Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bestuzhev

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bestuzhev Biography

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bestuzhev (November 4, 1797 – June 19, 1837) was Russian writer and Decembrist. After the Decembrist revolt he was sent into exile to Caucasus where Russian Empire was waging the war against the Circassians. There writing under the pseudonym Marlinsky he became known as a romantic poet. He was killed there in a skirmish. Aleksandr Bestuzhev came from the rich and noble Bestuzhev family. He receive excellent education. From the very young age his father was preparing him to military service. Since he was not keen on mathematics he failed to enter the navy and began to serve as dragoon in the Guard. In 1818 he was promoted to officer, he also served as aide-de-camp to several senior officers and he could make a successful career. However, he joined the Decembrists. Arguably he was not as radical as most of the conspirators and joined the plot not because he wanted to establish republic in Russia but simply because many Decembrists were his friends; three his brothers also were in the plot. Due to this fact and due to his confessions during the trial he spent only a year and a half in prison and thereafter was sent into exile in Yakutia. Bestuzhev wanted to return to the high society and in order to obtain forgiveness he asked the authorities for transference to the army to Caucasus as a private. In 1829 he started serving in 14th Chasseur regiment. Though authorities were reluctant to promote degraded officers, Bestuzhev proved himself an outstandingly brave soldier and finally was promoted to officer in 1836. On June 19, 1837 he was killed in a skirmish with Circassians.)

The Best Poem Of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bestuzhev

Aliabev (From The Poem

Skazhite mne, zachem pylajut rozy
`Efirnoju dushoju po vesne
I motyl'ka na utrennije sljozy
Manjat, zovut privetlivo one?
Skazhite mne!
Skazhite mne, ne zvuki l' poceluja
Dajut svoju garmoniju volne?
I solovej, plenitel'no toskuja,
O chjom pojot vo mgle i tishine?
Skazhite mne!

Skazhite mne, zachem tak serdce b'jotsja
I chudnoje mne viditsja vo sne,
To grust' po mne kholodnaja prol'jetsja,
To ja gorju v tomitel'nom ogne?
Skazhite mne!

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