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5 days ago · ‘A Hero of Our Time’ by Mikhail Lermontov. ‘A Hero of Our Time’ is a series of interconnected stories about Pechorin, a Byronic hero whose actions reveal his cynical, manipulative nature. ‘Fathers and Sons’ by Ivan Turgenev. ‘Fathers and Sons’ is about the life of Arkady, Bazarov, and the Kirsanov family.
3 days ago · Parajanov and Abashidze teamed up again on Ashik Kerib (1988), a loose adaptation of an 1837 short story by Mikhail Lermontov, who was inspired by an Azeri-Turkish folktale about a wandering minstrel—an ashik—who seeks the hand of a wealthy man’s daughter. The rich merchant spurns him, and off he goes. “Alone among Parajanov movies ...
Jun 20, 2024 · Mikhail Lermontov quotes My whole past life I live again in memory, and, involuntarily, I ask myself: 'why have I lived - for what purpose was I born?'... A purpose there must have been, and, surely, mine was an exalted destiny, because I feel that within my soul are powers immeasurable...
2 days ago · Shortly after Pushkin's death, contemporary Russian romantic poet Mikhail Lermontov wrote "Death of the Poet". The poem, which ended with a passage blaming the aristocracy being (as oppressors of freedom) the true culprits in Pushkin's death, was not published (nor could have been) but was informally circulated in St. Petersburg.
Jun 10, 2024 · Mikhail Lermontov — ‘I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.’
5 days ago · The Dispute. Once 'mid group of native mountains. Hot dispute arose, Elbrus, angry, did with Kasbek. Argument propose. 'Now beware!' the hoary Elbrus, Warning did exclaim-- 'To enslave thee and enthrall thee. Is man's evil aim! Smoking huts he will be building. On thy mountain side, Loudly through thy clefts resounding. Ring his hatchet wide!
5 days ago · Best Poems of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov . I Go Out On The Road Alone; The Palm Branch Of Palestine; The Demon; Meditation; To My Country
