Аннотация: MMMCCCV. Who does the people love? "I erected a monument to myself, which is not made by hands...". Historical story about a literary creativity. - June 22, 2023.
Who does the people love? 'I erected a monument to myself, which is not made by hands...'. Historical story about a literary creativity.
During the writing of 'Boris Godunov', Pushkin read historical literature and reflected on historical topics.
Where is Grigory Potemkin buried? Where is the monument to Grigory Potemkin?
'During the Ochakov campaign, Prince Potemkin was in love with the Countess ***. Having achieved a meeting and being alone with her in his headquarters, he suddenly pulled the bell, and the cannons all around the camp started to rattle. The husband of Countess ***, a sharp and immoral man, having learned about the reason for the cannons shooting, said, shrugging his shoulders: 'What kind of a kiri kuku!?' [Volume 7. History of Pugachev, Historical articles and materials, Memoirs and diaries.]
'The name of the strange Potemkin will be marked by the hand of history. He will share with Catherine part of her military glory, for we owe him the Black Sea and the brilliant, albeit fruitless, victories in northern Turkey."
'Catherine humiliated the spirit of the nobility. In this matter, her favorites zealously helped her. It is worth recalling the slaps that they generously distributed to our princes and boyars, the glorious receipt of Potemkin, which is still kept in one of the official places of the state, the monkey of Count Zubov, the coffee pot of Prince Kutuzov, and so on. and so on.' ('Potemkin once sent an adjutant to take 100,000 rubles out a state organization. Officials did not dare to issue this amount without a written document. Potemkin, on the another side of the official' paper [request], personally attributed: "to give, um ..."[the obscene expression]') ('About the coffee pot. When M. I. Kutuzov returned from Constantinople in 1794, P. Zubov instructed him to make Turkish coffee and forced him to bring a cup of coffee in the mornings. Kutuzov became Prince only in 1812 "(Pushkin A. S. Notes on Russian history of the 18th century // Pushkin A. S. Complete works: In 10 volumes - L .: Nauka. Leningrad department, 1977-1979. V. 8. Autobiographical and historical prose. History of Pugachev. Notes Moreau de Brazet. - 1978. - S. 89-93.)
"Potemkin villages" remained...
And who does the people love?
Pushkin reads Karamzin. Karamzin writes:
'At that time there was a holy fool in Moscow, respected for real or imaginary holiness: with loose hair, walking naked through the streets in severe frosts, he predicted disasters and solemnly characterized Boris; and Boris was silent and did not dare to do him [holy fool] the slightest harm, because of fearing the people or believing in the holiness of this man. Such holy fools, or blessed ones, often appeared in the capital, wore chains, could reproach anyone, even a noble person, "into their eyes" - in connection of their lawless life ...
They assure that a contemporary of Ioann [the Terrible], Basil the Blessed, like Nicholas of Pskov, did not spare the Terrible and with amazing courage screamed ... about his cruel deeds '(Volume 10, ch. 4).
'The holy fool testifies ... about the evil reigning in the world ... his fearless conversation with the earthly power on behalf of the heavenly power is an example of the ideal behavior of the 'ruler of thoughts' in front of the 'earthly ruler ...'.
The people love holy fools.
Basil the Blessed labored for 72 years and died on August 2, 1557.
St. Basil's Cathedral or Pokrovsky Cathedral in Moscow is a remarkable phenomenon in the history of Russian architecture. It was built by Tsar Ivan the Terrible in 1552-1560 to commemorate the conquest of Kazan.
The relics of St. Basil the Blessed lie ... in the famous Moscow Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed, also called the Pokrovsky Cathedral.
St. Basil's Cathedral is one of the symbols of Moscow, and - in a certain sense - one of the symbols of Russian civilization.
Pushkin writes in 'Boris Godunov':
"Tsar
... Pray for me, poor Nikolka. <...>
Holy fool (after him)
Not! Not! We can't pray for King Herod - the Mother of God does not order. '
Alexander Pushkin feels that he has erected a monument to himself. which is not made by hands.
But here is not England, and not France - with their parliaments and National Assemblies ...
A lines from a draft version of "Eugene Onegin":
In the chambers of the English club
(People's meetings sample [representative body example])
Silently immersed in thought
He hears the boiling (swirling) of porridge
He, the living Alexander Pushkin, as if be dragged with a lasso (uurga) - in a very unpleasant direction ...
June 22, 2023 14:58
Translation from Russian into English: June 22, 2023 17:42
Владимир Владимирович Залесский ' Кого любит народ? 'Я памятник себе воздвиг нерукотворный...'. Исторический рассказ о литературном творчестве. '.
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