Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov born October 10 (November 28), 1821 in Ukraine, near Vinnitsa, in the town of Nemirov. The boy was not even three years old when his father, a Yaroslavl landowner and retired officer, moved his family to the family estate Greshnevo. Here he spent his childhood - among the apple trees of a vast garden, near the Volga, which Nekrasov called the cradle, and next to the famous Sibirka, or Vladimirka, about which he recalled: “Everything that walked and traveled along it and was known, starting with postal troikas and ending with prisoners , chained, accompanied by guards, was the constant food of our childhood curiosity."

1832 – 1837 – studied at the Yaroslavl gymnasium. Nekrasov is an average student, periodically conflicting with his superiors over his satirical poems.

In 1838, his literary life began, which lasted for forty years.

1838 - 1840 - Nikolai Nekrasov was a volunteer student at the Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg University. Having learned about this, his father deprives him of financial support. According to Nekrasov’s own recollections, he lived in poverty for about three years, surviving on small odd jobs. At the same time, the poet is part of the literary and journalistic circle of St. Petersburg.

Also in 1838, Nekrasov’s first publication took place. The poem “Thought” is published in the magazine “Son of the Fatherland”. Later, several poems appear in the “Library for Reading”, then in the “Literary Additions to the Russian Invalid”.
Nekrasov's poems appeared in print in 1838; in 1840, at his own expense, the first collection of poems, “Dreams and Sounds,” signed “N. N.” was published. The collection was not successful even after criticism from V.G. Belinsky in Otechestvennye Zapiski was destroyed by Nekrasov and became a bibliographic rarity.

For the first time, his attitude to the living conditions of the poorest strata of the Russian population and outright slavery was expressed in the poem “Govorun” (1843). From this period, Nekrasov began to write poems with an actual social orientation, which a little later became interested in censorship. Such anti-serfdom poems appeared as “The Coachman’s Tale”, “Motherland”, “Before the Rain”, “Troika”, “The Gardener”. The poem “Motherland” was immediately banned by censorship, but was distributed in manuscripts and became especially popular in revolutionary circles. Belinsky rated this poem so highly that he was completely delighted.

Using the borrowed money, the poet, together with the writer Ivan Panaev, rented the Sovremennik magazine in the winter of 1846. Young progressive writers and all those who hated serfdom flock to the magazine. The first issue of the new Sovremennik took place in January 1847. It was the first magazine in Russia that expressed revolutionary democratic ideas and, most importantly, had a coherent and clear program of action. The very first issues included “The Thieving Magpie” and “Who’s to Blame?” Herzen, stories from “Notes of a Hunter” by Turgenev, articles by Belinsky and many other works of the same focus. Nekrasov published “Hound Hunt” from his works.

The influence of the magazine grew every year, until in 1862 the government suspended its publication and then completely banned the magazine.

In 1866, Sovremennik was closed. In 1868, Nekrasov acquired the right to publish the journal Otechestvennye zapiski, with which the last years of his life were associated. During his work at Otechestvennye zapiski, he created the poems “Who Lives Well in Rus'” (1866-1876), “Grandfather” (1870) ), “Russian Women” (1871-1872), wrote a series of satirical works, the pinnacle of which was the poem “Contemporaries” (1878).

The last years of the poet's life were filled with elegiac motifs associated with the loss of friends, awareness of loneliness, and serious illness. During this period the following works appeared: “Three Elegies” (1873), “Morning”, “Despondency”, “Elegy” (1874), “The Prophet” (1874), “To the Sowers” ​​(1876). In 1877, the cycle of poems “Last Songs” was created.

Nekrasov’s funeral at the Novodevichy cemetery in St. Petersburg acquired the character of a socio-political manifestation. At the civil memorial service, speeches were made by Dostoevsky, P.V. Zasodimsky, G.V. Plekhanov and others. In 1881, a monument was erected at the grave (sculptor M.A. Chizhov).

Streets were named after Nekrasov: in St. Petersburg in 1918 (former Basseynaya, see Nekrasova Street), in Rybatskoye, Pargolovo. His name was given to Library No. 9 of the Smolninsky District and Pedagogical School No. 1. In 1971, a monument to Nekrasov was unveiled on the corner of Nekrasov Street and Grechesky Avenue (sculptor L. Yu. Eidlin, architect V. S. Vasilkovsky).

