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Born on December 10, 1821 in Nemirov, Podolsk province. Father - Alexey Sergeevich Nekrasov (1788-1862), lieutenant. Mother - Elena Andreevna Zakrevskaya (1801-1841). In 1832 he entered the Yaroslavl gymnasium. From 1839 to 1841 he studied at St. Petersburg University. He died on January 8, 1878, at the age of 56 in St. Petersburg. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in St. Petersburg. Main works: “Who Lives Well in Rus'”, “Grandfather Mazai and the Hares”, “Frost, Red Nose”, “Russian Women”, “Peasant Children”, “Grandfather” and others.

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Nikolai Nekrasov is a Russian poet, writer, publicist and classic of Russian literature. In addition, Nekrasov was a democratic revolutionary, head of the Sovremennik magazine and editor of the Otechestvennye Zapiski magazine. The writer’s most famous work is the poem-novel “Who Lives Well in Rus'.”

Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov was born on December 10, 1821 in Nemirov into a noble family. The writer spent his childhood years in the Yaroslavl province. At the age of 11, he entered the Yaroslavl gymnasium, where he studied for 5 years.

The writer's father was a rather despotic man. When Nikolai refused to become a military man at the insistence of his father, he was deprived of financial support.

At the age of 17, the writer moved to St. Petersburg, where, in order to survive, he wrote poetry to order. During this period he met Belinsky. When Nekrasov was 26 years old, together with the literary critic Panaev, he bought the Sovremennik magazine. The magazine quickly gained momentum and had great influence in society. However, in 1862 the government banned its publication.

While working at Sovremennik, several collections of Nekrasov’s poems were published. Among them are those who brought him fame in wide circles. For example, “Peasant Children” and “Peddlers”. In the 1840s, Nekrasov also began to collaborate with the journal Otechestvennye zapiski, and in 1868 he rented it from Kraevsky.

During the same period, he wrote the poem “Who Lives Well in Rus',” as well as “Russian Women,” “Grandfather,” and a number of other satirical works, including the popular poem “Contemporaries.”

In 1875, the poet became terminally ill. In recent years, he worked on a cycle of poems, “Last Songs,” which he dedicated to his wife and last love, Zinaida Nikolaevna Nekrasova. The writer died on January 8, 1878 and was buried at the St. Petersburg Novodevichy cemetery.

Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov is a Russian democratic poet, the author of brilliant examples of civil poetry, who made poetry the “people's lyre” and a weapon in the struggle for the rights of the oppressed people. His poetic muse is the muse of “revenge and sadness,” pain, and the fight against injustice against the peasantry.

The poet was born on November 28, 1821 in the city of Nemirov (Vinnitsa district of Podolsk province, now the territory of Ukraine). His parents met in Nemirov - his father served in a regiment stationed in this city, his mother, Elena Zakrevskaya, was one of the best - the most beautiful and educated - brides in the town. Zakrevskaya’s parents did not intend to give their daughter to officer Nekrasov, who clearly married for convenience (by the time he met Zakrevskaya, he had accumulated gambling debts and a desire to resolve the financial issue through a profitable marriage). As a result, Elena marries against the will of her parents, and, of course, the marriage turns out to be unhappy - her unloving husband made her an eternal recluse. The image of the mother, bright and gentle, entered Nekrasov’s lyrics as the ideal of femininity and kindness (poem “Mother” 1877, “Knight for an Hour” 1860-62), and the image of the father was transformed into the image of a wild, unbridled and stupid despot.

Nekrasov's literary development cannot be separated from the facts of his difficult biography. Soon after the poet’s birth, the family moved to his father’s family estate, in Greshnev, Yaroslavl region. The poet had 12 brothers and sisters, most of whom died at an early age. The father was forced to work - the local income was not enough for the needs of a large family - and he began to serve as a police officer in the police. He often took his son with him to work, so from an early age the child witnessed debt collection, suffering and prayer, and death.

