Песня про царя Ивана Васильевича, молодого опричника и удалого купца Калашникова

by Mikhail Lermontov, Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов

Поэма. Написана в 1837 году. Входит в список обязательной литературы для средних школ.

Genres: Poetry, Russia, Russian Literature, Classics

19 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1837

About the author

Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов), a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", was the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death. His influence on later Russian literature is still felt in modern times, not only through his poetry, but also by his prose.

Lermontov died in a duel like his great predecessor poet, Aleksander Pushkin.

Even more so tragically strange (if not to say fatalistic) that both poets described in their major works fatal duel outcomes, in which the main characters (Onegin and Pechorin) were coming out victorious.

Reviews

[Mihail Pratasenia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Хороший рассказ, мне понравился.

[Tabatha · Rating 4 out of 5]

We cannot fault the times in which this was written by today’s yardstick. We are fortunate that while vulnerable, young beautiful women no longer walk the treacherous path that they did in early 19th century Russia when this was written let alone the 1500s when the events took place. Any violation meant ruin. And her husband bravely fought a duel to the death to restore honor, as it was an insult to the whole family for a woman to be wronged. Gorgeous book, gorgeous illustrations by Bilibin, particularly the face of vengeance of the husband who wipes the smug look off the Tsar’s oprichnik’s face.

[Anastasia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh. Too short. I liked it enough, but too short to really feel anything. Or didn't pack enough punch.

Oh, and I did not love that her own husband assumed the worst about HER, not the situation. Jeez, she's your wife and all you care about is your honor? I get it, times were different, women were things..... FUCK NO, I DON'T GET IT AND NEVER WILL.

[corpys · Rating 2 out of 5]

так себе

[Anna Kļaviņa · Rating 2 out of 5]

«Песня про царя Ивана Васильевича, молодого опричника и удалого купца Калашникова» написана в манере народного творчества. От этого поэтическое произведение приобретает свою уникальность и неповторимость. Молодой царский опричник Кирибеевич Ивану Васильевичу в своей любви к красавице Алене Дмитриевне, которая в церкви венчана с молодым купцом Калашниковым. Нет ни радости в жизни слуге царскому, ни света без красавицы недоступной.

Калашников – молодой купец, возвращается из лавки и не застает жену дома. Только поздней ночью возвращается она простоволосая, разгоряченная. Поведала Алена Дмитриевна, что надругался над ней молодой царский опричник Кирибеевич и опозорил имя ее доброе перед соседушками. И купец решает встретиться с обидчиком на кулачном бою в честном поединке.

На Москва-реке собрались добры молодцы и схлестнулись в битве честной купец Калашников и слуга царский Кирибеевич. Ударил купец опричника в висок и повалился добрый молодец замертво на сырую землю. А царь грозный Иван Васильевич не смог выдержать потерю любимого воина и казнил позорной смертью купца Калашникова.

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[Kienie · Rating 1 out of 5]

SPOILERS: one of the Tsar's favorite soldiers is in love with a married woman. He molests he in the street. The neighbors witness this, but she manages to run off. She comes home in the middle of the night, only to be yelled at by her merchant husband, who accuses her of running around with soldiers and threatens to lock her up. She tells him what happened and asks him to defend her honor. The next day he challenges the soldier to a boxing match and kills him. The Tsar is angered and orders the merchant's execution. Because the merchant is honest, the Tsar doesn't extend the punishment to his brothers, his widow, or his kids. The merchant's head is then chopped off and he's buried at a cross-roads. THE END.

I hate this. I hate, hate, hate, hate this!

[Frankie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very brief idyll of Shakespearean quality (at least the translation is very Victorian). I bought this for the lithographs by Bilibin and the rubicore detailing. It's a beautiful, storybook-sized binding (though I wouldn't read it to children).

The story is quaint and involves a distinct Russian type of chivalry. One that includes medieval honor and bravery, and a standard dismissal of dependence on women. It also smacks of folklore, with the obvious taint of exaggeration - ie, instead of being pardoned, Kalashnikov's family is superfluously honored by the tsar.

[Linar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Интересно. Лаконично, но неплохо.

[Fred Dameron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lermontov, truly the heir to Pushkin, the bridge between him and Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Gogol.