Old. Ah, hussar, I'm in love! Novikov E.B.

Gusar lieutenant of Rzhevsky in the service of service calls to the capital. He leaves his squadron, stationed in Konotop, and sits in a brown. In front of him: fools, roads, inns, lively innkeepers, voluptuous landlords, cores with officials, fights with merchants... Like any traveler, Rzhevsky keeps a diary - and from it it becomes clear that the handrail is not such a liely, an unprincipled womanizer and a drunkard ! No, of course, he is - but also a lieutenant of a Rzhevsk philosopher, natural scientist and indefatigable seeker of eternal love.

Rzhevsky’s hussar squadron is in the city of Konotop.Hussars interspers the teachings with amusements.Rzhevsky enters the dispute with the captain Shkoldin and the lieutenant Tonkorukov, who can cope with the local blacksmith Ganna, who is famous for the steel bosom, and therefore cripples every man who is trying to enter into a connection with her.Rzhevsky wins.However, the Tommeries turns out to be an intriguer, evades a duel, behaves dispensive.However, the young wife Elena Nikolaevna comes to him, who soon visits Rzhevsky locked at the guardhouse.He considers her the best and immensely of women.The glory of his victory over the blacksmith is spreading widely, the mighty child-winner sketches for memory, and the mountain quartermaster even imprints his image (slightly painted for plot) in the printing house (the picture is called “Hercules defeats the Lerney Hydra”).The picture diverges into the people.Rzhevsky is called to the capital, it is required by the headquarters.Together with the Cornet of Ezersky and the convoy of merchants, who moves to Svens and Bryansk, goes on a trip.As Radishchev once, traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow, Rzhevsky also keeps a diary, often calling the chapters of the names of cities and villages where he stops.On the way he drinks, walks, drags after women.Wins on the cards of the serf Timofei, so now he runs his chase.In Moscow, he visits an uncle who buried two wives and co -lives with a fortress girl (who gave birth to a little cousin).Uncle is trying to teach his morality.Behind Tver, having participated in a pagan sexual holiday, on which both gentlemen and commoners of all places come together, he finds a diary of a certain master of Africa.Reads this book, filled with a description of the sexual games of animals and the population of these edges, comments, reflects.His attempts to understand himself, his behavior, addictions, life destiny, do not lead to anything.He is even more confused, and because he wraps himself, leads out of disgrace and seduces the ladies who fly to him like bees to a flower.And he drinks a lot.Having drunk and thought over a lot, he suddenly begins to read events in this diary in this diary, which only happens to him personally in the future.Having frightened hallucinations and the fact that he cannot understand how this is possible, the lieutenant will chop the diary for pieces.Once in St. Petersburg, he learns that a large number of reports were collected about his immoral behavior, and therefore he is offered to resign.What he does.Leaves for a year abroad.And he continues the diary five years after the last events described in it.Shoot with the Dragoon Captain Erlukov - whom Rzhevsky did not know.That's what was written in that diary !!! And he will die on this duel.On the eve of the duel, the lieutenant returns to his abandoned diary again.Reports that a year after the previously described events, he left for Europe, returned, was surrounded by relatives of the cunning Gornov, forced to marry his cousin, settled in the estate.And now in the morning a duel... It is with the Dragoon captain named Erlukov.How mediocre life has been living! - complains the Life -loving Rzhevsky.