Nekrasov Nikolai Alekseevich, whose biography begins on November 28 (December 10), 1821, was born in the small town of Nemirov, located on the territory of the Vinnitsa district of the Podolsk province (now the territory of Ukraine).

The poet's childhood

After the birth of their son, the Nekrasov family lived in the village of Greshnev, which at that time belonged to the Yaroslavl province. There were a lot of children - thirteen (although only three of them survived), and therefore it was very difficult to support them. Alexey Sergeevich, the head of the family, was forced to also take on the job of a police officer. This work could hardly be called fun and interesting. Little Nikolai Nekrasov Sr. often took little Nikolai Nekrasov Sr. with him to work, and therefore the future poet from a very early age saw the problems that ordinary people faced and learned to sympathize with them.

At the age of 10, Nikolai was sent to the Yaroslavl gymnasium. But at the end of the 5th grade, he abruptly stopped studying. Why? Biographers have differing opinions on this issue. Some believe that the boy was not too diligent in his studies, and his success in this field left much to be desired, while others are of the opinion that his father simply stopped paying for education. Or perhaps both of these reasons occurred. One way or another, Nekrasov’s biography continues in St. Petersburg, where a sixteen-year-old young man is sent to enter a military school (noble regiment).

Difficult years

The poet had every opportunity to become an honest servant, but fate decided otherwise. Arriving in the cultural capital of the empire - St. Petersburg - Nekrasov meets and communicates with the students there. They awakened in him a strong thirst for knowledge, and therefore the future poet decides to go against the will of his father. Nikolai begins to prepare to enter university. He fails: he could not pass all the exams. However, this did not stop him: from 1839 to 1841. The poet goes to the Faculty of Philology as a volunteer student. In those days, Nekrasov lived in terrible poverty, because his father did not give him a single penny. The poet often had to go hungry, and it even got to the point that he spent the night in homeless shelters. But there were also bright moments: for example, it was in one of these places that Nikolai earned his first money (15 kopecks) for help in writing a petition. The difficult financial situation did not break the spirit of the young man and he vowed to himself, despite any obstacles, to achieve recognition.

Literary activity of Nekrasov

A biography of Nekrasov is impossible without mentioning the stages of his formation as a poet and writer.

Soon after the events described above, Nikolai's life began to improve. He got a job as a tutor, and was often tasked with composing fairy tales and ABCs for popular print publishers. A good part-time job was writing small articles for the Literary Newspaper, as well as the Literary Supplement to the Russian Invalid. Several vaudevilles he composed and published under the pseudonym “Perepelsky” were even staged on the Alexandria stage. Having put aside some money, in 1840 Nekrasov published his first collection of poems, which was called “Dreams and Sounds.”

Nekrasov’s biography was not without struggle with critics. Despite the fact that they treated him ambiguously, Nikolai himself was extremely upset by the negative review of the authoritative Belinsky. It even got to the point that Nekrasov himself bought up most of the circulation and destroyed the books. However, the few remaining copies made it possible to see Nekrasov in a completely unusual role as a composer of ballads. Later he moved on to other genres and topics.

Nekrasov spent the forties of the 19th century working closely with the journal Otechestvennye zapiski. Nikolai himself was a bibliographer. The turning point in his life can be considered his close acquaintance and the beginning of his friendship with Belinsky. After quite a bit of time, Nikolai Nekrasov’s poems began to be actively published. In a fairly short period of time, the almanacs “April 1”, “Physiology of St. Petersburg”, “Petersburg Collection” were published, in which the poems of the young poet were side by side with the works of the best authors of that period. Among them, among all others, there were works by F. Dostoevsky, D. Grigorovich, I. Turgenev.

Publishing business was going well. This allowed Nekrasov and his friends to purchase the Sovremennik magazine at the end of 1846. In addition to the poet himself, many talented writers contribute to this magazine. And Belinsky gives Nekrasov an unusually generous gift - he gives the magazine a huge amount of materials that the critic had been collecting for a long time for his own publication. During the period of reaction, the content of Sovremennik was controlled by the tsarist authorities, and under the influence of censorship, they began to publish mostly works of the adventure genre. But, nevertheless, the magazine does not lose its popularity.

