Boris Pasternak, Deviat'sot piatyi god [The Year Nineteen Five]

Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1926

Places

Russia (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Poetry (any)

Resources

In 1925, Soviet Russia celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the start of a series of major civil and military disturbances, known as the Russian revolution of 1905-07, which had resulted, among other things, in limiting the Tsar’s influence with the newly emerged Russian parliament (the Duma). Pasternak, who had studied at a high school in Moscow at the time and had supported the rebels’ cause, felt that he could respond favourably to the Bolshevik appeal to writers and artists to commemorate the event. This would allow him to improve his financial situation and his standing with the authorities without going against his own convictions, while introducing a higher degree of accessibility to his …

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Citation: Rogatchevski, Andrei. "Deviat'sot piatyi god". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 April 2006 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=15976, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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