« On days of doubt, on days painful thoughts about the fate of my homeland,
- you alone are my support and support, oh great, mighty, truthful and free Russian language!»
Ivan Turgenev
De-Stalinization
Stunned on December 11 by the fact that there were so many Russians in Moscow and taking revenge for their own confusion in dispersing the “fascist putsch” of Moscow children, the capital’s police apparently received instructions to deal with “Russian fascism” i.e. systematically. Well, what kind of system can there be today - only one - DESTALINIZATION!
It must be said that current ideologists of liberal democracy interpret it (de-Stalinization) as a stupid imitation of historical anti-Stalinism. If we assume that the “Stalinist” era covered the period from 37 to 53 in the history of the USSR, then it is quite clear that everything outside of these time frames, and especially what is directly adjacent to them, is an example of classical anti-Stalinism. Before 1937, it was Trotskyism, the satanic dictatorship of Yagoda and the bloody dictatorship of Yezhov. Afterwards - the anti-Orthodox madness of the Khrushchev Thaw. It is significant that both before 1937 and after 1953, Khrushchev was one of the main figures in anti-Stalinism. And we, Stalinists, think - what was common in those damned years (Yezhovshchina-Khrushchevism before and after)? Is it not that the “elite” of that time frantically and selflessly engaged in denunciation, trying to elevate their “revolutionary impulse” into high degree civil madness.
But the liberal democrat views things differently: before ’37 there was an era of revolutionary geniuses, after ’53 there was an era of geniuses and cultural sufferers. What about organs? What organs? Their purpose is to transform the passions of fighters against religious obscurantism, anti-Semitism, Great Russian chauvinism and counter-revolution into boring lines of criminal cases, into prison gruel, into fear of the “masters of life” - fighters for a bright future. It seems that the announced de-Stalinization is trying to restore the classic traditions of anti-Stalinism of the 20th century: the GPU, Yezhovshchina and Khrushchevism at the same time.
This is exactly how the employees of the Orthodox publishing house “Holy Mountain” perceived the appearance of a police squad with machine guns at stand No. 69 at the “Christmas Gift” exhibition-fair. The senior law enforcement officer sternly explained that there were numerous complaints about the extremist activities of the publishing house. We need to react. Stop extremism and fascism!
What did the voluntary and anonymous police assistants, and with the help of their pointing fingers, the vigilant guards themselves see as extremism? But before we suffocate with indignation along with the freedom-loving fighters against extremism, let us explain to the reader some circumstances of the case.
Publishing house“Holy Mountain” (http://agionoros.ru) is a highly respected publishing house in the Orthodox world. The main activity of the “Holy Mountain” is the translation and publication of the spiritual treasures of Orthodoxy in Greece, Athos, Romania, Georgia... - i.e. universal Orthodox spiritual heritage. It was the publishing house “Holy Mountain”, based on the blessing of the heirs of Elder Paisius of the Svyatogorets, that translated and published the 5-volume book of the Elder, his Life, which has already become a long-term bestseller. Among the treasures of Greek Orthodoxy translated and published by the “Holy Mountain” are the works of Equal-to-the-Apostles Cosmas of Aetolia and theological studies about him, the writings of such authoritative Greek theologians as Archimandrite George (Kapsanis), Archpriest Theodore Zisis, the Romanian theologian Hieromonk Raphael (Noika), the life of Archimandrite Gabriel (Urgebadze) ), Russian theologian and philosopher M.M. Dunaev. For many years, the Publishing House has been maintaining the School of Byzantine Singing at its own expense. Books and CDs on Byzantine church singing are published. The voices of the School students can be heard in the church of the Bulgarian courtyard (on Taganka) during festive services. But what does extremism have to do with it? - the pious reader will ask. Indeed, he has nothing to do with it. But, advertising its translation works at an Orthodox exhibition-fair, the Holy Mountain Publishing House dared to place billboards with the inscription “They speak Russian here”!
Are you a fool or an enemy of the people?
Note that the advertisement was not placed on Manezhnaya (there it might not always look reliable), not in public chamber or other public place. She was at a fair, an Orthodox(!) fair, at the stand of a publishing house of translated (into Russian!) literature.
