Mikhail Lermontov

Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (October 15, 1814, Moscow - July 15 (27), 1841, Pyatigorsk) - Russian poet, novelist, playwright, artist. Childhood. After the early death of his mother, the boy was raised by his grandmother, completely alienating his father. Lermontov lived in her estate Tarkhany, where he received his education, and from childhood he was fluent in French and German. As a child, the future poet often visited the Caucasus with his grandmother, which was later reflected in his works. Studies. Lermontov studied at a university boarding school in Moscow, and in 1830 he entered Moscow University. In 1832, he left Moscow University and moved to St. Petersburg, hoping to enter the university, but the idea failed. Under pressure from his family, Lermontov chose a military career and entered the School of Guards Ensigns and Cavalry Junkers. In 1834, Lermontov graduated as a cornet in the Life Guards Hussar Regiment. Literary activity. He began his literary career in 1829, although his first work, the poem "Hadji Abrek", was published only in 1835. Fame came to Lermontov in 1837, when he wrote a poem on the death of A. S. Pushkin, "The Death of a Poet". After the publication of this work, Lermontov became quite famous and began to publish regularly in the magazine "Otechestvennye zapiski". The poem "On the Death of a Poet", created after the tragic death of A. S. Pushkin, displeased the authorities, and Lermontov was sent as an ensign to the Nizhny Novgorod Dragoon Regiment operating in the Caucasus. In 1838, he returned to St. Petersburg again. Death. At one of the balls in 1840, the poet quarreled with the son of the French envoy de Barante, which resulted in a duel that ended bloodlessly. But Lermontov was again sent to the Tenginsky Infantry Regiment in the Caucasus. In Pyatigorsk, he met his classmate from the ensign school, Martynov. Because of an empty quarrel, they had a duel, in which Lermontov was killed. In 1842, the poet's ashes were transferred to his estate Tarkhany in the Penza province.