Next, Nekrasov’s biography takes us to sunny Italy, where the poet went in the 50s to be treated for a throat disease. Having recovered his health, he returns to his homeland. Here life is in full swing - Nikolai finds himself in advanced literary streams, communicates with people of high morality. At this time, the best and hitherto unknown sides of the poet’s talent are revealed. While working on the magazine, Dobrolyubov and Chernyshevsky became his faithful assistants and colleagues.

Despite the fact that Sovremennik was closed in 1866, Nekrasov did not give up. The writer rents Otechestvennye zapiski from his former “competitor,” which quickly rises to the same height as Sovremennik in its time.

Working with two of the best magazines of his time, Nekrasov wrote and published a lot of his works. Among them are poems (“Who Lives Well in Rus'”, “Peasant Children”, “Frost, Red Nose”, “Sasha”, “Russian Women”), poems (“Railroad”, “Knight for an Hour”, “Prophet ") and many others. Nekrasov was at the zenith of his fame.

Last years of life

At the beginning of 1875, the poet was given a terrible diagnosis - “intestinal cancer”. His life became a complete misery, and only the support of devoted readers helped him somehow hold on. Telegrams and letters came to Nikolai even from the farthest corners of Russia. This support meant a lot to the poet: while struggling with pain, he continued to create. At the end of his life, he writes a satirical poem called “Contemporaries,” a sincere and touching cycle of poems called “Last Songs.”

The talented poet and activist of the literary world said goodbye to this world on December 27, 1877 (January 8, 1878) in St. Petersburg, at the age of only 56 years.

Despite the severe frost, thousands of people came to say goodbye to the poet and accompany him to his final resting place (Novodevichy Cemetery in St. Petersburg).

Love in the life of a poet

N.A. Nekrasov, whose biography is a real charge of vitality and energy, met three women in his life. His first love was Avdotya Panaeva. They were not officially married, but lived together for fifteen years. After some time, Nekrasov fell in love with a charming Frenchwoman, Selina Lefren. However, this novel was unsuccessful for the poet: Selina left him, and before that she squandered a fair part of his fortune. And finally, six months before his death, Nekrasov married Fyokla Viktorova, who loved him dearly and took care of him until his last day.

Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821 - 1877(78)) - classic of Russian poetry, writer and publicist. He was a revolutionary democrat, editor and publisher of the Sovremennik magazine (1847-1866) and editor of the Otechestvennye Zapiski magazine (1868). One of the most important and famous works of the writer is the poem “Who Lives Well in Rus'.”

Early years

Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov was born on November 28 (December 10), 1821 in the city of Nemirov, Podolsk province, into a wealthy landowner family. The writer spent his childhood years in the Yaroslavl province, the village of Greshnevo, on a family estate. The family was large - the future poet had 13 sisters and brothers.

At the age of 11, he entered the gymnasium, where he studied until the 5th grade. Young Nekrasov’s studies were not going well. It was during this period that Nekrasov began to write his first satirical poems and write them down in a notebook.

Education and the beginning of a creative path

The poet's father was cruel and despotic. He deprived Nekrasov of financial assistance when he did not want to enlist in military service. In 1838, Nekrasov’s biography included a move to St. Petersburg, where he entered the university’s Faculty of Philology as a volunteer student. In order not to die of hunger, experiencing a great need for money, he finds part-time work, gives lessons and writes poetry to order.

During this period, he met the critic Belinsky, who would later have a strong ideological influence on the writer. At the age of 26, Nekrasov, together with the writer Panaev, bought the Sovremennik magazine. The magazine quickly became popular and had significant influence in society. In 1862, the government banned its publication.

Literary activity

Having accumulated enough funds, Nekrasov published his debut collection of poems, “Dreams and Sounds” (1840), which failed. Vasily Zhukovsky advised that most of the poems in this collection should be published without the name of the author. After this, Nikolai Nekrasov decides to move away from poetry and take up prose, writing novellas and short stories. The writer is also engaged in publishing some almanacs, in one of which Fyodor Dostoevsky made his debut. The most successful almanac was the “Petersburg Collection” (1846).

