Russia and the West. Tyutchev F.I.

We all know Tyutchev from the school bench - the magnificent lyrics and artist of the word, which wrote delicate, soulful poems about nature and love. But poetry was not the main thing in his life. For more than 30 years, he devoted to the diplomatic service and, perhaps the only one of the Russian poets, made a brilliant career. A talented publicist, in all European capitals he was famous for his bold and exact judgments about history and politics. A fiery patriot, he did not separate his interests from the needs of the Fatherland. Employment in the service did not allow Tyutchev to fully carry out his grandiose analytical work “Russia and the West”. We remained plans, abstracts, individual articles, letters. But these sketches are an inexhaustible treasury of thoughts, ideas, estimates, which not only have not lost their relevance in a century and a half, but, on the contrary, today seem so accurate and topical that you are amazed at the visionary gift of Fedor Ivanovich.

in this The book contains journalism and poems by Tyutchev on historical and political topics.

for a wide range of readers.