Melnikov and Pechersky: reality and myths. Biography plots

For most people, the name Melnikov-Pechersky is associated with the novels “In the Forests” and “On the Mountains”, that is, with his activity as a writer. Yes, he was almost the first of the Nizhny Novgorod writer. The versatility of his interests is striking: a collector of legends, legends and legends, a lecturer and enlightener. For almost twenty years, P.I. Melnikov was in the public service as an official under the governor, and later in the Ministry of the Interior.

Andrei Pechersky’s dilogy shows the characters and events that were already described by the official Pavel Melnikov in His reports and reports. He knew very well not only the features of the life of “forests” and “mountains”, but also the main problems of the religious life of his time.

We did not set the goal of a detailed description of the life and activity of P. Melnikov. Work on the creation of the book was carried out by the editorial office and the author with parallel courses, and much attention was paid to the search for primary sources in the archives and a thorough verification of the facts cited.

A number of documents are published for the first time. on printing and mass communications in the framework of the federal target program “Culture of Russia” (2012-2018) and on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Pavel Ivanovich Melnikov.