....

To a greater extent, reviews about Pushkin’s appearance depended on the attitude to him. In the generally accepted understanding of Pushkin, no one called beautiful, but many noted that the features of his face were made beautiful when they became a reflection of his spirituality. Russian publicist M. Yuzefovich especially paid attention to Pushkin's eyes, "in which, it seemed, everything beautiful in nature was reflected." Nikolskaya, the wife of the famous professor A.

Nikolsky, who met Pushkin in the year at a dinner with the Nizhny Novgorod governor, described the poet so: his slightly dark face was original, but ugly: a large open forehead, long nose, thick lips - generally wrong features. But what was great for him was dark gray with a bluish tint of his eye-large, clear. You cannot convey the expression of these eyes: some burning, and at the same time caressing, pleasant.

I have never seen the face more expressive: smart, kind, energetic. And how funny, my dear, lovely! This little fool could like ... Indeed, the poet himself was a "fiery verb" that sang. This is what the Russian writer and theatrical critic N. Polevaya writes about the portrait of Pushkin’s work of the artist Tropinin: Pushkin’s physiognomy is so definite, expressive that every good painter could grab her, at the same time, is so changeable, that it is difficult to assume that Pushkin’s portrait could give a concept about it.

Indeed, the fiery genius, reviving with every new impression, should change the expression on his face ... Pushkin's gaze was unusually mobile, tenacious. And Pushkin himself was distinguished by extraordinary liveliness. Pushchin, friend and classmate of Pushkin according to the Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. According to the memoirs of A. Karatygina, the leading Russian dramatic actress of the Pushkin era, young Pushkin - frisky, swivel.

It happened for a minute to sit calmly on the spot: spins, jumps, transplants, rebuff the working box of mother, confuses the garus balls in my embroidery, scatter the cards in Granpasyans. For liveliness in literary circles received the nickname "Cricket". The natural liveliness manifested itself in it, taking the forms of childish playfulness. Karatygina wrote: in the city, once at the Bolshoi Theater, he entered our box.

We sat him in full confidence that our prankster would sit quietly. In the pathetic scene, Pushkin, complaining of the heat, took off his wig and began to fanning them like a fan ... It made fun of those who were sitting in neighboring lodges ... We began to cummer the shalun, he slipped from the chair and sat in our legs. Then the public was noisy, they say, they saw Lysy Pushkin, who took off his wig and bowing to the actresses.

Often, Pushkin’s liveliness, crossing the boundaries of pranks and jokes, became direct mischief.They say that once sitting in the theater, he began to applaud, clapping his neighbor's bald head. Another time, in the theater, having quarreled with some major, he called him to a duel. Duel is a strange feature in Pushkin. A good man, Pushkin suddenly, for no apparent reason, began to show an annoying chin.

Often behaved defiantly. The police had special lists, which included people who were not very convenient for public peace. In the lists of these were the name of Alexander Pushkin. In his youth, the views of Alexander Pushkin were quite radical, but then he was disappointed in revolutionary ideals. According to the Russian historian G. Fedotov, having written the poem "Stans", Pushkin concluded a poetic agreement with Nicholas I, offering him the ideal of Peter the Great.

Further, as Fedotov notes, Pushkin has always been a "singer of the empire." He glorified the conquests of Russia. Therefore, by no means of free -demo and other high matters, Pushkin was accused, he was on the lists of the police at one of the honorary places as a card pobby and a duelist. Interesting facts about duels the Russian poet was an excellent shooter, but at that time this was not enough.

There was a duel code of the Russian Empire, according to which duel pistols were specially bought new and never shot. This even did an experienced shooter equal to the one who for the first time holding a gun in their hands. The duelist was only able to lead him towards the enemy. Pushkin was a great pistol master, and was not afraid to challenge any rivals. As we recall on the "faceted trunk" from his "encyclopedia of Russian life" to "Evgenia Onegin" - a pistol of the early 19th century was a complex and versatile weapon.

After the first shot, the probability of hitting in which it was extremely small, a gun due to a long reloading could not be used in battle, like firearms. All the challenges and duels of Pushkin during the duels Alexander Pushkin never shed the enemy’s blood, with the exception of the last match. The great Russian poet "Risewell of Honor" A. Pushkin never shot first. Reds were marked with all the priests of Pushkin.

Pushkin called Pavel Hannibal, his uncle to the duel. Reason: Paul beat a lady from the young summer Pushkin at the ball. Bottom line: The duel is canceled. Hannibal wrote: even though you, Sasha, are among the ball. Pushkin called Peter Kaverin, his friend to the duel. Reason: joking poems composed by Kaverin. Pushkin called the poet Kondraty Ryleyev to the duel. Reason: Ryleev retold a joke of Tolstoy about Pushkin on a secular salon.

As if he was carved in a secret office. Bottom line: the duel did not take place. Pushkin summoned to the duel and Count Fyodor Tolstoy. Reason: a joke that Pushkin was carved in a secret office. Duelants exchanged caustic epigrams, but the barrier never met. Pushkin called his friend Wilhelm Kuchelbeker to a duel. Reason: playful poems about Kuchelbecker, namely, passage "Kuchelbecerno and Nausea." Bottom line: Wilhelm shot at Pushkin, but Pushkin is not in Wilhelm.

Pushkin called Modest Corf, an employee from the Ministry of Justice. Reason: Pushkin’s servant pestrated Korf drunk to the servant, and he beat him. Pushkin called Major Denisevich to the duel. Reason: Pushkin defiantly behaved in the theater, screaming at the artists, and Denisevich made a remark to him. Pushkin called Fyodor Orlov and Alexei Alekseev to the duel. Reason: Orlov and Alekseev made a remark to Pushkin for trying to play billiards drunk and interfered with others.