When in 2003, during the “direct line” V.V. Putin was asked a provocative question about the admissibility of using nationalist rhetoric (in particular, the slogan “Russia for Russians!”) in election campaigning; Putin replied that in multinational Russia such rhetoric is unacceptable: “Whoever says: “Russia is for Russians,” you know, it’s hard to resist not to characterize these people - these are either dishonest people who don’t understand what they are saying, and then they are just idiots, or provocateurs, because Russia is multinational country. What is Russia for Russians? Are they in favor of separating certain territories from Russia, do they want disintegration? Russian Federation? What are they trying to achieve, such figures? The answer here is clear. Most likely, these are provocateurs, people who want to make some cheap capital on some problems, want to show themselves as radicals and gain something here.
We have relevant articles in the Criminal Code. The prosecutor's office must respond to manifestations of this kind if it finds elements of a crime in certain actions...
As for those games that during election campaign allowed things of this kind, frankly, I did not see this, because I did not follow all the debates so closely. I don’t know, it seems to me that a person of sound mind could not have done this; the burden on the voter has been too great over the past time. But, if there are such facts, I will definitely talk with Prosecutor General, I’ll ask him to analyze everything that is known on this topic. There must be a reaction"“, - said Vladimir Putin, rightly posing the Stalinist question (Are you a fool or an enemy of the people?) to those who were pushing the country to split with provocative slogans. And we know that a helpful fool more dangerous than the enemy. And after this, the obliging fools and enemies of the Russian people, having changed their colors (don’t doubt it, the colorful liberals are good at this), have been teaching us for many years that Russia is for anyone, but not for the Russian people. And if someone thinks differently, then he is a fascist. And the same figures are pouring dirt on Putin, just as they throw garbage on Stalin’s grave. And now, after Medvedev’s menacing shouts about the necessary measure of democratic severity towards Russian fascists, they are trying to make the Russian language a sign of this fascism. They are trying to explain to us that the very fact of speaking Russian is also a sign of fascism. To hell with you, good gentlemen!
Not even a month has passed since the Russian cry at Manezhka - “Give us back our Motherland, bring back justice!” - like the same Russian police guys, instead of dealing with informers who are inciting national hatred, they are helping to incite this hatred. Instead of grabbing the hand of dirty provocateurs trying to slander the Russian people, “explanations” are taken from those who speak Russian simply because it is theirs native language. But Volkov’s killers have not yet been arrested, Yegor Sviridov’s killers have not been convicted, and the killers of Pavel Kazakov and Maxim Sychev have not been caught. Gangs with traumatic weapons and knives are still running around the streets of Moscow. The police have nothing to do? Why did they come to the Orthodox book fair to buy books? And who did it? It is unlikely that a gloomy sergeant with a machine gun will reveal the informant’s secret. Let us remind the police and their volunteer assistants:
“Everyone has the right to use their native language, to freely choose the language of communication, education, training and creativity” (Constitution of the Russian Federation, Article 26.2)
“The state language of the Russian Federation throughout its entire territory is Russian”(Constitution of the Russian Federation, Art. 68.1)
Russian language as the highest ideological level of defense of the Fatherland
There is still no broad clear understanding that the most valuable resource of our society and the main direction of attack on us is the Russian language, which determines the information stock (resource) of our society, and not oil, gas and other material resources. Our enemies have long understood this well. The campaigns of hordes of Mamai, Teutons and other knights on our lands began in time immemorial, when they had never heard of oil or gas... Many people read wonderful book A. Parsheva “Why is Russia not America?”, dedicated to precisely this issue. The author convincingly shows the economic unprofitability of any kind of production in our natural extreme conditions anything other than ice cream. But it leaves open the question of why the West is right there and is not going to leave our unprofitable spaces voluntarily. What's the matter? And the fact is that Russia has a more valuable and unique resource than natural minerals combined. All experience in the development of science and technology shows that breakthrough discoveries in science and the development of pioneering branches of technology are possible only on the basis of the root, i.e. systematized language, which is the living Russian language. In the West, the role of a systematized language is still played by dead Latin, created in ancient times precisely for this purpose. It is for this reason that Gagarin’s live “Let’s go!” for the first time it could sound only in Russian!
