Historical portraits. Klyuchevsky V.O.

“History is not a teacher, but a warden: she does not teach anything, but severely punishes for ignorance of the lessons.” This is the statement of the great Russian historian, professor of Moscow University Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky has long gone into the people, embodying not only the traditions of Russian historiography, but also the attitude of the Russian person to history.

Honored professor, student and successor S. M. Solovyova, Klyuchevsky became famous in academic circles as a brilliant lecturer who collected large audiences. He was an active member of many scientific societies, but Klyuchevsky gave his last lecture the history and teaching of her young generations - he read his last lecture six months before the death and until the end he worked on articles on serfdom. In the era when historical science reached unprecedented social significance, the great historian could not voluntarily leave his high post.

in the galaxy of geniuses of the 19th century - the “golden age” of Russian culture - V. O. Klyuchevsky rightfully occupies a place Next to A. S. Pushkin, L. N. Tolstoy, P. I. Tchaikovsky, V. G. Belinsky. Already during his lifetime, he became the popular favorite and pride of Russia.

The real edition introduces the reader to Klyuchevsky-Portrait-in his monumental “historical portraits” a whole gallery of images was collected: among them the rulers of Russia-Ivan the Terrible, Peter I , Empress Elizaveta Petrovna and Catherine II; and statesmen - princes V.V. Golitsyn and A. D. Menshikov; And the luminaries of Russian poetry - A. S. Pushkin, M. Yu. Lermontov.

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