Pushkin Lev Sergeevich: the life story of an amazing person

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Pushkin Lev Sergeevich (1805–1852) himself was no less gifted by nature than his older brother Alexander, but he bathed in the rays of his glory all his life. In the intellectual environment in which he lived and was brought up, the standards were raised too high for him, he did not want to vegetate in the hustle and bustle of life, and he could not take the height, so he became a more complex and tragic figure.

Lev Sergeyevich Pushkin: biography

In the Pushkin family, the youngest son Leo was born on April 17, 1805 in Moscow. Just after the end of the war with Napoleon in 1814, they moved to St. Petersburg and settled near Sennaya Square.

In 1815, the boy entered the Main German School of the Lutheran Church of St. Peter, then studied at the Noble boarding house of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, later - at the Noble boarding house of the Main Pedagogical Institute.

The younger brother of the great poet at one time was the literary secretary of A. S. Pushkin, then, according to fate, he wasdestined to become a military officer, a participant in the Persian wars and a holder of Russian orders.

Childhood

Alexander was very close with his sister Olga, but they will get closer to Leo later. Until the age of five, he was nursed by Arina Rodionovna and Lyubasha. Nadezhda Osipovna loved her youngest son Levushka very much and spoiled him very much. This could be explained by the fact that out of the eight children she gave birth to, five died.

Leva grew up as a real barchuk in the family. His father in his letters called him "his Benjamin" - a character from the Old Testament Bible. In 1814, it was decided to send ten-year-old Lev to study in St. Petersburg, at the Noble boarding house. And the whole family followed him. The mother did not want to part with her son for a single day.

In 1817, when he was transferred to the Noble boarding house of the Main Pedagogical Institute, his family immediately rented an apartment on the Fontanka, and Levushka was visited every day.

Kukhlya

The Lyceum's favorite teacher of literature, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, who lived at the boarding house and was often visited by his friends A. Pushkin, E. Baratynsky, A. Delvig and others, also created a homely atmosphere in the lyceum.

In 1821, Lev Sergeevich Pushkin and several other pupils of the boarding house were expelled for the "rebellion" that occurred due to the dismissal of Kuchelbecker. They did not want to listen to the lectures of the new teacher, extinguished candles during classes and even fought with the warden.

At that time, A. S. Pushkin was in Southern exile, and Leo ended up in his parents' house. The summer of 1824, Leo spent with his parents and sister inMikhailovsky and enthusiastically greeted the unexpectedly arrived older brother Alexander. They became even more friends and managed to talk about a lot. This so long and serene communication, alas, they will no longer be destined to experience.

Pushkin's brother - Lev Sergeevich

Alexander in March 1821 assessed his brother in his youth as a smart man and with a beautiful soul. While still a student of the boarding house, Pushkin Lev Sergeevich plunged into that bohemian literary and theatrical environment that was familiar to Alexander. He liked to visit Zhukovsky, the salon of Karamzin, Turgenev, Vyazemsky, almost every day he visited Delvig and even fell in love with Alexandra Voeikova.

In the autumn of November 1824, he joined the Department of Foreign Religions, and then two years later he resigned and went to serve as a cadet in the Nizhny Novgorod Dragoon Regiment.

The exiled Alexander Sergeevich made Lev his representative in St. Petersburg. It must be said that the latter had a very beautiful calligraphic handwriting, and he often rewrote his brother's poems for publications. Alexander also allowed him to manage the roy alties from publishing. By the way, it is worth recalling that he dedicated the second chapter of Onegin to his younger brother.

Anger

Pushkin Lev Sergeevich, possessing a phenomenal memory, recited the poems of his brilliant brother to his guests and friends by heart. All this then diverged in manuscripts, so the publishers did not undertake to publish them - well, who needs them if they are read by heart in all living rooms andsalons in Moscow and St. Petersburg? A. S. Pushkin was angry and very offended by his brother, because he experienced serious financial problems because of him.

Alexander wrote to his friend Delvig to find out what was happening with Lev. He was soon followed by the glory of a cheerful playboy of life and money of an older relative.

Leo Sergeevich Pushkin reveled in the literal and figurative sense of his role as "plenipotentiary representative" and practically did nothing else.

Genius brother

Count Vyazemsky wrote about him later that his memory was typographical, to some extent hidden and contraband, it clearly imprinted in the brain everything that was read or pronounced. After the death of Leo, the count considered that the unpublished creations of his brother Alexander Pushkin were buried with him, which, like jewels, remained under a bushel. In general, Lev brought a lot of trouble to his famous brother, but he loved him dearly in a brotherly and strictly paternal way.

Andrey Andreevich Delvig wrote that Lev was very witty and also wrote good poetry. He had a Negro appearance, but his skin was white, his hair curled and naturally blond. Of course, what Lev Sergeevich Pushkin was like, the photo cannot tell us, but his portraits, drawn by contemporaries, help to form an idea about this person.

Military career

Leo was a member of the Persian-Turkish company (1827-1829), then, until May 1831, he was on vacation, and then, being in the rank of staff captain, he moved to the Finnish Dragoon Regiment. He also participated in the Polish company and retired. He lived in Warsaw, then in 1833 he returned to St. Petersburg and entered the service of an official of the Ministry of the Interior. Then he changed his place of service to a separate Caucasian corps. When he was in the Caucasus, he heard the news of his brother's death, and he fell into despair, even wanted to go to Paris to have a duel with Dantes.

In the same place, in the Caucasus, L. Pushkin became friends with M. Yu. Lermontov and was even present at the Verzilins' house during the quarrel between Lermontov and Martynov.

Brave Lion

Lev Pushkin was a brave officer, he was very charming and cheerful, everyone loved him: both superiors and subordinates. Brother Alexander, of course, was proud of his merits - Leo's track record was full of battle names, fortresses taken and awards.

Having retired from the service, he moved to Odessa and worked there in the state port customs. He also had many women, but by the age of 37 he decided to start a family.

In 1843, Leo marries Zagryazhskaya Elizaveta Alexandrovna, a relative of Natalia Goncharova, with whom he maintained good relations throughout his life. They had four children in the family.

Lev Pushkin died of liver disease and dropsy, which he developed due to the constant use of alcohol. At the age of 47, he was buried at the 1st Odessa Christian cemetery.