Vyacheslav Ivanov. The path of life. Zobin G.

without Vyacheslav Ivanov, it is impossible to imagine the era of the Silver Age, one of the best poets of which he was. In addition, Vyach. Ivanov was also a philologist - a classic of a global scale, his research on the history of ancient mythology and religion is of the nature of fundamental works. As a religious thinker, Vyacheslav Ivanov considered himself a student and follower of Vladimir Solovyov with his philosophy of unity and universal Christianity. The poet lived in Italy, where he was engaged in scientific and teaching activities. During the German occupation of Rome, under the roar of bombs and shells, he wrote poems that made up the “Roman Diary” cycle and became one of the greatest peaks of Russian poetry. Contrary to the widespread ideas, Vyacheslav Ivanov appears in the book not as a poet exclusively “for philologists”, but as the one in whose verses, according to Mandelstam, the “powerful hum” of the wolves and waiting for his turn of folk speech.