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Articles by Mikhail Lermontov
Thanksgiving - The Atlantic
Translated by Vladimir Nabokov FOR everything, for everything, O Lord, I thank Thee for the secret pangs of passions, the poisoned fangs of kisses, the bitter taste of tears; for the revenge of foes and for the calumny of friends, and for the waste of a soul’s fervor burning in a desert, and for all things that have deceived me here. But please, O Lord, henceforth let matters be arranged in such a way that I need not keep thanking Thee much longer
The Svans as members of the ‚Oriental Other‘ in the Soviet film „Salt for Svanetia“ (1930) by Mikhail Kalatozov | A visual commentary (Part I)
One of Sergei Tretyakov's most famous works is the film "Salt for Svanetia" (1930), for which he wrote the screenplay together with director Mikhail Kalatozov. Today, 'Salt for Svanetia' is viewed by most people, if one reads the internet commentaries, to be a documentary film, a realistic depiction of the living conditions in Svaneti as late as the 20th century. However, it bears fictional traits and pursues a clear propagandistic message, which is hard to overlook.
The Sound And The Fury: A Hero Of Our Time By Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Lermontov’s A Hero Of Our Time (1840) was a game changer of seismic proportion for Russian literature. It was a pioneering psychological novel, confronting its readers with a minatory and unforgettable protagonist in the form of Pechorin, its Byronic “Hero”. Lermontov both broke and created literary conventions in order to provide society with a depiction of a monster it had made.
A Hero of Our Time
“Was I put on this earth to destroy the hopes of others?” Pechorin, a resting soldier, amuses himself in a dull town by competing with his friend Grushnitsky over the affections of the young princess Mary. As the game grows crueller and more calculating, intimate thoughts are laid unflinchingly bare. Welcome into the mind of a soldier, where bars and ballrooms become battlefields.
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Lermontov's book is a brilliant precursor to the great Russian novels of the 19th century. It is principally the story of Pechorin, the hero of the title, a Russian officer posted to the Caucasus. He is, however, not a hero in the classical sense, but rather an ambiguous character. Where traditional heroes are motivated by the desire to do good, Pechorin is motivated by the desire to avoid boredom.
The Best Books on The Caucasus
Your first book is The Russian Conquest of the Caucasus by John Frederick Baddeley, a military history of the Chechen and Dagestani resistance to Russian invasion in the early 19th century. J F Baddeley was an English journalist and businessman who travelled extensively in Russia and the Caucasus in the 19th century. He knew the Caucasus as well as any foreigner and wrote a great deal about his experiences there.
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