Priceless evidence of the era. Letters and diaries of family members of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin published

ST. PETERSBURG. Translated from French and published an epistolary diary of Pushkin’s sister.

Interest in Alexander Sergeyevich has been unchanged for almost two centuries. The series "The World of Pushkin" was the result of painstaking and very respectful work in relation to the poet’s memory. The Pushkin Foundation Publishing House, founded over 20 years ago, prefers to deal with genuine documents, eyewitness accounts of historical events. That is why there is great interest and trust in the books he publishes. In recent years, a book has been published with diary entries, poems, letters from the poet’s brother - Lev Sergeyevich, his memories of Alexander Sergeyevich. This was followed by publications devoted to the circumstances of the duel on the Black River and the traditions of the Pushkin family.

The French language, natural for the epistolary genre and family chronicles of noble families, did not allow the modern Russian reader to get acquainted with the most valuable documents of a bygone era. The diaries of the parents of Alexander Sergeyevich - Nadezhda Osipovna and Sergey Lvovich, as well as his sisters were written in French, which significantly narrowed the circle of their potential readers. But you can learn a lot from them about the different periods of Alexander Sergeyevich’s life, starting from his very childhood, relationships with loved ones, unknown moments of his biography. The great merit of the publisher is that these literary autographs were collected and translated. The recently published diary of Olga Sergeevna Pavlishcheva in her letters to her father and husband makes it possible to learn about Pushkin’s sister. About the one who was a devoted and sincere friend of the poet throughout his life.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru