Historical Narrative of Yesenin’s Poem “Pugachev” as Dialogue-Rivalry with Pushkin by S. N. Pyatkin

“…The article is devoted to historicism of Yesenin’s poem “Pugachev” (1921) in the light of A. S. Pushkin’s concept of national history, where there are his works in the foreground, united by “Pugachev’s” topic. …”
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Nikolai Klyuev’s Epistolary Review of Sergei Yesenin’s Poem ‘Pugachev’: “Dark Places” of Multidimensional Evaluation by S. N. Pyatkin, I. V. Kudryashov

“…However, the authors argue that Klyuev’s evaluation of Yesenin’s poem contains “dark places,” specifically his deliberate omission of the imagist poetics of ‘Pugachev’ and his seemingly unmotivated comparison of Yesenin’s dramatic poem with Pushkin’s tragedy ‘Boris Godunov’. …”
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“...Friend of My Youth”: Image of a Dog in the Lyrics of S. A. Yesenin by S. N. Pyatkin

“…The analysis of the subject-figurative structure of each of the poems is carried out, while they selectively comment on individual elements of the poetics of the text, which contributes to a detailed understanding of the role of the studied image. …”
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“Poets” and “Rulers” in B. A. Sadovskoy’s Works by S. N. Pyatkin

“…It is noted that these images go through the entire writer’s fate of Sadovsky, representing himself in different genres of his work - poems, essays, novels and existing in them as a stable motivic complex. …”
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“To Dear Deacon Kolya ...”: Newly Found Inscript of Sergey Yesenin by I. V. Kudryashov, S. N. Pyatkin

“…On the basis of Klyuev's reply message from Vytegra (January 28, 1922), it was established that Yesenin, at the end of December 1921, along with a letter, gave him his new books (including the “Triptych” containing poems of 1917) through Nikolai Ilyich Arkhipov (1887—1967) (a Vytegorsk acquaintance of Klyuev), who came to Moscow as a delegate to the IX All-Russian Congress of Soviets (December 23—28, 1921). …”
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Why Did the Canary Die? (Sergei Yesenin about Nikolai Klyuev) by I. V. Kudryashov, S. N. Pyatkin

“…The article is devoted to the problem of interpretation of the well-known Yesenin lines about N. A. Klyuev in the poem “In the Caucasus”. In literary criticism, the point of view has been established, according to which the eleventh verse of the poem by S. …”
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What is Nikolai Klyuev’s “Hung Upside Down” Crying for? (On Poetic Epitaph to Victims of White Terror) by I. V. Kudryashov, S. N. Pyatkin

“…The article is devoted to the problems of historical and cultural commentary, as well as the interpretation of the ideological-figurative content and genre attribution of N. A. Klyuev’s poem “Hung upside down...”, created by the poet during the Vytegorsk period of his life (1918—1922). …”
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