From 1847 to 1866 he was the publisher and editor of the Sovremennik magazine, which employed the best writers of that time. The magazine was a hotbed of revolutionary democracy. While working at Sovremennik, Nekrasov published several collections of his poems. The works “Peasant Children” and “Peddlers” bring he is widely known.

On the pages of the Sovremennik magazine, such talents as Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Goncharov, Alexander Herzen, Dmitry Grigorovich and others were discovered. The already famous Alexander Ostrovsky, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Gleb Uspensky were published in it. Thanks to Nikolai Nekrasov and his magazine, Russian literature learned the names of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy.

In the 1840s, Nekrasov collaborated with the magazine "Domestic Notes", and in 1868, after the closure of the magazine "Sovremennik", he rented it from the publisher Kraevsky. The last ten years of the writer's life were associated with this magazine. At this time, Nekrasov wrote the epic poem “Who Lives Well in Rus'” (1866-1876), as well as “Russian Women” (1871-1872), “Grandfather” (1870) - poems about the Decembrists and their wives, and some other satirical works, the pinnacle of which was the poem "Contemporaries" (1875).

Nekrasov wrote about the suffering and grief of the Russian people, about the difficult life of the peasantry. He also introduced a lot of new things into Russian literature, in particular, he used simple Russian colloquial speech in his works. This undoubtedly showed the richness of the Russian language, which came from the people. In his poems, he first began to combine satire, lyricism and elegiac motifs. Briefly speaking, the poet’s work made an invaluable contribution to the development of Russian classical poetry and literature in general.

Personal life

The poet had several love affairs in his life: with the owner of the literary salon Avdotya Panaeva, the Frenchwoman Selina Lefren, and the village girl Fyokla Viktorova.

One of the most beautiful women in St. Petersburg and the wife of the writer Ivan Panaev, Avdotya Panaeva, was liked by many men, and young Nekrasov had to make a lot of effort to win her attention. Finally, they confess their love to each other and begin to live together. After the early death of their common son, Avdotya leaves Nekrasov. And he leaves for Paris with the French theater actress Selina Lefren, whom he had known since 1863. She remains in Paris, and Nekrasov returns to Russia. However, their romance continues at a distance. Later, he meets a simple and uneducated girl from the village - Fyokla (Nekrasov gives her the name Zina), with whom they later got married.

Nekrasov had many affairs, but the main woman in Nikolai Nekrasov’s biography was not his legal wife, but Avdotya Yakovlevna Panaeva, whom he loved all his life.

Last years of life

In 1875, the poet was diagnosed with intestinal cancer. In the painful years before his death, he wrote “Last Songs” - a cycle of poems that the poet dedicated to his wife and last love, Zinaida Nikolaevna Nekrasova. The writer died on December 27, 1877 (January 8, 1878) and was buried in St. Petersburg at the Novodevichy cemetery.

Brief biography of Nikolai Nekrasov

Nikolai Nekrasov is a Russian poet, writer, publicist and classic of Russian literature. In addition, Nekrasov was a democratic revolutionary, head of the Sovremennik magazine and editor of the Otechestvennye Zapiski magazine. The writer’s most famous work is the poem-novel “Who Lives Well in Rus'.”

Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov was born on December 10, 1821 in Nemirov into a noble family. The writer spent his childhood years in the Yaroslavl province. At the age of 11, he entered the Yaroslavl gymnasium, where he studied for 5 years.

The writer's father was a rather despotic man. When Nikolai refused to become a military man at the insistence of his father, he was deprived of financial support.

At the age of 17, the writer moved to St. Petersburg, where, in order to survive, he wrote poetry to order. During this period he met Belinsky. When Nekrasov was 26 years old, together with the literary critic Panaev, he bought the magazine Sovremennik. The magazine quickly gained momentum and had great influence in society. However, in 1862 the government banned its publication.

While working at Sovremennik, several collections of Nekrasov’s poems were published. Among them are those who brought him fame in wide circles. For example, “Peasant Children” and “Peddlers”. In the 1840s, Nekrasov also began to collaborate with the journal Otechestvennye zapiski, and in 1868 he rented it from Kraevsky.

During the same period, he wrote the poem “Who Lives Well in Rus',” as well as “Russian Women,” “Grandfather,” and a number of other satirical works, including the popular poem “Contemporaries.”

