Anthropological Sketch of Academic D. N. Anuchin about A. S. Pushkin and its Preparatory Handwritten Materials in the Department of Manuscripts of the Russian State Library

Aim. The purpose is to identify to what extent the manuscript materials stored in the Department of Manuscripts of the Russian State Library of Economics (F. 10) reflect the content of the “Anthropological sketch” about A. S. Pushkin by D. N. Anuchin.

Methodology. Paleographic, archaeographic and descriptive methods were used in the study of hand[1]written materials. Historical-philological, comparative and biographical methods were used to analyze the text of the sources.

Results. It is concluded that the handwritten materials of D. N. Anuchin’s personal fund are of different genres and correspond to the goal set by D. N. Anuchin here – to find out what are the features of the physical and mental personality type, hereditary traits and individual characteristics of the great Russian poet. The planned essay on the peculiarities of the mental type of A. S. Pushkin was not included in the publication but was preserved in draft handwritten materials. D. N. Anuchin’s “Anthropological Sketch” about A. S. Pushkin is of great importance for literary studies.

Research implications. The material on D. N. Anuchin’s archival Pushkin studies is summarized, and suggestions are formulated that the scientist conducted anthropo- and psychogenetic studies of the personality of A. S. Pushkin even before the official emergence of these scientific disciplines.

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