1831 - Nikolai Nekrasov is sent to study at a gymnasium in Yaroslavl. The boy was capable, but he managed to ruin his relationship with the team - he was harsh, had a sharp tongue, and wrote ironic poems about his classmates. After the 5th grade, he stopped studying (there is an opinion that the father stopped paying for education, not seeing the need for education for his not very diligent son).

1837 - 16-year-old Nekrasov begins an independent life in St. Petersburg. Against the will of his father, who saw him as a modest official, Nikolai tries to enter the university at the Faculty of Philology. He did not pass the exams, but with tenacity he stormed the faculty for 3 years, attending classes as a volunteer. At this time, his father refused to support him financially, so he had to live in terrible poverty, sometimes spending the night in homeless shelters, and in constant hunger.

He managed to earn his first money as a tutor - Nekrasov serves as a teacher in a wealthy family, while simultaneously writing fairy tales and editing alphabet books for children's publications.

1840 - Nekrasov earns money as a playwright and critic - the St. Petersburg theater stages several of his plays, and Literaturnaya Gazeta publishes several articles. Having saved up money, in the same year Nekrasov published at his own expense a collection of poems, “Dreams and Sounds,” which came under such a barrage of criticism that the poet bought almost the entire edition and burned it.

1840s: Nekrasov meets Vissarion Belinsky (who shortly before had mercilessly criticized his first poems) and begins a fruitful collaboration with the journal Otechestvennye zapiski.

1846: an improved financial situation allowed Nekrasov to become a publisher himself - he left their “Notes” and bought the magazine “Sovremennik”, which began to publish young and talented writers and critics who left “Notes” after Nekrasov. The tsarist censorship closely monitors the content of the magazine, which has gained great popularity, so in 1866 it was closed.

1866: Nekrasov buys out the magazine Otechestvennye Zapiski, where he previously worked, and intends to bring it to the same level of popularity to which he managed to bring Sovremennik. Since then, he has been more actively self-publishing.

The following works are published:

“Sasha” (1855. Poem about a thinking woman. Sasha is close to the people and loves them. She is at a crossroads in life, thinks a lot about life, when she meets a young socialist. Agarin tells Sasha about the social world order, inequality and struggle, he is positive determined and waiting for the “sun of truth". Several years pass, and Agarin has lost faith that the people can be controlled and given freedom, he can only philosophize on the topic of how to give the peasants freedom, and what they will do with it. Sasha at this time she is engaged in small, but real matters - she provides medical assistance to the peasants).
“Who Lives Well in Rus'” (1860 - 1877. An epic peasant poem exposing the inability of the autocracy to provide the people with true freedom, despite the abolition of serfdom. The poem paints pictures of people’s life and is vividly filled with folk speech).
"Peddlers" (1861).
“Frost, Red Nose” (1863. A poem praising the fortitude of a Russian peasant woman, capable of hard work, loyalty, dedication, and fulfillment of duty).
“Russian Women” (1871-71. A poem dedicated to the courage of the Decembrists who followed their husbands into exile. Contains 2 parts “Princess Volkonskaya” and “Princess Trubetskaya”. Two heroines decide to follow their exiled husbands. Princesses who are unknown hungry, impoverished existence, hard work, abandon their former life... They demonstrate not only the love and mutual assistance inherent in all homemakers by default, but also open opposition to authority).

Poems:

"Railway"
"Knight for an Hour"
"Uncompressed strip"
"Prophet",
cycles of poems about peasant children,
cycles of poems about urban beggars,
“Panaevsky cycle” - poems dedicated to his common-law wife

1875 - the poet becomes seriously ill, but, fighting the pain, finds the strength to write.

1877: the last works are the satirical poem “Contemporaries” and the cycle of poems “Last Songs”.

The poet died on December 27, 1877 in St. Petersburg and was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery. Despite the terrible frost, thousands of admirers came to see the poet off on his final journey.

Biography and creativity of N.A. Nekrasov.

Childhood.

Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov was born on October 10 (November 28), 1821 in Nemirov, Vinnitsa district, Podolsk province.

