Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (December 5 1803 – July 27 1873) is generally considered the last of three great Romantic poets of Russia, following Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov. Tyutchev is one of the most memorized and quoted Russian poets. Occasional pieces, translations and political poems constitute about a half of his overall poetical output. The 200 or so lyric pieces which represent the core of his poetic genius, whether describing a scene of nature or passions of love, put a premium on metaphysics. Tyutchev's world is bipolar. He commonly operates with such categories as night and day, north and south, dream and reality, cosmos and chaos, still world of winter and spring teeming with life. Each of these images is imbued with specific meaning. Tyutchev's idea of night, for example, was defined by critics as "the poetic image often covering economically and simply the vast notions of time and space as they affect man in his struggle through life".
The following days of military glory are celebrated in the Russian Federation: April 18 – Victory of Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipus (Battle on the Ice, 1242) September 21 – Victory of the Russian troops headed by Dmitry Donskoy over the tatar-mongols in the Kulikovo battle (1380) November 7 – Liberation of Moscow from the Polish invaders by the people’s army of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky (1612) July 10 – Victory of the Russian army headed by Peter the Great over the Swedish army in the Poltava battle (1709) August 9 – The first victory of the Russian Navy headed by Peter the Great over the Swedes at the Gangut cape (1714) December 24 – Capture of Izmail fortress (Turkey) by the Russian troops headed by Alexander Suvorov (1790) September 11 – Victory of the Russian squadron headed by Fedor Ushakov over the Turkish squadron at the Tendra cape (1790) September 8 – Borodino battle of the Russian army headed by Mikhail Kutuzov with the French army (1812) December 1 – Victory of the Russian squadron headed by Pavel Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at the Sinop cape (1853) February 23 – Victory of the Red Army over the German Keiser’s army (1918) – Days of Defenders of the Motherland December 5 – Launch of the counteroffensive of the Soviet army against the German fascist army at the battle of Moscow (1941) February 2 - Defeat of the German fascist army by the Soviet army in the Stalingrad battle (1943) August 23 – Defeat of the German fascist army by the Soviet army in the Kursk battle (1943) January 27 – Raising of the Leningrad blockade (1944) May 9 – Victory Day of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945 (1945)
The counter-attack of the Soviet forces started on December 5th and 6th. By the 8th, the Fascist commanders realised that they could soon be smashed and had to regroup. Against the odds, frost, and snow, the Soviet forces were pushing the invaders farther and farther away from Moscow and Moscow Region. By early February 1942 the Soviet commanders could already devise the plan for encircling and erasing the Centre group that was formed specially for the attack on Moscow.
This was the first of several decisive battles in the course of the Great Patriotic War in Russia and the Second World War globally. Although it could not yet demoralise the aggressor, the success of the Moscow Battle ruined the plan of the famous Blitzkrieg that Hitler was hoping to also deploy against Russia. It also demonstrated the readiness of the country, ill prepared at the start of the war, to defend its independence and to fight against Fascism.
Traditionally this day is celebrated in Russia with special TV and radio broadcasts. The recent criticism of the Soviet commanders for some ill-fated decisions usually avoids the Moscow Battle, since it was indeed one of the first turning points in the course of the Second World War.
The Battle for Moscow is often commemorated at schools and special events. Children are taken to the Central Museum of Military Forces, to meet the veterans and to listen to special lectures.
Also this day is a birthday of Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet. He, 5 December [O.S. 23 November] 1820 — 3 December [O.S. 21 November] 1892), was a Russian poet regarded as one of the finest lyricists in Russian literature.
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet is regarded as the greatest lyric poet of Russia. His verses were highly esteemed by the Belinsky, who ranked him on par with the Mikhail Lermontov. Fet's lyrical poetry, extremely sensual and melancholic, were imbued with tints of sadness and tragedy. "Such lyrical insight into the very core of the Spring and human emotion risen by it was hitherto unknown in Russian poetry", wrote critic Vasily Botkin in 1843. Osip Mandelstam considered him to be the greatest Russian poet of all time. Fet had a profound influence on the Russian Symbolists, especially Innokenty Annensky and Alexander Blok, who declared Fet his "great teacher". Fet's poetry greatly influenced Sergey Yesenin and Boris Pasternak.
Yet Fet was never a popular poet during his lifetime.
George Shdanoff was born on December 5, 1905. He was a Russian actor, director and writer of films. Shdanoff was the co-director, with Michael Chekhov, of the Chekhov Theatre, which was formed in England and later transferred to New York. Their productions on Broadway and on tour included Twelfth Night, King Lear and The Possessed, a play written by Shdanoff and based on Dostoyevski's novel. Shdanoff also worked as a director and teacher at Actor's Lab in Hollywood.
The Red Army's winter counter-offensive drove the Wehrmacht from Moscow, but the city was still considered to be threatened, with the front line still relatively close. Because of this, the Moscow theater remained a priority for Stalin, who at first appeared to be in shock due to the initial German success.[75] In particular, the initial Soviet advance was unable to level the Rzhev salient, held by several divisions of Army Group Center. Immediately after the Moscow counter-offensive, a series of Soviet attacks (the Battles of Rzhev) were attempted against the salient, each time with heavy losses on both sides. Soviet losses are estimated to be between 500,000 and 1,000,000 men, and German losses between 300,000 and 450,000 men. By early 1943, however, the Wehrmacht had to disengage from the salient as the whole front was moving west. Nevertheless, the Moscow front was not finally secured until October 1943, when Army Group Center was decisively repulsed from the Smolensk landbridge and from the left shore of the upper Dnieper at the end of the Second Battle of Smolensk.