In 1875, the poet became terminally ill. In recent years, he worked on a cycle of poems, “Last Songs,” which he dedicated to his wife and last love, Zinaida Nikolaevna Nekrasova. The writer died on January 8, 1878 and was buried at the St. Petersburg Novodevichy cemetery.

The fate and personality of each person cannot be fully understood without the fate of his family, his ancestors. From the beginning of the 18th century, the noble family of the Nekrasovs found themselves inextricably linked with the village (village, later village) of Greshnevo in the Yaroslavl district, which stood on the road that has long connected the cities of Kostroma and Yaroslavl along the left bank of the Volga. At the beginning of the 18th century, Greshnevo was part of the estate of the steward Boris Ivanovich Neronov, the poet’s great-great-grandfather 13* .

In 1736, the daughter of B.I. Neronov, Praskovya Borisovna, married the reiter of the Horse Guards, Alexei Yakovlevich Nekrasov. As a dowry for his wife, A. Ya. Nekrasov received a Yaroslavl estate - the village of Vasilkovo with the villages of Koshchevka, Gogulino and half the village of Greshnevo 14 . Thus, the first owner of Greshnev from the Nekrasov family was the great-grandfather of the poet A. Ya. Nekrasov. After his death (he died around 1760), the owners of the Yaroslavl estate became P.B. Nekrasova (died after 1780) and her only son Sergei Alekseevich, the poet’s grandfather. The retired artillery bayonet cadet S.A. Nekrasov and his wife Maria Stepanovna (nee Granovskaya) who lived in Moscow had six sons and three daughters, including Alexey, the future father of the poet 15 . Sergei Alekseevich, who was a passionate gambler, after a series of large losses, fell into large debts, to pay which he had to mortgage his estate. At the very beginning of the 19th century, he was forced to sell his house in Moscow and move his family to Greshnevo 16 . From then until the abolition of serfdom, the Nekrasovs usually lived in Greshnev.

S. A. Nekrasov died on January 3, 1807. 17 The poet's grandfather was the first of the Nekrasovs to be buried in the parish cemetery near the walls of the Peter and Paul Church * the village of Abakumtsev, located three miles from Greshnev. The grave of S. A. Nekrasov was preserved in Abakumtsevo until the beginning of the 20th century. Later, the children and grandchildren of Sergei Alekseevich completed their lives in the cemetery near the walls of this temple.

The poet's parents

The poet's father, Alexey Sergeevich Nekrasov, apparently was born in Moscow. Determining the exact year of his birth is quite confusing. For a long time it was believed that A. S. Nekrasov was born in 1788, but recently S. V. Smirnov, based on a number of documents, convincingly proved that the poet’s father was born in 1794 or 1795. 19 As stated above, Alexey Sergeevich lost his father early, who died on January 3, 1807. Soon the guardian assigned the three youngest sons of S.A. Nekrasov - Sergei, Dmitry and Alexei - to serve in the Tambov Infantry Regiment, which was then stationed in Kostroma. A. S. Nekrasov began serving in the Tambov Infantry Regiment on March 30, 1807 with the rank of non-commissioned officer 20 . At this time he was only 12 (or 13) years old. In the same 1807, together with the regiment A.S. Nekrasov set out from Kostroma on a campaign to East Prussia; Let us recall that there was an era of the Napoleonic wars and East Prussia was one of the main theaters of combat for Russian and French troops. On December 2, 1810, A. S. Nekrasov was promoted to ensign and transferred to service in the 28th Jaeger Regiment. On September 17, 1811, he was awarded the rank of second lieutenant. It was in this rank that the poet’s father met the Patriotic War of 1812. 21