Nekrasov's father, Alexey Sergeevich, was a small nobleman and an officer. After retiring, he settled on his family estate, in the village of Greshnev, Yaroslavl province (now the village of Nekrasovo). He had several serf souls, whom he treated quite harshly. His son observed this from an early age, and it is believed that this circumstance determined the formation of Nekrasov as a revolutionary poet.

Nekrasov's mother, Alexandra Andreevna Zakrevskaya, became his first teacher. She was educated, and she also tried to instill in all her children (of whom there were 14) a love of the Russian language and literature.

Nikolai Nekrasov spent his childhood years in Greshnev. At the age of 7, the future poet already began to write poetry, and a few years later - satire.

1832 – 1837 – studied at the Yaroslavl gymnasium. Nekrasov is an average student, periodically conflicting with his superiors over his satirical poems.

Petersburg.

1838 - Nekrasov, having not completed the course at the gymnasium (he only reached the 5th grade), leaves for St. Petersburg to join the noble regiment. My father dreamed that Nikolai Alekseevich would become a military man. But in St. Petersburg, Nekrasov, against the will of his father, tries to enter the university. The poet fails the entrance exams, and he has to become a volunteer student at the Faculty of Philology.

1838 - 1840 - Nikolai Nekrasov was a volunteer student at the Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg University. Having learned about this, his father deprives him of financial support. According to Nekrasov’s own recollections, he lived in poverty for about three years, surviving on small odd jobs. At the same time, the poet is part of the literary and journalistic circle of St. Petersburg.

In the same year (1838) Nekrasov’s first publication took place. The poem “Thought” is published in the magazine “Son of the Fatherland”. Later, several poems appear in the “Library for Reading”, then in the “Literary Additions to the Russian Invalid”.

Nikolai Alekseevich will describe all the difficulties of the first years of life in St. Petersburg later in the novel “The Life and Adventures of Tikhon Trostnikov.” 1840 - with his first savings, Nekrasov decides to publish his first collection, which he does under the signature “N.N.”, despite the fact that V.A. Zhukovsky dissuades him. The collection “Dreams and Sounds” is not successful. Frustrated, Nekrasov destroys part of the circulation.

1841 - Nekrasov begins to collaborate in Otechestvennye zapiski.

During the same period, Nikolai Alekseevich earned his living by doing journalism. He edits the “Russian Newspaper” and runs the columns “Chronicle of St. Petersburg Life” and “Petersburg Dachas and Surroundings”. Collaborates in “Notes of the Fatherland”, “Russian Disabled Person”, theater “Pantheon”. At the same time, under the pseudonym N.A. Perepelsky writes fairy tales, ABCs, vaudeville, and melodramatic plays. The latter are successfully staged on the stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.

Collaboration with Belinsky.

1842-1843 Nekrasov became close to V.G. Belinsky’s circle. In 1845 and 1846, Nekrasov published several almanacs that were supposed to create an image of “grassroots” St. Petersburg: “Physiology of St. Petersburg” (1845), “Petersburg Collection” (1846), “First of April” (1846). The almanacs included works by V.G. Belinsky, Herzen, Dahl, F.M. Dostoevsky, I.S. Turgenev, D.V. Grigorovich. In 1845-1846 Nekrasov lived in Povarsky Lane no. 13 and in no. 19 on the embankment of the Fontanka River. At the end of 1846, Nekrasov, together with Panaev, acquired the Sovremennik magazine from Pletnev, to which many employees of Otechestvennye Zapiski transferred, including

including Belinsky.

Creation.

In 1847-1866 Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov was the publisher and actual editor of Sovremennik, on whose pages the works of the best and most progressive writers of that time were published. In the mid-50s, Nekrasov had serious problems with his throat, but treatment in Italy was beneficial. In 1857 N.A. Nekrasov, together with Panaev and A.Ya. Panaeva, moved to an apartment in building 36/2 on Liteiny Prospekt, where he lived until the last days of his life. In 1847-1864 Nekrasov was in a civil marriage with A.Ya. Panaeva. In 1862 N.A. Nekrasov acquired the Karabikha estate, not far from Yaroslavl, where he came every summer. In 1866, the Sovremennik magazine was closed and in 1868 Nekrasov acquired the right to publish Otechestvennye Zapiski (together with M.E. Saltykov; directed in 1868-1877)

Last years of life.

