Princess Podshipa is in grief: she loves Tsarevich Drooling, whom she has known since childhood, but she is forced to marry the German prince Trumph. The fact is that Podchipa had earlier refused to Trump, and then the vengeful prince declared war on Tsar Vakula, the father of Podchipa. Trumph won, burst into the city and “shoved ...

Peasant Miron chopping wood in the woods near the village of Victor nobleman, reflects on the difficulties of the peasant share and indulges in dreams of the "sweets" of the noble life, when "they lay on the stove and ate kalach". Peacefully recalls recent events when he and his wife planted a child and a hundred rubles. Money ...

Since Demetrius took the Russian throne by deceit, he has committed many atrocities: he exiled and executed many innocent people, devastated the country, turned Moscow into a dungeon for the boyars. But in 1606, its tyranny reaches its limit. He wants to convert the Russians to the false Catholic faith and, more ...

Comedy precedes the author’s letter to Mr. Yelchaninov, a playwright and writer, in which he reflects on the name of his comedy. He did not want to translate the French “Bijouterie” as “Haberdashery”, as this would mean “someone else's word to write in our letters”, and therefore the name “Brush” appeared....

1380 Mumet, the Crimean king, sent to help Mamai, the Tatar king, his son Narsim with the army and secretly promised his daughter Tamir in marriage. At this time, Selim, the prince of Baghdad, having cleared the Black Sea of ​​pirates, besieged the city of Kafu, where Moumet is located. Crimean king asked Selim for a truce in the hope of ...

Theokla and Lukerya, the daughter of the nobleman Velkarov, were brought up by their aunt by governess Madame Grigri "in the last manner." Father came to Moscow from service with them and decided to take his daughters to him. Fashionistas angered the old man by “being repelled by rudeness and ridicule” of his family and friends and all the time invited ...

The comedy is preceded by a lengthy preface by the author, which states that most writers take the pen for three reasons. The first is the desire to become famous; the second is to get rich; the third is the satisfaction of their own base feelings, such as envy and desire for someone ...

The young peasant girl Rosana, the daughter of a retired Izlet soldier, loves the courtyard Beloved, released into the wild. Their wedding is a long-settled business, it remains only to wait out a short summer post and - down the aisle. However, the local master Shchedrov has long been looking at Rozana and is looking for an opportunity to open his ...

The servant Fatyueva Vanka, sent by his master to the future father-in-law with a pie, is trying to find out the road from a peasant for four miles from the city. With difficulty, he succeeds, and, having reached the goal, he unties the pie and plunges into sweet thoughts about his merits. Appearing Dasha, the maid ...

The poem is dedicated to the patron of Lomonosov, curator of Moscow University, Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov. In dedication, the author hopes to cope with the subject of the poem, which is far superior in importance to the Iliad and Aeneid. Only two songs of the poem are written, the action of which dates back to 1702, to the time ...

Having defeated the Polovtsian prince Zamir, the Russian tsar Mstislav takes his wife Soren prisoner. The beauty of the captive princess blinded Mstislav, he inflamed with her passion and dreams of elevating her to the Russian throne. He spreads the rumor that Zamir is dead. Soren is not seduced by the royal throne. Day and night she ...

The action takes place in the fashion shop of Frenchwoman Madame Kare. Lestov, the beloved of Lisa, the daughter of the wealthy Kursk landowner Sumburov, chatting with the saleswoman Masha, his sister's serf, complains that he was refused to marry Lisa. Sumburov himself didn’t seem to mind, but his stepmother Lisa dissuaded him, ...

Adele, the confidant of the tyrant Christierne, who owns Sweden and Denmark, can not understand the gloomy mood of Kedar, the commander, in honor of whose victory the people rejoice around the palace, glorifying the winner. Kedar admits that the victory that saved Stockholm from destruction did not belong to him, but to the “captive Rosslav”....

The Novgorod posadniks Prenest and Vigor in anticipation of Vadim discuss the reason for his reluctance to publicly announce his arrival in Novgorod. Vadim appears surrounded by military leaders. He addresses his associates with a speech full of bitterness. The once free city is now ruled by the tyrant Rurik....

In the very first lines, the author declares that he is not going to sing the military feats of antiquity; he writes not for fame, "But so that in the hours of coolness, fun and peace / Chloe laughed pleasantly." Following Apuleius and Lafontaine, the author wants to glorify the Darling, although he realizes that his free, versatile verse ...

Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova writes that she was born in 1743 (actually March 17, 1744) in St. Petersburg, her future godfather was the future emperor Peter III. In the second year of her life, she lost her mother and was brought up by her grandmother until she was four years old. She came from the ancient Vorontsov family. The family did not spare ...

The action takes place in St. Petersburg, in a hired house, where the squandering nobleman Verkholet and the wealthy noblewoman from the village - Chvankina live. The landowner Prostodum meets the richly dressed servant of his nephew Verkholet - Polist. Both recognize each other, but Polist, not wanting to be recognized, evades ...

The events of the play take place in the village, which are half-owned by Chestin and Eugene. It so happened that once they were passionately in love with each other, dreamed of happiness, but Eugenia's father decided to marry her to a rich old man. Eugene did not dare to disobey her father's will. Chestin went to war with grief ...

Notes from well-known incidents and genuine cases, embodying the life of Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin. The author, listing at the beginning of the notes all his ranks, positions and orders, but not at all mentioning the poetic glory, was born in Kazan from noble parents in 1743. ...

In 1552, at the behest of Kazan Queen Empress Sumbeki, rivers of Christian blood flow. But these disasters are hidden from the eyes of the young king John IV, who, seduced by amusements, does not heed the advice to stop the atrocities of the Horde. Defeated by the flattery of the courtiers, the bitter truth would remain unknown to the monarch if ...