The creation of silicon valleys in Russia, which we are enthusiastically undertaking, must be understood from this point of view. The West has long been faced with the problem that Russian brains that have flown to the West quickly wither and turn sour, torn from their roots. They realized long ago that it is much more rational to skim the cream of daring scientific insights at the very deposit of the Russian language, i.e. in Russia.
After all, our language has the most perfect root coding system, i.e. rational storage of countless figurative wealth and knowledge. It is the root system of the tongue that allows you to extract as needed necessary knowledge. The root system of the Russian language is like a systematic library catalogue. After the destruction of the catalog, order in the library will remain for some time, but inevitably the books will get mixed up, and finding the necessary knowledge in them will become increasingly difficult and, finally, completely impossible. New books also cannot find their way to readers through such a library. But books are just “canned” thoughts of people. Russian thinkers have long come to the conclusion that There is no force more destructive than the transition to a rootless language.
The content of the ongoing reforms of the Russian language, aimed specifically at destroying the root system and reducing the number of letters, has not yet been the subject of widespread discussion and understanding. Moreover, the Russian language is taught en masse only in high school, and liquidation compulsory exam on Russian literature entails the optionality of a deep study of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy and other sources of the pure Russian language, and destroys the core of the cultural space of Russia. I would like to remind all readers of the site the wonderful words that Russian President V.V. Putin said in his Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on April 26, 2007:
“...society is only capable of setting and solving large-scale national tasks when it has general system moral guidelines when the country maintains respect for its native language, original culture and original cultural values, to the memory of our ancestors, to every page of our national history. It is this national wealth that is the basis for strengthening the unity and sovereignty of the country and serves as the basis of our everyday life, the foundation for economic and political relations."
A huge cycle is occupied by his “Poems in Prose”. The most beautiful poetic cycle in prose, which is united by a common Turgenev idea, immediately appealed to both critics and readers. These miniatures, which he called “senile,” were always in demand and interesting to people of different generations.
History of conception and creation
Ivan Turgenev for a long time lived abroad, where, already in old age, he decided to turn to an unusual genre - prose poems. It is known that during the author’s lifetime some of the poems were published. But the last, smaller part, which consisted of thirty miniatures, was published after the death of the great and wonderful writer. Despite the fact that the author has a presentiment imminent death, he still hopes that his work will find a response in the hearts of the reader and the Russian people. Unfortunately, his miniature “Russian Language” was never published during the writer’s lifetime.His most powerful poems from this cycle are considered to be those dedicated to the Russian language. Probably every person knows it by heart beautiful poem in prose. By the way, this miniature “Russian language” is studied in school curriculum.
It is known that Turgenev’s miniature in prose “Russian Language” is the final one of this entire cycle, in which Ivan Sergeevich emphasizes how important and home, and language, and homeland.
Russian language
In days of doubt, in days of painful thoughts about the fate of my homeland, you alone are my support and support, oh great, mighty, truthful and free Russian language! Without you, how can one not fall into despair at the sight of everything that is happening at home? But one cannot believe that such a language was not given to a great people!
The Russian language is beautiful and wonderful, which is always truthful and free. Any person, like a writer, can find in it both support and the necessary support at any time. Especially when a person is far from his homeland, suffers, doubts, and is overcome by painful and sad thoughts. At such times, one is always drawn to one’s homeland, and then the Russian language becomes a reliable support.
The author uses many adjectives to express his love and admiration for his mother tongue. So, he is truthful, and, of course, free, and, accordingly, great, and necessarily powerful. And then the author asks rhetorical question, so that the reader thinks about what role language plays in his life, and how one can overcome all obstacles and even separation from home, the Motherland, if there were no native language.
Basic image of the miniature
The main focus of Turgenev's poem is the Russian language, the author's attitude towards which can be traced from the first word and the first line. The writer treats his native language very carefully and sacredly. He believes that this is a real treasure that contains everything:➥ Folk traditions.
➥ Customs of the people.
➥ The worldview of an entire nation.
