Summary: "Russian women", Nekrasov NA

NA Nekrasov is a famous Russian writer, poet and publicist. His works he devoted mainly to the simple people, his sufferings and experiences. These are such works as "Frost, Red Nose", "To Whom in Russia Live Well" and others. There is in the work of the author and a poem dedicated to the exploit of the wives of the Decembrists. Here is its summary. "Russian Women" (Nekrasov NA) is an ode to the selfless love and moral strength of our compatriots who abandoned everything for their husbands.

"Russian Women", N.A. Nekrasov. Princess Trubetskaya: leaving home

In the winter of 1826, when the young princess Ekaterina Ivanovna Trubetskaya was going to Siberia, after her husband, convicted of an attempt on the tsarist regime. Father begs her to think again. However, the wife of the Decembrist remains adamant. She mentally said goodbye to St. Petersburg, who loved without a memory, and close people, because she understood that here she could not return. Her father, the old Count, carefully laid the bear hide in the cart, which was supposed to take his beloved daughter to the realm of snow and frost for good. Thus began the long journey of the princess towards her husband, a Decembrist, and now a convict of Siberia. To recall all the main points of the work we will be helped by its brief content.

"Russian women" Nekrasova NA Princess Trubetskaya: road impressions

On the way, Princess Trubetskaya recalls her carefree childhood, a serene youth, a honeymoon trip through Italy. How is everything now far away! Ahead of her is waiting for bondage in the realm of fierce winter. On the way to the princess, only rarely do you find squalid towns, whose population is not numerous. In the street there is a terrible frost. But all this does not scare a brave woman who dreams of meeting with her beloved husband. So describes the journey through Siberia of Princess Trubetskoi NA. Nekrasov. "Russian Women" (a brief summary of the work is given in the article) is a poem about the great love and strength of the will of the Russian soul.

Princess Trubetskaya: visiting the Irkutsk governor

After two months of hard road, Princess Trubetskaya arrives in Irkutsk. She is met by the Governor himself, who assures the woman of her devotion and desire to help in everything. However, when the princess asks his horses to Nerchinsk, the official does not hurry to rescue her. He appeals to her feelings, urging her to regret her elderly father, tells of the horrors of Siberia that await her, if she does not change her mind. He says that a woman will have to live with thieves and murderers in a common barracks. But this does not frighten Trubetskoy. Horrors of hard labor do not frighten her. "If only," she says, "to be near your loved one and die with him." Then the official lays out the last trump card, offering the woman to give up the title and continue the path of the commoner. But even this can not break the princess. Then the governor surrenders and agrees to help his guest, who soon continues his journey. The historical events of that time will be reminiscent of this work (its brief content).

"Russian women". Nekrasov NA Princess Volkonskaya: marry the general

The childhood and youth of Maria Raevskaya were held near Kiev, in the estate of her father. There she grew and matured, revealing herself like a rosebud. At all balls arranged in the father's house, the young beauty was the center of attraction of the views of both men and women. When Masha was 18 years old, her father found her a good groom - General Sergei Volkonsky, who was in honor of the Emperor. He was much older than his young bride, but this did not stop Maria from loving him. Soon the wedding took place. The young people were happy. The only thing that upset the woman is that she rarely sees her husband, who was constantly on the road. More than 50 years after the Decembrist uprising , this poem was created. In 1872 he finished her writing Nekrasov. "Russian Women" (a short content of the poem tells us about its main points) and still remains for us one of the favorite works of the great master.

Princess Volkonskaya: the birth of the first child and the arrest of her husband

Soon it turned out that Maria was pregnant. But the birth of his first child, General Volkonsky did not wait. He was convicted for preparing for a conspiracy against the tsar. Valorous general was sentenced to hard labor in Siberia. Masha gave birth in her father's house. And as soon as she recovered herself after the birth, she decided to immediately go for her husband. Father begged her to think, to pity her little child. But the princess's desire was firm. And soon Maria goes on a long journey. About what happened to her further, we will tell this work (its brief content).

"Russian Women" Nekrasova NA Princess Volkonskaya: a difficult road in Siberia

At the beginning of the journey the woman stops in Moscow at the home of Sina Zinaida's sister. Here she became the heroine of the day. She is admired and admired. Even the poet Pushkin was in love with her. Later, he will devote her lines in the poem "Eugene Onegin". The woman's journey through Siberia was not easy. Snowstorms and frosts complicated it. In Nerchinsk, Maria is catching up with Princess Ekaterina Ivanovna. To the place where their husbands were imprisoned, they arrived almost simultaneously.

Princess Volkonskaya: meeting with her husband

As soon as the women got to their destination, Volkonskaya went to the mines where convicts worked. The sentry did not want to let her in, but, having taken pity on the sobbing princess, she still allowed her to pass into the mines. The first Mary Nikolaevna saw Trubetskoy. And then Obolensky, Muravyov, and Borisov came running ... Finally the woman saw her husband. On his feet were shackles, on his face - flour. A faithful wife knelt before her husband and pressed her lips to fetters. This was the meeting between Princess Volkonskaya and her husband.