The first third of the 19th century was marked by a charming “golden” time for Russian literature, which presented unsurpassed poets of the so-called Pushkin era. Now they are the eternal pillars of intelligence, knowledge of love, kindness and beauty, relying on which, more than one generation of people has grown. One of these poets N. M. Yazykov is a friend of A. S. Pushkin and N. V. Gogol.
Nikolay Yazykov: biography
The poet was born on March 4, 1803 in a small town on the Volga Simbirsk. Its ancient rich noble family had deep roots. As a child, Nicholas was brought up in the best secular traditions. He received an excellent home education, so he began to write poetry very early, even adored this occupation.
At age 12, in 1814, he was sent to the Institute of Mining Engineers in St. Petersburg, where his two older brothers studied there. But this field was not to Yazykov's liking, and from time to time he abandoned his studies. However, Markov, a literature teacher who loved him as his own son, earnestly forced the young man to study the scientific works of Derzhavin and Lomonosov. In 1820, after graduation, Yazykov decided to continue his studies in the Engineering Corps, but he soon stopped going to classes and was expelled.
Dorpat carefree
In Peter Yazykov, Nikolai Mikhailovich made acquaintances with the famous writers and in 1819 began to print for the first time. He admired and studied with such great teachers as Karamzin, Zhukovsky, Batyushkov, Byron and young Pushkin. The first his poetic gift was noticed by A.F. Voeikov, who printed his poems in the "Competitor". He recommended that Nikolai Mikhailovich enter the University of Dorpat, where the poet began to study Western European and Russian literature and literally fell into his native element.
University students were famous for fun adventures, revelry revelry, feast songs, foil duels. Yazykov’s poems were soon noticed and treated kindly by Zhukovsky, Delvig and Pushkin, who invited him in 1824 to his place in Mikhailovsky and in the verse to A.N. He wrote to Wulf: “Bring the poet of Yazykov to me with you!” But their meeting took place only two years later.
Life is Beautiful
For a very meek time, the name of the poet became famous, his sonorous verses were transferred to music and sung in a student choir. Languages Nikolai was pleased with the voluptuous Derpt life, but at the same time he never lost his national dignity. And despite the free and violent atmosphere, his feelings for his homeland grew stronger and were sung in poetry.
The poet even organized a circle of Russian students. In Dorpat, he spent his best 8 years, but due to constant carefree revelry, he graduated without a diploma in 1829. Yazykov was saved by the fact that he was very well-read, and by that time he had formed a large library.
He met with Pushkin in Trigorsky at Wolfe in 1826. This meeting influenced Yazykov’s poetry, and Pushkin himself was delighted with the poet’s work. The latter described all his impressions in his magnificent poem "Trigorskoe".
Moscow and the office
After graduating from university in 1829, he moved to Moscow and lived in the Elagin-Kireevsky house at the Red Gate. This is where Pushkin, Odoevsky, Baratynsky and others often came to visit him. The poet quickly entered the Slavophil circle of the Moscow Herald. At this time, he wrote many of his, one might say, the best poems.
On September 12, 1831, Languages Nikolai was appointed an employee of the Land Survey Office, which he considered an obstacle to his work. By this time, the poet wanted to retire somewhere in the village and write more. But in 1833 he was diagnosed with neurosyphilis, a disease of the spinal cord. He resigned, left Moscow and moved to his estate in Simbirsk, where he collected Russian songs and enjoyed poetic laziness. But the disease began to gradually progress, and in 1837 Yazykov went to Germany, where he did not feel better.
In Hanau, he met Gogol, and in 1842 they visited Rome and Venice together. When the poet felt better, he again eagerly took up the pen. At this time, Languages wrote a poem "To the Rhine." At the end of the summer of 1843, his condition became hopeless and he returned to his homeland. In Moscow, his old friend, Professor Inozemtsev, monitored his health. But Yazykov slowly faded away, his only entertainment was the weekly meeting of familiar writers.
Carried away by the views of his Slavophile friends, the poet attacked the Westerners with his famous obscene message “To non-ours,” in which he called members of the Westernist circle enemies of the fatherland. Then Languages wrote the work “Earthquake”, which Zhukovsky considered the best in Russian poetry. Despite his serious illness, the poet continued to write poetry and, according to Gogol, reached the highest state of lyricism.
Doorstep death
In December 1846, a single fever after a cold developed a fever, and he began to prepare for death. The poet invited a priest to him to perform the last duty of a true Christian, made funeral arrangements, prepared a list of people whom he wanted to see at his funeral, and ordered memorial dishes for dinner.
December 26, 1846 at six o'clock in the evening of Languages Nikolai quietly died. He was buried at Tverskaya in the Church of the Annunciation and buried in the Danilov Monastery. Today, his grave, like the grave of Gogol, was transferred to the Novodevichy cemetery.