THE IMAGE OF PUGACHEV IN THE WORKS OF A.S. PUSHKIN “THE HISTORY OF THE PUGACHEV REVOLT” AND “THE CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTER”

Abstract

The object of the study of the article is to consider the parallel connection of two works of Pushkin about the Pugachev uprising, “The History of the Pugachev Revolt” and “The Captain’s Daughter”. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that, according to the author, in the historical interpretation of Pugachev, it is not so much as an individual figure, but rather the emergence of a collective consciousness of the Russian people. The author notes that the comparison of Pugachev in the “The History of the Pugachev Revolt” with the artistic text of “The Captain’s Daughter” appears not as an addition of new visual colors to the portrait of Pugachev, but as a new reading of it, the historical personality’s of the tragic fate. Comparing Pugachev in the last moments of his life with his prototype in “The History” in his consideration of “The Captain’s Daughter”, the author argues that this approach of the image conveys the spiritual connection of the characters with all their distinctive individuality, and leads to the conclusion that the simplicity and readiness for human dialogue between Grinev and Pugachev are an example of direct connections between representatives of different classes and nationalities, necessary for the moral and socio-civil connection of the Russian people.