1875 - the poem “Contemporaries” was written. At the beginning of the same year, the poet became seriously ill. The then famous surgeon Billroth came from Vienna to operate on Nekrasov, but the operation did not produce results.

1877 - Nekrasov publishes a cycle of poems “Last Songs”. December 27, 1877 (January 8, 1878) - Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov dies in St. Petersburg from cancer. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.

Nekrasov was buried in St. Petersburg.

Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov was born in 1821 in the Podolsk province (Ukraine), where at that time his father was stationed. The poet's mother was Polish Elena Zakrevskaya. Subsequently, he created an almost religious cult of her memory, but the poetic and romantic biography with which he endowed her was almost entirely a figment of the imagination, and his filial feelings during her life did not go beyond the ordinary. Soon after the birth of his son, the father retired and settled on his small estate in the Yaroslavl province. He was an uncouth and ignorant landowner - a hunter, a petty tyrant, a rude man and a tyrant. From an early age, Nekrasov could not stand his father’s house. This made him declassed, although until his death he retained many of the traits of a middle-class landowner, in particular, a love of hunting and large card games.

Portrait of Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov. Artist N. Ge, 1872

At the age of seventeen, against his father’s will, he left his home and went to St. Petersburg, where he enrolled as an external student at the university, but due to lack of money he was soon forced to stop studying. Receiving no support from home, he turned into a proletarian and lived from hand to mouth for several years. In 1840, he published his first collection of poems, in which nothing foreshadowed his future greatness. Belinsky subjected these verses to severe criticism. Then Nekrasov took up daily work - literary and theatrical -, took on publishing enterprises and proved himself to be a smart businessman.

By 1845 he had found his feet and was in fact the main publisher of the young literary school. Several literary almanacs he published had significant commercial success. Among them was the famous Petersburg collection, who first published Poor people Dostoevsky, as well as several mature poems by Nekrasov himself. He became a close friend of Belinsky, who admired his new poems no less than he was indignant at the collection of 1840. After Belinsky’s death, Nekrasov created a real cult of him, similar to the one he created for his mother.

In 1846 Nekrasov acquired from Pletneva former Pushkin Contemporary, and from a decaying relic, which this publication became in the hands of the remnants of the former “aristocratic” writers, it turned into a remarkably profitable business and the most vibrant literary magazine in Russia. Contemporary survived the difficult times of the Nikolaev reaction and in 1856 became the main organ of the extreme left. It was banned in 1866 after the first attempt on the life of Alexander II. But two years later, Nekrasov, together with Saltykov-Shchedrin, bought Domestic Notes and thus remained editor and publisher of the leading radical journal until his death. Nekrasov was a brilliant editor: his ability to get the best literature and the best people who wrote on the topic of the day bordered on a miracle. But as a publisher he was an entrepreneur - unscrupulous, tough and greedy. Like all entrepreneurs of that time, he did not pay his employees extra, taking advantage of their selflessness. His personal life also did not meet the requirements of radical Puritanism. He always played big cards. Spent a lot of money on his table and his mistresses. He was no stranger to snobbery and loved the company of superior people. All this, according to many contemporaries, was not in harmony with the “humane” and democratic character of his poetry. But his cowardly behavior on the eve of closing especially turned everyone against him. Contemporary, when, to save himself and his magazine, he composed and read publicly a poem glorifying Count Muravyov, the firmest and most decisive “reactionary”.

Lyrics by Nekrasov. Video tutorial

Nikolai Nekrasov is the progenitor of a new literary speech, which his contemporaries successfully recreated and improved at the beginning of the 20th century.

