Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin ... What does this name mean to you? Is it “our everything”, the Russian-speaking Shakespeare or a bored poet who is still required to study in schools? In 1999, on the anniversary of Alexander Sergeyevich, foreign newspapers wrote: “Pushkinomania swept Russia. The inhabitants of the country memorize enormous passages from his works, and topics related to the poet’s work and biography dominate radio and television programs and on the pages of print media. ” Do you know any interesting facts about Pushkin? Perhaps it is worth telling about them to those suffering over Eugene Onegin, so that the poet finds flesh and blood, becomes close and understandable? Will we try?
Interesting facts about Pushkin: childhood
- The poet has always suffered from his "African American" appearance. It seemed to him that thick lips, black curly hair and eyes bulging spoil him. No wonder the school of the future author of great poems was teased with a "monkey."
- When Sasha Pushkin was 4 years old, he first saw his namesake, Emperor Alexander I. The meeting almost cost the baby his life. The monarch took a ride on horseback, and the “little wolf” almost got under the hooves of his horse. Fortunately, the emperor managed to cope with the horse, the future “sun of Russian poetry” did not suffer, only the nanny almost lost her feelings.
- In the famous Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum - a privileged educational institution - Pushkin got to know each other. His uncle attached him there, also the poet Pushkin, only Vasily Lvovich.
- Sasha's poetic gift manifested itself in childhood. Otherwise, he might not have become the pride of the closed boarding house famous for the brilliant graduates, since he graduated from school, having demonstrated the third (from the end) result.
Interesting facts about Pushkin: relationships with people
- According to various sources, the poet took part in 29 fights, he was challenged to a duel 9 times, and he himself “threw the glove” and even more - about 150 times.
- Pushkin's wife, Natalya Nikolaevna Goncharova, was 10 centimeters taller than the poet, and he was embarrassed by this.
- A month before the tragic duel with Pushkin, Baron Dantes married Goncharova's sister, Catherine, so the duelists had to be brother-in-law to each other.
Interesting facts from the biography of Pushkin: a little about the benefits of superstition
It is said that the great poet was very superstitious. He believed in the mystical power of stones and wore special rings for every occasion. One day, foresight (or intuition) saved his life. On the eve of the uprising on Senate Square, Pushkin was under house arrest near St. Petersburg, but was about to go to the capital for a meeting of the Secret Society. However, along the way a hare crossed the road (bad sign), then a priest met (also a harbinger of trouble). A servant who had gone along with Pushkin was suddenly overcome by severe fever. As a result, the superstitious poet returned home, and at night he saw a strange dream: 5 lost teeth. The next day, 5 leaders of revolutionary society were arrested and executed.
Interesting facts about Pushkin: sharp mind
Despite poor performance, the poet had an amazingly sharp mind. He reacted instantly, always finding the exact answer, often right there he put on a brilliant rhyme. Sometimes his epigrams and impromptu were acrimonious and insulting. Perhaps, far from everyone understood, next to a genius of what magnitude they had the honor to live.
Once, the poet Zhukovsky said that he was not present at a friendly dinner, as he had an upset stomach when Kuchelbecker came to visit. Pushkin immediately responded with lines:
"So it was to me, my friends,
And kychelbekerno , and sickening ... "
Poor Kühle generally often got it from Pushkin. However, he himself gave occasion. So, in the Lyceum, he tried to drown himself after a poem by Pushkin, in which there was a line: "William, read your poems so that I fall asleep soon."
But the poet brilliantly and witty reacted in any situation. He even wrote to Emperor Alexander I:
"Afedron you are your fat
You wipe with a calico;
I'm a sinful hole
Do not indulge in children's fashion
And Khvostova is a tough ode,
Though I frown, but work. "
The poet’s jokes were sometimes on the verge of decency or marrying her. But it was ridiculous incredible. This talent would shine today on the stage of KVN! Such is Alexander Pushkin. Interesting facts related to his biography and creativity can be listed in dozens! He had a bunch of card debts. To pay them off, he sometimes wrote a poem in one night. He received 3,000 rubles for the Bakhchisarai Fountain - never before had a poet received such an amount for his creations. He laughed contagiously, was not afraid of anyone, looked like a child (were there African roots, were they affecting?). Women endlessly fell in love with him. But how to resist if he was able to instantly compose:
"I'm in love, I'm fascinated -
In a word, I am honored ... "
Of course, this was an outstanding personality. I would like the schools to talk about the different facets of the poet’s life, and not draw a emasculated, boring yawn portrait.