M. Y. Lermontov. Brief biography of the writer

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Lermontov Mikhail Yurievich, whose biography is still completely unknown, marked with his work a completely new stage in the development of Russian literature. His works harmoniously combined personal, philosophical and civic motifs, which at that time best suited the spiritual needs of society.

Lermontov's work had a huge impact on the next generations of poets and prose writers. Many of his works were filmed, played in the theater, displayed in painting, and his poems became romances.

M. Y. Lermontov. Brief biography: childhood

The future writer was born in October 1814. Even before the new year, the whole family from Moscow returned to Tarkhany - the grandmother's estate in the Penza region. Misha was left without a mother when he was not even three years old. The father wanted to take his son with him, but the grandmother made a will in such a way that everything would remain for her grandson only if he lived with her until adulthood.

M. Y. Lermontov. Short biography: study

At the age of 14, Mikhail became a pupil of the Noble Boarding School operating at Moscow University. In the sametime he became interested in poetry and began to write himself. S. E. Raich was his first teacher in this matter. Mikhail studied for 2 years, and the boarding school was closed. In the fall, Lermontov entered the moral and political faculty at the same university. Mikhail did not join any circle and generally kept aloof from all students.

In the autumn of the following year, when Lermontov moved to the Faculty of Languages, his father died. Mikhail hardly attended lectures at the new department and did not appear for tests at the end of the year.

M. Y. Lermontov. Short biography: moving to Petersburg

In August 1832, Mikhail became a student of the School of Guards Junkers, which was established for young nobles entering the guards without any military training and education. With this event, his move to St. Petersburg was connected. After studying at the School for 2 years, he received a primary officer rank. During this period, Mikhail did not stop writing literature.

M. Y. Lermontov. Brief biography: arrest and exile

In January 1837, the country was shocked by the news of Pushkin's death. Mikhail Lermontov responded to this event with the poem "The Death of a Poet". Since the verse was political in nature, the poet was arrested and exiled to the Caucasus. From that day on, he lived only 4 years. And in this short time, Lermontov created those works, which then began to be considered his best poetic heritage.

These are "Mtsyri", "Demon" and many picturesque, musical, diverse in embodiment poems,proving the boundless power of his talent. In 1839, Lermontov finished work on the novel A Hero of Our Time.

M. Lermontov. Short biography: duel

The poet dreamed of eventually leaving the military service and completely indulging in literature, starting to publish his own magazine. But he was only allowed to stay in St. Petersburg for a while. And this became possible thanks to the petition of influential people and E. A. Arsenyeva, his grandmother. After the visit, the poet went on his last trip to the Caucasus, and in essence - into exile. He was full of gloomy forebodings. The reason for the quarrel that led to the fatal duel was negligible. The poet himself was almost sure that the duel would not take place. However, Martynov was not going to refuse him. He inflicted a mortal wound on M. Yu. Lermontov during this ill-fated duel in Pyatigorsk. It happened in the summer of 1841, and the next spring the ashes of the poet were sent to Tarkhany, the family estate.