Nikolai Alekseevich’s revolution proceeded in two directions at once: content (the writer touched on topics in his works that were not customary to talk about even in prose) and metric (poetry, squeezed into iambic and trochee, thanks to him received a rich arsenal of trimeters).

Russian literature, like Russian social life, developed within the framework of a dichotomy until the end of the 60s. Nekrasov in his work pushed the boundaries of consciousness, explaining to people that there are at least three points of view on the same question.

Childhood and youth

Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov was born on November 28, 1821 in the Podolsk province, where the 36th Jaeger Infantry Regiment, in which his father served as a captain, was stationed.

The head of the family, Alexei Sergeevich, was a despot who was proud of his noble origins. The avid gambler was not interested in either poetry or prose. The mentally unstable man was good at only two things - hunting and assault. Despite the fact that intellectual demands were alien to Alexei, it was in his father’s library that young Nekrasov read the ode “Liberty,” which was prohibited at that time.

Mother Elena Alekseevna was the complete opposite of her husband. A gentle young lady with a fine spiritual organization, she played music and read all the time. In the illusory world of books, she escaped from the harsh everyday realities. Subsequently, Nekrasov will dedicate the poem “Mother” and “Knight for an Hour” to this “holy” woman.

Nekrasov was not the only child. In the difficult atmosphere of his father’s brutal reprisals against peasants, Alexei Sergeevich’s stormy orgies with his serf mistresses and cruel treatment of his “recluse” wife, 13 more children grew up.

In 1832, Nekrasov entered the Yaroslavl gymnasium, where he reached only the 5th grade. The father always wanted his son to follow in his footsteps and become a military man. In 1838, 17-year-old Nikolai went to St. Petersburg to be assigned to a noble regiment.

In the cultural capital, the young man met his fellow countryman, Andrei Glushitsky, who told the poet about the delights of studying at a higher educational institution. Inspired, Nekrasov, contrary to his father’s instructions, decides to enter the philological faculty of St. Petersburg University. However, the ambitious guy fails the entrance exam and earns the status of a volunteer (1831-1841).

As a student, Nikolai Nekrasov suffered terrible poverty. Left without material support, he spent the night in gateways and basements, and only saw a full meal in his dreams. Terrible hardships not only prepared the future writer for adult life, but also strengthened his character.

Literature

The first collection of poems by young Nekrasov was “Dreams and Sounds”. The book was prepared in 1839, but Nekrasov was in no hurry to publish his “brainchild.” The writer doubted the poetic maturity of his poems and was looking for a strict adviser.

Having the proofs in hand, the aspiring writer asked the founder of romanticism to familiarize himself with it. Vasily Andreevich advised not to publish the book under his own name, explaining that in the future Nekrasov would write great works, and Nikolai Alekseevich would be ashamed of this “unprofessionalism”.

As a result, the collection was published under the pseudonym N.N. This collection was not successful with the public, and after criticism by Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky in the literary magazine Otechestvennye zapiski it was destroyed personally by Nekrasov.

Together with the writer Ivan Ivanovich Panaev, using borrowed money, in the winter of 1846, the poet rented Sovremennik. The publication published leading writers and all those who hated serfdom. In January 1847, the first issue of the updated Sovremennik took place. In 1862, the government suspended the work of the magazine, which was objectionable to the highest ranks, and in 1866 closed it altogether.

In 1868, Nikolai Alekseevich bought the rights to “Notes of the Fatherland”. There the classic was published throughout the subsequent years of its short life.

Among the great variety of works by the writer, the poems “Russian Women” (1873), “Frost, Red Nose” (1863), “Peasant Children” (1861), “On the Volga” (1860) and the poem “Grandfather Mazai” especially stood out. and Hares" (1870), "A Little Man with a Marigold" (1861), "Green Noise" (1862-1863), "Hearing the Horrors of War" (1855).

Personal life

Despite his successful literary policy and the fantastic amount of information that the writer issued monthly (more than 40 printed sheets of proofs) and processed, Nekrasov was an extremely unhappy person.