It is language that exalts a person; it, as it were, raises him to a pedestal in front of nature itself. Thanks to him, a person’s life has a purpose and becomes meaningful. Ivan Turgenev admits to his reader that when he feels bad, he doesn’t know what to do, he can always find support in the Russian language. That is why his poetic miniature in prose is so strong and soulful than the others. The writer explains how proud he is that he lives in this country and speaks Russian, his native language.
The writer himself said:
“I believe that the people should have a wonderful future.”
Love for the Motherland in Turgenev's prose poem
In his unusual miniature, the author expresses his love for his native language, which is not only a necessary, but an important part of Russian culture, reflecting the breadth and beauty of the Russian soul. In his story, the author calls for protecting this beautiful and most powerful language. The author addresses not only his contemporaries, but also his descendants.
Ivan Turgenev says that not only at the time when he lived, all the best and most talented works are created in this beautiful language, but it must be preserved in order for new and unique works who will also be interesting and talented. The author says that the fate of the people is, first of all, connected with the fate and history of the language. It is worth remembering that when the writer himself wrote this miniature, he was far from his homeland, and only language was an important link connecting him with home country. Only in separation was the writer able to understand and realize how important the Russian language is for him.
Despite the fact that Turgenev owned foreign languages and did a lot of translations, the Russian language always remained the most important for him. He carried out translations only so that foreigners could also become familiar with Russian literature and learn how diverse the Russian language is and how talented Russian authors are. As Ivan Turgenev himself stated, he believed in generosity and spiritual beauty of his people, who will always be able to overcome any obstacles.
Expressive means
The main idea of Turgenev's poem is faith in the people who were given such a beautiful and magnificent language, that’s why such a people must have a future. And this faith is expressed by the author using various artistic means. So, the writer uses the epithet “great” in his text. Lexical meaning This word means that one who exceeds all measure, and his virtues stand out among other similar qualities.
Mighty is also an epithet, meaning that the phenomenon has power and strength, unusual power and influence. The word “truthful” is also an epithet, which has the meaning of truth and truth. The word “free” is also an epithet, the meaning of which means one who absolutely does not tolerate any obstacles to freedom or restrictions.
The use of several epithets in a row indicates that in his work the author uses stylistic figures of speech that help convey the mood and emotions of the writer.
Analysis of Turgenev’s miniature “Russian Language”
Turgenev’s miniature “Russian Language” is very lyrical and conveys the author’s thoughts. This work is written in prose, so there is no poetic rhyme in it, but the writer’s experiences and moods are clearly visible. Ivan Turgenev writes this poem to show how much he loves his Motherland. Unlike other works of the great master of words, its ending is not at all tragic, it inspires and gives us the opportunity to be proud that each of us speaks this language.
In this work, which is so beautifully written, there is no plot, but there is a composition and an author’s position that is expressed directly, brightly and richly. The entire composition is divided into several parts, only this division, of course, is conditional. So, I will try to divide them more clearly into parts. The first part is an appeal to language as a support for life. The author explains when and how he refers to it. Accordingly, the reader can see the time, reason and even conditions under which the author thinks about his native language and turns to him for help.
The second part is a description of the native language given by Ivan Turgenev. The third part contains a long and very deep rhetorical question that is addressed to the reader. The author himself uses the repeated statement that in the most difficult times for him, his native language always saves him. The fourth part, which, like the others, is small in volume, contains a discussion about what the author himself thinks about his native language. After all, he never doubted that only such a strong and powerful people could have developed such a strong and beautiful language.
Therefore, the author appeals to everyone who is able to understand and appreciate all the power that speakers of beautiful have. mighty tongue, which contains a huge number words and any object and phenomenon have a name and designation. That is why the language in which the great masters of words spoke and wrote is developed, melodious and beautiful. And this language, in experienced hands, can become both a strong weapon and a gentle and affectionate instrument for achieving everything in this life. The strength and power of Turgenev’s native language cannot but amaze, but only requires careful and caring attitude to him.
The unusual pride of a writer who, even being outside his homeland, continues to be proud of his country and talks about its fate evokes respect. The author himself made a great contribution to ensuring that people who live in other countries and speak other languages could get acquainted with Russian culture and learn national character our people. Literary heritage, left by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, allow foreigners to better understand not only the mentality of our people, but also to show what a huge legacy the descendants inherited in the form of the great and powerful Russian language.
