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Свадьба Кречинского
Пьеса Александра Васильевича Сухово-Кобылина (1817—1903), впервые опубликованная в 1854 году.
- GenresPlays
107 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1961
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About the author
Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin
15 books4 followersAleksandr Vasilyevich Sukhovo-Kobylin (Russian: Александр Васильевич Сухово-Кобылин) was a Russian nobleman, chiefly known for the works he authored as an amateur playwright. His sister Evgenia Tur was a popular novelist, critic and journalist.
A rich aristocrat who often travelled, Sukhovo-Kobylin was arrested, prosecuted and tried for seven years in Russia for the murder of his French mistress Louise-Simone Dimanche, a crime of which he is nowadays generally believed to have been innocent. He only managed to achieve acquittal by means of giving enormous bribes to court officials and by using all of his contacts in the Russian elite. According to his own version as well as the generally accepted view today, he was targeted precisely because he had the financial capabilities to give such bribes. Based on his personal experiences, Sukhovo-Kobylin wrote a trilogy of satirical plays about the prevalence of bribery and other corrupt practices in the Russian judicial system of the time - "Krechinsky's Wedding" (Russian: Свадьба Кречинского) (1850–1854, begun in prison), "The Trial" (alternatively titled The Case)(Russian: Дело) (1861), and "Tarelkin's Death" (alternatively titled "Rasplyuyev's merry days") (Russian: Смерть Тарелкина, Расплюевские веселые дни) (1869). The first work had immediate success and became one of Russia's most frequently performed plays. It is also considered Sukhovo-Kobylin's best. The trilogy in its entirety was published in 1869 under the title "Scenes from the Past" (Russian Картины прошлого). Attempts to stage the last two plays ran into difficulties with censorship; in particular, "Tarelkin's Death" was only staged in 1899. While popular, the two sequels failed to achieve the same success as the first play.
A rich aristocrat who often travelled, Sukhovo-Kobylin was arrested, prosecuted and tried for seven years in Russia for the murder of his French mistress Louise-Simone Dimanche, a crime of which he is nowadays generally believed to have been innocent. He only managed to achieve acquittal by means of giving enormous bribes to court officials and by using all of his contacts in the Russian elite. According to his own version as well as the generally accepted view today, he was targeted precisely because he had the financial capabilities to give such bribes. Based on his personal experiences, Sukhovo-Kobylin wrote a trilogy of satirical plays about the prevalence of bribery and other corrupt practices in the Russian judicial system of the time - "Krechinsky's Wedding" (Russian: Свадьба Кречинского) (1850–1854, begun in prison), "The Trial" (alternatively titled The Case)(Russian: Дело) (1861), and "Tarelkin's Death" (alternatively titled "Rasplyuyev's merry days") (Russian: Смерть Тарелкина, Расплюевские веселые дни) (1869). The first work had immediate success and became one of Russia's most frequently performed plays. It is also considered Sukhovo-Kobylin's best. The trilogy in its entirety was published in 1869 under the title "Scenes from the Past" (Russian Картины прошлого). Attempts to stage the last two plays ran into difficulties with censorship; in particular, "Tarelkin's Death" was only staged in 1899. While popular, the two sequels failed to achieve the same success as the first play.
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April 14, 2019
عروسی کرچینسکی، برای خوندن کتاب نباید به عنوانش فقط نگاه کرد، این کتاب شرح رند بازی شخصی به اسم کرچینسکی هست که بخاطر پرداخت قرض های قمار کردن هاش دست به کارای عجیبی میزنه!
October 14, 2023
Захватывающе, а
June 13, 2025
Все хорошо, но концовки очень мало. Так и не понятно чем завершилось.
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