"Mtsyri". M. Yu. Lermontov. Read by Vladimir Antonik. You can support the Literary Theater channel at the link https://pay.cloudtips.ru/p/b5e492c8 The poem was completed by Mikhail Lermontov in August 1839. It was first published in 1840, a year before the poet's death. At that time, the poem was published with abbreviations due to the strict requirements of the tsarist censorship. On our website, you can listen to the poem "Mtsyri" in full. Title and epigraph Initially, Mikhail Lermontov planned to call his poem "Beri", which means "monk" in Georgian. But later he settled on the name "Mtsyri", as it better conveyed the essence of the poem, because the word "mtsyri" has a double meaning: 1) a novice, a non-serving monk; 2) a stranger, an alien. In addition, the epigraph to the poem originally sounded different: "On n'a qu'une seule patrie" (from French: "Everyone has only one fatherland"). But then M. Lermontov replaced it with a biblical saying: "Having tasted a little honey, I tasted, and behold, I die," which means: "I have known so little in the world, but the time has come to die." Summary and history of creation The plot for the poem was taken by Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov from his Caucasian trips and military service. It is known that during the poet's first exile to the Caucasus in 1837, in Mtskheta he met a lonely monk who told him his story: how he was captured by General Alexei Yermolov and taken to Russia. But on the way, the prisoner fell ill, and the boy was left in one of the monasteries of the Caucasus. The young man grew up, but continued to yearn for home and tried several times to escape to his homeland. Also, when creating the work, Mikhail Lermontov relied on the rich Georgian folklore, which the poet was keenly interested in all his life. Reflection of the author The author's personality is clearly expressed in the poem "Mtsyri": Mikhail Lermontov was a very freedom-loving person who was oppressed by the harsh, unfair order of his contemporary society. And the Caucasus itself, its nature and the way of life of the mountain peoples became the personification of freedom and will for the poet since childhood. Inspiration The poem "Mtsyri" inspired many artists, illustrations for it were made by such masters as Ilya Glazunov, Pyotr Konchalovsky, Leonid Pasternak, Konstantin Flavitsky, Ilya Repin and others. Individual excerpts from the poem were set to music by composers Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Alexander Borodin, Mily Balakirev, Anton Arensky and others. In the footsteps of the poet You can visit the State Lermontov Museum in Tarkhany, where Mikhail Yuryevich spent half of his life, where he learned to see and feel nature. There, in the family chapel-tomb, he found his final resting place. On our channel we also have other classical literature: • ALL PROSE Poetry: • ALL POETRY And even fairy tales: • FOR CHILDREN Subscribe to the channel and stay up to date with new entries that we post at least weekly. Copying and distribution of materials is prohibited by the copyright holder #audiobook #literature #listen_online #antonic #audiobook_listen #lermontov #mtsyri