The participation of A. S. Nekrasov in the Patriotic War was not usually discussed in Nekrasovology. As a rule, in literature we find Captain A.S. Nekrasov already in 1821, standing with the 36th Jaeger Regiment in Western Ukraine, in the Podolsk province, where his son Nikolai was born. What the poet’s father did in previous years, as a rule, remained “behind the scenes.” The reasons for such reticence are clear. A. S. Nekrasov had an established reputation as a cruel landowner-serf, while the participants in the War of 1812 were traditionally respected in the mass consciousness, and in order not to “undermine” their reputation, the question of Nekrasov Sr.’s participation in the Patriotic War was usually hushed up. V. E. Evgeniev-Maksimov writes that the question of whether Alexey Sergeevich “was any active participant in the Napoleonic wars, which coincided with his service in the army (...), remains open” 22 True, the researcher mentions the book by N.V. Gerbel “Russian poets in biographies and samples”, published in 1873, where it was said that “Alexey Sergeevich did the entire campaign of 1812-1814 (...) and lost two older brothers at Borodino » 23 . V. E. Evgeniev-Maksimov notes: “It is possible that this biography was reviewed by Nekrasov (we found a handwritten copy of it in the papers left after him).” 24 .

Yes, we do not have direct evidence of A.S. Nekrasov’s participation in the battles of the Patriotic War of 1812, however, we agree, it is difficult to imagine that, while in the ranks of the warring army, the officer did not take part in the hostilities. We do not know where the war ended for A.S. Nekrasov.

Nekrasovology, in fact, ignored the fact that three older brothers of Alexei Sergeevich (the poet’s uncles) took part in the war, who, as N.A. Nekrasov wrote, were “killed near Borodino on the same day” (XII, 17) * . In one of the documents, Alexey Sergeevich indicated that three of his brothers - Vasily, Alexander and Pavel - “were killed in battles” 25 .

After the end of the Patriotic War and the foreign campaigns of the Russian army, the 28th Jaeger Regiment, in which A.S. Nekrasov served, stood on the western borders of the empire, in the Vinnitsa district of the Podolsk province. Here A.S. Nekrasov met his future wife. On November 11, 1817, in the Assumption Church of the town of Yuzvin, Vinnitsa district, the wedding of Lieutenant A. S. Nekrasov and the Little Russian noblewoman Elena Andreevna Zakrevskaya took place 26 .

Little is known about the poet’s mother, E. A. Zakrevskaya, and what is known has long been controversial. Firstly, the question of the exact year of her birth is confusing. Traditionally it was believed that she was born in 1796. This date came into the literature thanks to V.E. Evgeniev-Maksimov, who in 1913 saw in the metric book of the church with. Abakumtsev’s record of her death: “In 1841, on July 29, Major Alexei Sergeevich’s wife, Elena Andreevna, 45 years old, died of consumption.” 27 . According to this entry, Elena Andreevna was born in 1796, and until recently this date was generally accepted. However, S.V. Smirnov, based on archival documents, established a different date - 1803. In the official list of A. S. Nekrasov for 1838 it is said that his wife is “35 years old” 28 . In the metric book of the Resurrection Church of Yaroslavl, where the funeral service for Elena Andreevna took place, the record of her death says that the deceased is “38 years old” 29 , which again points to 1803 as the year of her birth.

Secondly, we don’t even know what name the poet’s mother had: in some documents she is called Elena, in others - Alexandra. In this regard, the question of her nationality has long been raised in literature. According to S.V. Smirnov, the presence of A.S. Nekrasov’s wife with two names indicates her “belonging to Catholicism at an early age.” However, the researcher makes a reservation: “It seems that belonging to Catholicism as a girl does not indicate the Polish origin of the poet’s mother. Her Catholicism is the fruit of her father’s “careful” education among the Jesuits, a tribute to Polish-Catholic influence in the region, where the elements of Polish-Catholic culture were given the importance of prestige and belonging to the local elite.” 30 .

In 1820, the young couple had their first child, son Andrei, and at the very beginning of 1821, daughter Elizabeth. At the end of 1821, their third child was born - son Nikolai. For a long time it was mistakenly believed that N.A. Nekrasov was born on November 22 (December 4 according to the current style) 1821 in the town of Yuzvin, Vinnitsa district. Only in 1949, A.V. Popov documented that the poet was born on November 28 (December 10, new style) in the town of Nemirov*, Vinnitsa district, Podolsk province 31 .

For some reason, the baptism of the future poet took place almost three years after his birth - on October 7, 1824 in the church of the village. Seniok, Podolsk province 32 . At baptism, the child received a name in honor of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, who has long been especially revered in Rus'.