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (December 5 1803 – July 27 1873) is generally considered the last of three great Romantic poets of Russia, following Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov. Tyutchev is one of the most memorized and quoted Russian poets. Occasional pieces, translations and political poems constitute about a half of his overall poetical output.
ReplyDeleteThe 200 or so lyric pieces which represent the core of his poetic genius, whether describing a scene of nature or passions of love, put a premium on metaphysics. Tyutchev's world is bipolar. He commonly operates with such categories as night and day, north and south, dream and reality, cosmos and chaos, still world of winter and spring teeming with life. Each of these images is imbued with specific meaning. Tyutchev's idea of night, for example, was defined by critics as "the poetic image often covering economically and simply the vast notions of time and space as they affect man in his struggle through life".
The following days of military glory are celebrated in the Russian Federation:
ReplyDeleteApril 18 – Victory of Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipus (Battle on the Ice, 1242)
September 21 – Victory of the Russian troops headed by Dmitry Donskoy over the tatar-mongols in the Kulikovo battle (1380)
November 7 – Liberation of Moscow from the Polish invaders by the people’s army of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky (1612)
July 10 – Victory of the Russian army headed by Peter the Great over the Swedish army in the Poltava battle (1709)
August 9 – The first victory of the Russian Navy headed by Peter the Great over the Swedes at the Gangut cape (1714)
December 24 – Capture of Izmail fortress (Turkey) by the Russian troops headed by Alexander Suvorov (1790)
September 11 – Victory of the Russian squadron headed by Fedor Ushakov over the Turkish squadron at the Tendra cape (1790)
September 8 – Borodino battle of the Russian army headed by Mikhail Kutuzov with the French army (1812)
December 1 – Victory of the Russian squadron headed by Pavel Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at the Sinop cape (1853)
February 23 – Victory of the Red Army over the German Keiser’s army (1918) – Days of Defenders of the Motherland
December 5 – Launch of the counteroffensive of the Soviet army against the German fascist army at the battle of Moscow (1941)
February 2 - Defeat of the German fascist army by the Soviet army in the Stalingrad battle (1943)
August 23 – Defeat of the German fascist army by the Soviet army in the Kursk battle (1943)
January 27 – Raising of the Leningrad blockade (1944)
May 9 – Victory Day of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945 (1945)
The counter-attack of the Soviet forces started on December 5th and 6th. By the 8th, the Fascist commanders realised that they could soon be smashed and had to regroup. Against the odds, frost, and snow, the Soviet forces were pushing the invaders farther and farther away from Moscow and Moscow Region. By early February 1942 the Soviet commanders could already devise the plan for encircling and erasing the Centre group that was formed specially for the attack on Moscow.
ReplyDeleteThis was the first of several decisive battles in the course of the Great Patriotic War in Russia and the Second World War globally. Although it could not yet demoralise the aggressor, the success of the Moscow Battle ruined the plan of the famous Blitzkrieg that Hitler was hoping to also deploy against Russia. It also demonstrated the readiness of the country, ill prepared at the start of the war, to defend its independence and to fight against Fascism.
Traditionally this day is celebrated in Russia with special TV and radio broadcasts. The recent criticism of the Soviet commanders for some ill-fated decisions usually avoids the Moscow Battle, since it was indeed one of the first turning points in the course of the Second World War.
The Battle for Moscow is often commemorated at schools and special events. Children are taken to the Central Museum of Military Forces, to meet the veterans and to listen to special lectures.
Also this day is a birthday of Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet. He, 5 December [O.S. 23 November] 1820 — 3 December [O.S. 21 November] 1892), was a Russian poet regarded as one of the finest lyricists in Russian literature.
ReplyDeleteAfanasy Afanasyevich Fet is regarded as the greatest lyric poet of Russia. His verses were highly esteemed by the Belinsky, who ranked him on par with the Mikhail Lermontov. Fet's lyrical poetry, extremely sensual and melancholic, were imbued with tints of sadness and tragedy. "Such lyrical insight into the very core of the Spring and human emotion risen by it was hitherto unknown in Russian poetry", wrote critic Vasily Botkin in 1843. Osip Mandelstam considered him to be the greatest Russian poet of all time. Fet had a profound influence on the Russian Symbolists, especially Innokenty Annensky and Alexander Blok, who declared Fet his "great teacher". Fet's poetry greatly influenced Sergey Yesenin and Boris Pasternak.
Yet Fet was never a popular poet during his lifetime.
George Shdanoff was born on December 5, 1905. He was a Russian actor, director and writer of films. Shdanoff was the co-director, with Michael Chekhov, of the Chekhov Theatre, which was formed in England and later transferred to New York. Their productions on Broadway and on tour included Twelfth Night, King Lear and The Possessed, a play written by Shdanoff and based on Dostoyevski's novel. Shdanoff also worked as a director and teacher at Actor's Lab in Hollywood.
ReplyDeleteThe Red Army's winter counter-offensive drove the Wehrmacht from Moscow, but the city was still considered to be threatened, with the front line still relatively close. Because of this, the Moscow theater remained a priority for Stalin, who at first appeared to be in shock due to the initial German success.[75] In particular, the initial Soviet advance was unable to level the Rzhev salient, held by several divisions of Army Group Center. Immediately after the Moscow counter-offensive, a series of Soviet attacks (the Battles of Rzhev) were attempted against the salient, each time with heavy losses on both sides. Soviet losses are estimated to be between 500,000 and 1,000,000 men, and German losses between 300,000 and 450,000 men. By early 1943, however, the Wehrmacht had to disengage from the salient as the whole front was moving west. Nevertheless, the Moscow front was not finally secured until October 1943, when Army Group Center was decisively repulsed from the Smolensk landbridge and from the left shore of the upper Dnieper at the end of the Second Battle of Smolensk.
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