Michael Stepanovich Znamensky (pseudonym Starozhil [1] ; May 14 [26], 1833 , Kurgan - March 3 [15], 1892 , Tobolsk ) - Russian writer , memoirist , writer , artist , cartoonist , archaeologist , ethnographer , local historian .
| Mikhail Stepanovich Znamensky | |
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| Date of Birth | May 14 (26), 1833 |
| Place of Birth | Kurgan , Kurgan County , Tobolsk province Russian empire |
| Date of death | March 3 (15), 1892 (58 years old) |
| Place of death | Tobolsk , Tobolsk Uyezd , Tobolsk Province , Russian Empire |
| Citizenship |  Russian empire |
| Occupation | prose writer , memoirist , writer , artist , cartoonist , archaeologist , ethnographer , local historian |
The author of memoirs about the Decembrists .
Biography
Born May 14 (26), 1833 in the family of priest Stefan Yakovlevich and Alexandra Lvovna Znamensky in the city of Kurgan , from where the family moved to the city of Yalutorovsk in 1839. He was a student of the Decembrist Ivan Yakushkin [2] , in childhood showed the artist’s talent. He graduated from the Yalutor school, studied at the Tobolsk Theological Seminary .
In 1851, through the efforts of the Decembrist Mikhail Fonvizin, he was sent to the St. Petersburg Model Theological Seminary, which he graduated in 1853 in the painting class and returned to Tobolsk [2] .
From 1853 to 1860 he taught at the Tobolsk Theological Seminary .
In 1860 he received a diploma of a teacher of drawing at the Imperial Academy of Arts .
He was a close friend of Peter Ershov .
In 1890 he was elected candidate curator of the Tobolsk Provincial Museum [3] .
Died March 3 ( 15 ), 1892 in Tobolsk . He was buried in Tobolsk at the Zavalny cemetery [4] .
Creativity
Collaborated with periodicals - "Eastern Review", "Siberian Leaf", " Tobolsk Provincial Gazette ."
In 1851, M. Znamensky studied painting and icon painting under the supervision of the famous professor of the Imperial Academy of Arts F. G. Solntsev [5] .
Mikhail Znamensky is the author of the first work of art in Russian literature of the 19th century, entirely devoted to the Decembrists . In 1859, he conceived a novel of an autobiographical plan, the basis of which was to serve as memories of the Decembrists [1] . The first part of the work - “Disappeared People” was published in 1872 in St. Petersburg in a collection devoted to the Siberian theme. The second part - “Tobolsk of the forties” was published in 1884 in the newspaper Vostochny Obozreniye. The third part - “Fifties in Tobolsk” remained unfinished and unpublished [1] . An incomplete manuscript of the third part is stored in the Central State Archive of Literature and Art in the Mikhail Znamensky Foundation [6] .
He left memories of Peter Ershov , Matvey Muravyov-Apostol , Ivan Pushchin , Vasily Tizengauzen , Ivan Yakushkin and others.
He wrote poems that were preserved only in a small fragment [7] .
The author of portraits of the Decembrists , art paintings, illustrations for the works of Peter Ershov , Ivan Goncharov , Kondraty Ryleev , sketches of Central Asia and the north of Siberia. He was an employee of the Iskra magazine, in which he posted over 300 cartoons, mainly devoted to the life of the Siberian province [8] . Also engaged in bone carving [9] .
Engaged in research in the field of ethnography, archeology and history. The author of the work “Historical surroundings of the city of Tobolsk” [2] .
Proceedings
- Books
- From Tobolsk to Obdorsk. Drawings of M. S. Znamensky. Tobolsk. 1862.
- Chuvash cape. From the archaeological and historical sketches of M. S. Znamensky. Provincial Printing House. Tobolsk. 1891.
- Isker. M. Znamensky. Printing house of the Tobolsk provincial government. Tobolsk. 1891.
- Historical surroundings of the city of Tobolsk. M.S. Znamensky. Edition by A. A. Krylov. Own printing house. Tyumen. 1901
- Publications
- Znamensky M. Report on the arrangement of the entertainment evening given by Mr. Becker on April 21, 1863 in favor of the Tobolsk orphanage // "Tobolsk Provincial Gazette." Number 19. May 11, 1863. Tobolsk.
Memory
Streets in Tobolsk [7] and Khanty-Mansiysk are named after Mikhail Znamensky.
Family
The father of Mikhail Znamensky is Stephen (Stepan) Yakovlevich Znamensky , canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as the Holy Righteous Stephen Omsky .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Essays on Russian Literature in Siberia. T. 1. The pre-revolutionary period. - S. 374.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Essays on Russian Literature in Siberia. T. 1. The pre-revolutionary period. - S. 373.
- ↑ Tobolsk provincial sheets. No. 44. November 3, 1890. Tobolsk
- ↑ Necropolis
- ↑ Kryukova, O.N. Icon in Siberia // Irtysh: Almanac of the Omsk Writing Organization of the Union of Writers of Russia. - 1992. - No. 1 . - S. 232 .
- ↑ TSGALI, f. 765, op. 1, d. 26.
- ↑ 1 2 Kryukova N. Pupil of the Decembrists // History. - 2004. - No. 32.
- ↑ Artist Znamensky // Omsk Region. - 1939. - No. 5. - P. 62—63. Signature: L. M.
- ↑ Znamensky, Mikhail Stepanovich // Kazakhstan. National Encyclopedia . - Almaty: Kazakh encyclopedias , 2005. - T. II. - ISBN 9965-9746-3-2 .
Literature
- Znamensky M.S. Disappeared people. White-headed N. A. Memoirs of a Siberian / Comp., Note., Afterword. N. N. Alexandrova, N. P. Mathanova. - Irkutsk: East-Sib. Prince Publishing House, 1988 .-- 560 p., ill. - circulation of 100,000 copies. - (“ Literary Monuments of Siberia ”).
- Znamensky M. S. Historical surroundings of the city of Tobolsk / Comp. Yu. L. Mandrika, foreword. and note. V.A. Rogacheva. - Tyumen: SoftDesign, 1997.
- Essays on Russian literature of Siberia. T. 1. The pre-revolutionary period. - Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1982. - S. 282, 299, 351, 366, 373-376, 418.
- Platonova I. F. Tobolsk enlightener M. S. Znamensky // Russian old-timers: Materials of the Third Siberian symposium "Cultural heritage of the peoples of Western Siberia." - Tobolsk, 2000.
- Znamensky, Mikhail Stepanovich // Kazakhstan. National Encyclopedia . - Almaty: Kazakh encyclopedias , 2005. - T. II. - ISBN 9965-9746-3-2 .
Links
- Znamensky M.S. Chuvash cape (text of the work) on the website of the Mehmat library of Moscow State University
- Znamensky Mikhail Stepanovich on the site In Tobolsk.ru
- Gorelova Yu. R. Znamensky Mikhail Stepanovich on the site History and culture of cities of Asian Russia
- Kryukova N. Pupil of the Decembrists on the site of the publishing house "First of September"
- Ertner E. N. About landscape functions in the story of M. S. Znamensky “Disappeared People” (inaccessible link) on the website of the magazine “Language and Literature”
- Znamensky, Mikhail Stepanovich in the Tyumen Writer Electronic Library