The native speakers of the Russian language themselves can only understand what treasure they possess.
Theme-praise (hymn) of the Russian language
The main thought (idea) - in Russian language - is salvation for a desperate person and the people, its bearer, are great.
The author’s position is expressed very clearly and unambiguously. Language is salvation for him and Turgenev believes, “That such a language is given to a great people.”
Turgenev has a whole cycle of Poems in prose. They are easy to read and melodious. They have a certain rhyme organization. If the poem is written line by line, then each line will have 8 or 9 (alternating) stressed syllables. This creates the effect of recitative (melodic pronunciation) Except that in the work There is stylistic figures And artistic media
Free language- this is a language without shackles and prohibitions, in which there are words for all phenomena and concepts, and not even just one word. This is an excellent metaphor.
Epithets: painful (thoughts) -We know that Turgenev wrote prose poems while in France in the family of P. Viardot (as he himself said, “basking on the edge of someone else’s nest”). He wrote shortly before his death. Of course, he remembered his homeland. friends. And his thoughts were PAINFUL.
GREAT, POWERFUL, TRUTHFUL AND FREE Russian language - the epithets speak for themselves. These are words that have become popular. This is a hymn to the native language..
TO THE GREAT people - Turgenev believed in the great destiny of the Russian people.
I think that this is a HYMN. The prayer presupposes some kind of humiliation. I don’t see it here. On the contrary, there are bravura notes (great, believe, great, powerful, truthful and free!) There are exclamations. optimistic faith.. Think for yourself. There will be no mistakes You just have to justify another point of view.
In June 1882, Turgenev’s cycle “Poems in Prose” was published, which included the poem “Russian Language”, which is usually hung on walls in classrooms our schools. And not in vain - in this poem the author expresses his love for the Motherland, and here it’s not far from patriotism :) Here is this poem:
In days of doubt, in days of painful thoughts about the fate of my homeland, you alone are my support and support, oh great, mighty, truthful and free Russian language! Without you, how can one not fall into despair at the sight of everything that is happening at home? But one cannot believe that such a language was not given to a great people!
This is exactly what Turgenev writes about his native language in June 1882. This poem is part of his series of “Poems in Prose”, most which touches on the socio-political problems of the country, is devoted to reflections on the fate of the Russian people, on their past, present and future, on the eternal value human relations, about happiness.
"Poems in Prose"
The cycle “Poems in Prose” includes such poems as Dog, Fool, Two Quatrains, Sparrow, Rose, Alms, Azure Kingdom, Two Rich Men, In Memory of Yu. P. Vrevskaya, Last date, Threshold, Cabbage soup, Enemy and friend, “How beautiful, how fresh the roses were...”, We will fight again! and Russian language. You can get acquainted with the work at this link.
These poems are written in the first person, with their help Turgenev conveys his thoughts, feelings and experiences to the readers. Although this is blank verse, i.e. not divided into stanzas by rhyme, the rhythm here is very expressive, subordinate to the author's intonation. The language of these poems is somewhat reminiscent of the language of a lyrical letter to a close friend.
This cycle partly continues the Notes of a Hunter, which also centers on Turgenev’s reverent attitude towards his homeland, towards ordinary Russian people, towards Russian nature and culture. This topic has always been his favorite.
Expression of love for the motherland in the poem “Russian Language”
The miniature of the Russian language should be highlighted separately, since here Turgenev writes about such an important part of Russian culture and the Russian soul as language. He calls on contemporaries and descendants to take care of their native language, since it is with its help that in the future it will be possible to create new great literary works.
He connects the fate of the people with the fate of the language. It must be remembered that in the year of creation of this poem Turgenev lived abroad, therefore, language is one of the few things that connected him with his homeland. It is precisely because of separation from his homeland that the Russian language is so valuable to him.
Turgenev did a lot for translations, so that foreigners could read Russian literature. However, the main thing for him remains in Russia. He believes in mental strength of his people, believes that with the help of faith in the language, Russian people will be able to overcome any difficulties.
