The childhood of Pushkin. Summary of memories of him

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Pushkin's childhood

The summary of any biographical opus of a mediocre person may well fit into a few paragraphs, this person will not succeed. The boy was born into the family of a retired major huntsman regiment. Alexander was the second child. He was born on May 26 (June 6), 1799, as recorded in the church book of the Epiphany Cathedral in Yelokhov on June 8. Parents moved to Moscow a year before the birth of the boy. Father received the position of commission agent at the Commissariat Depot in 1798. By this time, the family of Lev Aleksandrovich and Nadezhda Osipovna already had a daughter, Olga (born 1797). In 1803, another boy was born, Leo. In addition to these three children, five more were born later, but they failed to survive the childhood. Only Olga, Alexander and Leo entered adulthood.

It is easy to briefly describe the childhood of Pushkin. A summary of available sources, in particular, the recollections of his younger brother, gives us the opportunity to assess the situation. Until the age of eleven, Alexander lived with his parents, burdened with their worries. The child was entrusted to the hands of frequently changing French tutors. For this reason, the boy began to speak Russian quite late, but he was fluent in French. By the age of eight, he was already vividly interested in his father’s library, which, by the way, consisted mainly of French literary publications. As Brother Leo wrote, he simply devoured books one by one. Having appreciated the merits of what he read, he began to write his own compositions, comedies, and epigrams.

In Zakharovo

But not only Pushkin’s childhood passed in his father’s house. A summary of the letters of his grandmother on the mother of Marya Alekseevna gives us the opportunity to draw conclusions about the nature of the young poet. Once the grandmother wrote that the boy simply does not have half tones or a “middle”, he is either passive or active too much. Careless in training, but "greedy" for reading. Pushkin’s childhood years spent in his grandmother’s house near Moscow gave him not only knowledge of the Russian language, but also the opportunity to communicate in Russian (in his father’s house he was deprived of this for the sake of fashion). Nanny Arina Rodionovna, uncle Nikita Kozlov and serf grandmothers were able to acquaint the boy with the "spirit" of Russian, which formed the basis of the most picturesque creations released years later.

Lyceum

At that time, it was considered normal to engage in the education of their children through tutors at home. But privileged educational institutions gave children excellent knowledge. The family decided to admit eleven-year-old Alexander to Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, where he will study for six years. Thanks to his father’s contacts and passed exams, on October 19, 1811, the young poet began his studies at an educational institution focused on training government officials.

Pushkin’s childhood and youth passed in an ambiguous era. The war of 1812 could not pass without a trace for the young ardent imagination. Moreover, teachers of the lyceum conveyed to students the ideas of freedom and equality, patriotism. Already in high school years, young Alexander joined the ranks of the literary community "Arzamas", at the meetings of which he actively defended his vision of literature and society as a whole. His first essay is being published, and at the graduation he reads his poem "Calmness."

It is patriotic poems that painted Pushkin's youth and childhood. A summary of his works of that time tells us about the longing for change, the desire to glorify the native language and culture. It was with such vivid impressions that a young author, familiar to us from childhood, came into the world.