On January 16, 1823, A. S. Nekrasov “due to illness” was dismissed from military service as a “major in uniform” 33 . It was traditionally believed that the Nekrasovs moved to Greshnevo at the end of 1824. However, as V.I. Yakovlev recently convincingly proved, A.S. Nekrasov and his family arrived at the family estate near Yaroslavl in 1826. 34 The same researcher also gave a striking answer to the question why A. S. Nekrasov, who lived in Ukraine for almost three years after retiring, left there for Greshnevo. “As for the reasons for A. S. Nekrasov’s move from Ukraine to Greshnevo in 1826,” writes V. I. Yakovlev, “they (...) are obviously related to the situation that developed as a result of the defeat of the southern center of the Decembrist movement. Before retiring in 1823, A. S. Nekrasov served in the city of Nemirov, in a military unit belonging to the 18th Infantry Division, which, in turn, was part of the 2nd Army. The headquarters of the 2nd Army was located in the city of Tulchin, within 30 km from Nemirov. In Tulchin in 1821-1826. housed the central government of the Southern Society, headed by P. I. Pestel" 35 . Following the defeat of the uprising of the Chernigov regiment, mass arrests began in Ukraine. “Apparently, fears for the fate of his family,” continues V.I. Yakovlev, “and undoubted personal acquaintances from his previous service with many of the “conspirators,” which was directly implied by the position of brigade adjutant held by A.S. Nekrasov, served the main reason for moving to live in the family estate is the village of Greshnevo, Yaroslavl province" 36 .

Apparently, in the summer months of 1826, the Nekrasov family left the Podolsk province and went - most likely through Kyiv and Moscow - to the Upper Volga.

13. Yakovlev V.I. Family and hereditary possessions of the Nekrasov nobles in the 17th - first third of the 19th centuries. // Karabikha: Historical and literary collection. Yaroslavl, 1993, p. 226 (hereinafter – Yakovlev V.I. Family and hereditary possessions of the Nekrasov nobles in the 17th – first third of the 19th centuries).

14. Ibid., p. 226-227.

15. Nekrasov N.K. In their footsteps, along their roads. Yaroslavl, 1975, p. 247 (hereinafter referred to as Nekrasov N.K. In their footsteps, along their roads).

16. Evgeniev-Maksimov V. Life and work of N. A. Nekrasov. M.-L., 1947, vol. 1, p. 14 (hereinafter – Evgeniev-Maksimov V. Life and work of N. A. Nekrasov).

17. Yakovlev V.I. Family and hereditary possessions of the Nekrasov nobles, p. 229.

18. Monasteries and temples of the Yaroslavl land. Yaroslavl - Rybinsk, 2000, vol. II, p. 245.

19. Smirnov S.V. Autobiographies of Nekrasov. Novgorod, 1998, p. 179 (hereinafter referred to as Smirnov S.V. Autobiographies of Nekrasov).

20. Ibid., p. 172.

21. Ibid.

22. Evgeniev-Maksimov V. E. Life and work of N. A. Nekrasov, vol. 1, p. 28-29.

23. Ibid., p. 29.

24. Ibid.

25. Smirnov S.V. Autobiographies of Nekrasov, p. 169.

26. Ashukin N. S. Chronicle of the life and work of N. A. Nekrasov. M.-L., 1935, p. 20 (hereinafter – Ashukin N. S. Chronicle of the life and work of N. A. Nekrasov).

27. Evgeniev-Maksimov V. E. From the past. Notes of a Nekrasov scholar // Nekrasovsky collection. L., 1980, issue. VIII, p. 223.

28. Quote. from: Smirnov S.V. Autobiography of Nekrasov, p. 11.

29. Ibid., p. 12.

30. Ibid., p. 176.

31. Popov A. When and where was Nekrasov born? Towards a revision of tradition // Literary heritage. M., 1949, t. 49-50, p. 605-610.

32. Smirnov S.V. Autobiographies of Nekrasov, p. 175.

33. Evgeniev-Maksimov V. E. Life and work of N. A. Nekrasov, vol. 1, p. 28.

34. Yakovlev V.I. Family and hereditary possessions of the Nekrasov nobles in the 18th - first third of the 19th centuries, p. 249-251.

35. Ibid., p. 251.