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Jan 1, 2001 · Pushkin Hills. Sergei Dovlatov, Katherine Dovlatov (Translator) 4.17. 4,302 ratings287 reviews. An unsuccessful writer and an inveterate alcoholic, Boris Alikhanov has recently divorced his wife Tatyana, and he is running out of money.
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- Get Acquainted with The Greatest Ever Russian Poet - Alexander Pushkin
- Enjoy Picturesque Russian Nature
- Feel Like A 19th Century Nobleman
- Laugh with Emigre Writer Sergei Dovlatov
- Stay in An Atmospheric Hotel Or Soviet-Style Campsite
The ‘Pushkin Hills’ 370 miles west of Moscow were named in 1922 when the area was turned into the Alexander Pushkin museum-reserve. It includes three countryside estates connected with poet’s life - Mikhaylovskoye, Trigorskoye, and Petrovskoye, as well as the Svyatogorsky Monastery where he is buried. In 1824 Pushkin was exiled to his family estate...
Walking around can make anyone a poet. Green hills flow into meadows and valleys with streams, haystacks and windmills, while the far line of the horizon ends on the edges of forests… A miraculous view! All the three estates have huge territories where one can spend the whole day wandering, feeling the expansive space. There are also parks with coz...
Mikhaylovskoye and Petrovskoye were estates granted to Pushkin’s great grandfather Abram Gannibal. He was the son of an African prince who was taken into a Turkish captivity and later brought to Peter the Great as an exotic present. Peter baptized the boy into Orthodoxy, became his godfather and gave him noble status and a brilliant education. Abra...
"I own a color postcard titled The Pskov Expanse. And now I'm here I want to know - is that the expanse?" wrote Sergei Dovlatov in his Pushkin Hillsautobiographical notes. When the writer was banned from being published in Soviet papers, magazines or books, he came to Pushkin Hills to earn some money and worked as a tour guide for two summers. He d...
There is an option to visit Pushkin Hills for a one day tour from Pskov (about 90 miles away). It’s a great ancient city that is also worth visiting. But if you want to spend more time walking around Pushkin Hills, it’s better to have at least one night there. And there are several options for accommodation. Internet booking sites have lots of hous...
Sep 3, 2013 · “Pushkin Hills” is rich in bittersweet comedy, including rural encounters (“From Leningrad.” “Ah, yeah, I heard of it...”) and questions from tourists: “What was the duel between Pushkin and...
Mar 18, 2014 · Praise for Pushkin Hills. "Broke and divorced, Boris has taken a job as a tour–guide at the Pushkin Hills Preserve, where he immediately goes about hilariously ridiculing the visitors and staff who so revere Pushkin. Dovlatov's short novel begins as a comedy but, rife with pathos, progresses toward a moving final act."
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Jun 17, 2021 · Populated with unforgettable characters-including Alikhanov's fellow guides Mitrofanov and Pototsky, and the KGB officer Belyaev-Pushkin Hills ranks among Dovlatov's renowned works The Suitcase and The Zone as his most personal and poignant portrayal of the Russian attitude towards life and art.
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Mar 18, 2014 · The prospect of a summer job as a tour guide at the Pushkin Hills Preserve offers him hope of regaining some balance in life as his wife makes plans to emigrate to the West with their daughter Masha, but during Alikhanov's stay in the rural estate of Mikhaylovskoye, his life continues to unravel.
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