Nikolay's languages: biography

The first third of the XIX century was marked by a charming "golden" time for Russian literature, which gave unsurpassed poets of the so-called Pushkin period. Now they are the eternal pillars of intellect, knowledge of love, goodness and beauty, relying on which, more than one generation of people has grown up. One of these poets NM Yazykov - a friend of AS Pushkin and NV Gogol.

Nikolay Yazykov: biography

The poet was born on March 4, 1803 in a small town on the Volga of Simbirsk. His ancient rich noble family had deep roots. As a child, Nicholas was brought up in the best secular traditions. He received a great home education, so very early began to write poetry, even adored this occupation.

At the age of 12, in 1814, he was sent to the Institute of Mining Engineers in St. Petersburg, where his two elder brothers were also trained. But this field was not to the liking of Yazykov, and he periodically dropped his studies. However, the teacher of literature, Markov, who loved him as his own son, diligently forced the young man to study the scientific works of Derzhavin and Lomonosov. In 1820, after graduating from the institute, Yazykov decided to continue his studies in the Engineering Corps, but he soon stopped going to classes and was expelled.

Dorpat carelessness

In St. Petersburg, Nikolai Mikhailovich Yazykov made friends with a well-known writer's circle and in 1819 began to publish for the first time. He admired and studied with such great teachers as Karamzin, Zhukovsky, Batiushkov, Byron and young Pushkin. His first poetic gift was noticed by A.F. Voeikov, who published his poems in "Competitor". He also recommended that Nikolai Mikhaylovich enter Derpt Philosophical University, where the poet began to study Western European, Russian literature and literally fell into his own element.

Students of the university were famous for their merry adventures, binges, courageous songs, duels on rapiers. Verses of Yazykov were soon noticed and caressed by Zhukovsky, Delvig and Pushkin, who invited him in 1824 to his Mikhailovsky and in verse to A.N. He wrote to Wulf: "Yes, bring the language of the poet to me!". But their meeting took place only two years later.

Life is Beautiful

For a very meek time, the poet's name became famous, his sonorous poetry was transferred to music and sang in the student choir. Nikolay was pleased with the voluptuous Derpt life, but he never lost his national dignity. And despite the free and violent situation, his feelings for the homeland were strengthened and sang 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 from the university without a diploma in 1829. Language saved that he was very well-read, and by that time he had formed a large library.

With Pushkin, he met in Trigorskoye at Wulf in 1826. This meeting influenced the poetry of Yazykov, and Pushkin himself was delighted with the poet's work. The latter described all his impressions in his magnificent poem Trigorskoye.

Moscow and Chancery

After graduation from the university in 1829, he moved to Moscow and lived in the house of Elagin-Kireevskiy near the Red Gate. Here Pushkin, Odoevsky, Baratynsky and others often came to visit him. The poet quickly entered the Slavophile circle of the Moscow Herald. At that time he wrote many of his best poems, one might say.

On September 12, 1831, Nikolai Nikolayev was appointed an employee of the Mezhevaya Chancellery, which he considered an obstacle to his work. By this time the poet wanted to retire somewhere in the countryside 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 poetry laziness. But the disease began to gradually progress, and in 1837 Languages went to Germany, where it did not get better.

In Hanau, he met Gogol, and in 1842 they together visited Rome and Venice. When it was easier for the poet, he again eagerly took up his pen. At that time, Yazykov 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, followed his health. But the language slowly faded away, his only entertainment was the weekly meetings of familiar writers.

Fascinated by the views of his Slavophile friends, the poet attacked the Westerners with his famous brutal epistle "To Our Noes," in which he called the members of the Western circle "enemies of the fatherland." Then Yazykov 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.

Death on the Threshold

In December 1846, at idle Yazykov after a cold, fever appeared, and he began to prepare for death. The poet invited a priest to attend to the last duty of a real Christian, made funeral orders, prepared a list of people he wanted to see at his funeral, and ordered funeral dishes for lunch.

On December 26, 1846, at six o'clock in the evening of Languages, Nikolay died quietly. He was buried in the Tverskaya Church in the Annunciation Church and buried in the Danilov Monastery. Today his grave, like the grave of Gogol, was transferred to the Novodevichy Cemetery.