Sudden attacks of apathy, when the poet did not contact anyone for weeks, and multi-night “card battles” made the arrangement of his personal life almost impossible.

In 1842, at a poetry evening, Nikolai Alekseevich met the wife of the writer Ivan Panaev, Avdotya. The woman was beautiful, had an extraordinary mind and excellent oratorical abilities. As the owner of a literary salon, she constantly “gathered” eminent literary figures (Chernyshevsky, Belinsky) around her.

Despite the fact that Ivan Panaev was an inveterate rake, and any woman would be glad to get rid of such a would-be husband, Nekrasov had to make considerable efforts in order to earn the favor of the charming young lady. It is reliably known that he was in love with the beauty and, however, he failed to achieve reciprocity.

At first, the wayward woman rejected the advances of 26-year-old Nekrasov, which is why he almost committed suicide. But during a joint trip to the Kazan province, the charming brunette and the budding writer nevertheless confessed their feelings to each other. Upon their return, they and Avdotya’s legal husband began to live in a civil marriage in the Panayevs’ apartment.

The Triple Alliance lasted 16 years. All this action caused censure from the public - they said about Nekrasov that he lives in someone else’s house, loves someone else’s wife and at the same time makes scenes of jealousy for his legal husband.

Despite the slander and misunderstanding, Nekrasov and Panaeva were happy. In tandem, the lovers write a cycle of poetry, calling it “Panaevsky”. Biographical elements and dialogue, sometimes with the heart, sometimes with the mind, contrary to popular belief, make the works in this collection absolutely different from the Denisyev Cycle.

In 1849, the famous poet’s muse gave birth to his son. However, the “heir to the talents” of the writer lived only a couple of hours. Six years later, the young lady again gives birth to a boy. The child was extremely weak and died after four months. Due to the impossibility of having children in the couple of Nekrasov and Panayeva, quarrels begin. The once harmonious couple can no longer find “common points of contact.”

In 1862, Avdotya’s legal husband, Ivan Panaev, dies. Soon the woman realizes that Nikolai Alekseevich is not the hero of her novel, and leaves the poet. It is reliably known that in the writer’s will there is a mention of “the love of his life.”

On a trip abroad in 1864, Nekrasov lived for 3 months in an apartment with his companions - his sister Anna Alekseevna and the Frenchwoman Selina Lefren, whom he met back in St. Petersburg in 1863.

Selina was an actress of a French troupe performing at the Mikhailovsky Theater, and because of her easy disposition, she did not take her relationship with the poet seriously. Lefren spent the summer of 1866 in Karabikha, and in the spring of 1867 she again went abroad with Nekrasov. However, this time the fatal beauty never returned to Russia. This did not interrupt their relationship - in 1869 the couple met in Paris and spent the whole of August by the sea in Dieppe. The writer also mentioned her in his dying will.

At the age of 48, Nekrasov met a simple-minded 19-year-old village girl, Fekla Anisimovna Viktorova. And although the young lady did not have outstanding external characteristics and was extremely modest, the master of the literary word immediately liked her. For Thekla, the poet became the man of her life. He not only revealed to a woman the vicissitudes of love, but also showed the world.

Nekrasov and his young girlfriend lived together for five happy years. Their love story was reminiscent of the plot of the play Pygmalion. Lessons in French, Russian grammar, vocals and playing the piano transformed the writer's common-law wife so much that instead of an overly common name, the poet began to call her Zinaida Nikolaevna, giving her a patronymic in his own name.

The poet had the most tender feelings for Thekla, but throughout his life he yearned for both the carefree Frenchwoman Selina Lefren, with whom he had an affair abroad, and for the obstinate Avdotya Yakovlevna.

Death

The last years of the great writer’s life were filled with agony. The publicist purchased a “one-way ticket” at the beginning of 1875, when he became seriously ill.

