A. S. Pushkin on the Literary Pages of the 1920–1930s and Some Local Aspects of Permanent Pushkin Studies

Aim. To highlight the presence of the image of A. S. Pushkin in the literary process of the 1920–1930s, to identify original assessments of the cultural, historical, religious and moral impact of Pushkin’s works and his personality on the descendants of the 20th century living in the Soviet Union and Russia abroad.

Methodology. The work examines some publications of the first post-revolutionary years, in particular the new scientific edition of Pushkin’s “Diary” for 1833–1835, undertaken in 1923, and provides some interpretations of Pushkin by selected poets: A. A. Blok, N. S. Gumilyov, V. A. Sumbatov, philosophers, historians and philologists: P. B. Struve, I. A. Ilyin, D. P. Svyatopolk-Mirsky, E. F. Shmurlo. To highlight the problem, individual pages of publications are used, the memoir prose of I. V. Odoevtseva, the books by M. I. Tsvetaeva “My Pushkin”, V. V. Veresaev’s “Pushkin in Life” are mentioned.

Results. The selected materials show how important and deep Pushkin’s influence was on the descendants of the twentieth century, who survived the collapse of the Russian state and elected Pushkin as the founder of the creation of a unified Russian culture, an ally in the struggle for national dignity, freedom of creative expression, and the unification of cultures of different countries and peoples. Pushkin was a connecting center uniting science, philosophy, poetry and the literary process, which has broken up and continues to break up into several branches and links due to the division into Soviet, emigrant literature, historiography, theology, literary studies, folklore studies...

Research implications. The article may be in demand for comprehending new facets of Pushkin’s influence on Russian literature a century after his lifetime activity; it is aimed at strengthening interest in the history of Pushkin studies, methodological issues of the humanities, and the education of an aesthetically and spiritually oriented personality.

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