The phenomenon of the Decembrists in the poetic journalism of the 1820s – 1850s
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2025-10-153-165
Abstract
The article opens a series dealing with the perception of the Decembrist phenomenon in poetic journalism. At first, the author formulates journalistic concepts for understanding the Decembrist phenomenon (monarchist, romantic, liberal, revolutionary) and describes in detail the first two, relevant to the specified time period.
The first concept arose almost immediately after the Decembrist revolt on Senate Square: it was, of course, forbidden to consider the Decembrist uprising from other positions. The second concept is directly opposite to the first and is inextricably linked to the name of A.I. Herzen, who spent more than two decades in exile due to his political position and founded the “Free Russian Press” abroad.
Then the author considers in detail poetic works about the Decembrist phenomenon and the Decembrists themselves, related to one or another of those two concepts. For example, the Decembrist A.I. Odoevsky even before Herzen formulated a whole set of symbolic phrases characteristic of Herzen’s interpretation, while A.S. Pushkin subscribed to monarchist views and wrote a message to the Decembrists in Siberia from those positions.
In conclusion, the author notes that he does not equate poetic works as such with journalism, but proceeds from the fact that any work in which historical events are interpreted cannot but contain a journalistic component.
Keywords
journalism,
poetry,
the Decembrists,
1820–1850s,
A.S. Pushkin,
F.I. Tyutchev,
A.I. Odoevsky,
N.P. Ogarev
About the Author
D. I. Buldakova
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Daria I. Buldakova, Cand. of Sci. (Philology)
6-6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125047
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Buldakova D.I. The phenomenon of the Decembrists in the poetic journalism of the 1820s – 1850s. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2025;(10):153-165. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2025-10-153-165
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