The classic man, who did not particularly care about his health, consulted a doctor only in December 1876 after his affairs became very bad. The examination was carried out by Professor Nikolai Sklifosovsky, who then worked at the Medical-Surgical Academy. During a digital examination of the rectum, he clearly identified a tumor the size of an apple. The eminent surgeon immediately informed both Nekrasov and his assistants about the tumor in order to collectively decide what to do next.

Although Nikolai Alekseevich understood that he was seriously ill, he refused to increase the dose of opium until the very end. The already middle-aged writer was afraid of losing his ability to work and becoming a burden to his family. It is reliably known that during the days of remission, Nekrasov continued to write poems and completed the fourth part of the poem “Who Lives Well in Rus'.” On the Internet to this day you can find photographs where the classic “enslaved by disease” lies on the bed with a piece of paper and thoughtfully looks into the distance.

The treatment used was losing effectiveness, and in 1877 the desperate poet turned to surgeon E.I. for help. Bogdanovsky. The writer’s sister, having learned about the surgical intervention, wrote a letter to Vienna. In it, the woman tearfully asked the eminent professor Theodor Billroth to come to St. Petersburg and operate on his beloved brother. On April 5, agreement came. A close friend of Johannes Brahms asked for 15 thousand Prussian marks for the work. Preparing for the arrival of the surgeon, N.A. Nekrasov borrowed the required amount of money from his brother Fedor.

The attending doctors had to agree with the decision and wait for their colleague to arrive. Professor T. Billroth arrived in St. Petersburg on April 11, 1877. The medical luminary was immediately acquainted with the classic’s medical history. On April 12, Theodor examined Nekrasov and scheduled an operation for the evening of the same day. The hopes of family and friends were not justified: the painful operation led to nothing.

The news of the poet's fatal illness spread across the country in an instant. People from all over Russia sent letters and telegrams to Nikolai Alekseevich. Despite the terrible torment, the eminent literary figure continued to correspond with concerned citizens until he became completely paralyzed.

In the book “Last Songs” written during this time, the literary figure summed up the results, drawing an invisible line between life and creativity. The works included in the collection are a literary confession of a man who anticipates his imminent death.

In December, the publicist’s condition worsened sharply: along with increasing general weakness and emaciation, constantly increasing pain in the gluteal area, chills, swelling on the back of the thigh and swelling in the legs appeared. Among other things, foul-smelling pus began to come out of the rectum.

Before his death, Nekrasov decided to legitimize his relationship with Zinaida. The patient did not have the strength to go to church, and the wedding took place at home. On December 14, who observed the patient N.A. Belogolovy determined complete paralysis of the right half of the body and warned his relatives that the condition would progressively worsen every day.

On December 26, Nikolai Alekseevich one by one called his wife, sister and nurse to him. He said a barely audible “goodbye” to each of them. Soon consciousness left him, and on the evening of December 27 (January 8, 1878, new style), the eminent publicist died.

On December 30, despite the severe frost, a crowd of thousands accompanied the poet “on his last day” from his house on Liteiny Prospekt to his eternal resting place - the cemetery of the Novodevichy Convent.

In his farewell speech, Dostoevsky awarded Nekrasov third place in Russian poetry after Pushkin and. The crowd interrupted the writer with shouts of “Yes, higher, higher than Pushkin!”

Immediately after the funeral, Zinaida Nikolaevna turned to the abbess of the monastery with a request to sell her a place next to her husband’s grave for her future burial.

Bibliography

"Actor" (play, 1841)
"Rejected" (play, 1859)
"The Official" (play, 1844)
“Theoklist Onufrich Bob, or The Husband Is Out of Place” (play, 1841)
“Lomonosov’s Youth” (dramatic fantasy in verse in one act with an epilogue, 1840)
“Contemporaries” (poem, 1875)
“Silence” (poem, 1857)
“Grandfather” (poem, 1870)
“Cabinet of Wax Figures” (poem, 1956)
“Who Lives Well in Rus'” (poem, 1863-1876)
“Peddlers” (poem, 1861)
“Recent Time” (poem, 1871)