“Of Water, which flows turbid and mixed with Soil and Dust; and of Mist, which is mixed with the Air; and of Fire which is mixed with its own, and each with each.”
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Dmitry Merezhkovsky
Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky was a Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic. A seminal figure of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry, regarded as a co-founder of the Symbolist movement, Merezhkovsky – with his wife, the poet Zinaida Gippius – was twice forced into political exile. During his second exile (1918–1941), he continued publishing successful novels and gained recogn…
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culture · Russian novelist (1866–1941) · novelist · poet · literary critic · philosopher · writer · biographer · literary scholar · art historian · prose writer · playwright · also Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky, Dmitri Sergejewitsch Mereschkowski, Merezhkovsky
Born 2 August 1865 · Died 9 December 1941 · Q326459
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2026· 5 entries
“Of Hemispheres, which are infinite; and which are divided by an infinite number of Lines, so that every Man always has one of these Lines between his Feet.”
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“In the East wind which rushes to the West”
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“coming together, of the spiritual and the sexual poles uniting on a higher, celestial level. In his own words,”
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“s contacts with Communist Russia and cancelling French help for the victims of mass hunger in Russian Volga Region arguing, not unreasonably, that those in need will not ever see any of the money or food sent. He criticised the exiled Russian Constituent Assembly”
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1941· 1 entry
Died 1941-12-09.
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1937· 1 entry
(making eight such nominations, in all), but each year the latter's chances were getting slimmer
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1928· 1 entry
At the First Congress of Russian writers in exile held in Belgrade, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia bestowed on Merezhkovsky the Order of Savva of the 1st Degree merited by his services for world culture
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1922· 1 entry
The collection of articles and essays of the four authors (Merezhkovsky, Gippius, Filosofov contacts with whom have been restored, and Zlobin) came out under the title The Kingdom of Antichrist, the general idea of the b
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1919· 2 entries
Along with Filosofov and Zlobin (Gippius' young secretary), having obtained from Anatoly Lunacharsky signed permission "to leave Petrograd for the purpose of reading some lectures on Ancient Egypt to Red Army fighters"
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Having sold everything including dishes and extra clothes, the Merezhkovskys started collaborating with Maxim Gorky's new World Literature publishing house, receiving a salary and food rations
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1915· 1 entry
Was in it again, becoming friends with Alexander Kerensky and joining the Maxim Gorky-led Movement of the patriotic left calling for Russia's withdrawal from the war in the most painless possible way
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1914· 1 entry
It looked as though Merezhkovsky would have his first ever relatively calm year
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1912· 1 entry
Only to have several chapters of Alexander the First novel confiscated
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1911· 1 entry
Merezhkovsky was officially accused of having links with terrorists
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1909· 1 entry
Merezhkovsky found himself in the center of another controversy after coming out with harsh criticism of Vekhi, the volume of political and philosophical essays written and compiled by the group of influential writers, m
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1908· 1 entry
The play about "the routinous side of the revolution," Poppy Blossom (Makov Tzvet) came out, all three Troyebratstvo members credited as co-authors
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1907· 1 entry
The Meetings revived under the new moniker of The Religious-Philosophical Society, Merezhkovsky once again promoting his 'Holy Ghost's Kingdom Come' ideas
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1905· 1 entry
Settled down in Merezhkovskys' St
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1904· 2 entries
And, to both parties' delight, the visit proved to be friendly
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Peter and Alexis, the third and final novel of Christ and Antichrist trilogy was published (in Novy Put, Nos
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1898· 1 entry
Along with Minsky and Sologub), made sure the major literary journals would shut the door on him and published (in 1900) under his own name a monograph Leonardo da Vinci, written and compiled by his adversary
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1897· 1 entry
Was seriously considering leaving his country for good, being kept at home only by the lack of money
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1896· 1 entry
All three of them (husband still unaware of what was going on behind his back) made a trip to Europe to visit Leonardo da Vinci's places
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1893· 1 entry
After the couple's second trip to Europe where they first encountered Dmitry Filosofov
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1892· 1 entry
Merezhkovsky's second volume of poetry, entitled Symbols
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1891· 1 entry
Merezhkovsky and Gippius first travelled to Western Europe together, staying mostly in Italy and France; the poem End of the Century (Russian: Конец века
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1889· 1 entry
Married in Tiflis, making arguably the most prolific and influential couple in the history of Russian literature
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1887· 1 entry
Varvara Vasilyevna two years later; feeling that he had lost everything he'd ever had in this world, Merezhkovsky submerged into deep depression
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1884· 1 entry
Merezhkovsky (along with Nadson) joined the Saint Petersburg's Literary Society, on Aleksey Pleshcheyev's recommendation
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1876· 1 entry
Dmitry Merezhkovsky joined an élite grammar school, the St
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1865· 1 entry
Born 1865-08-02.
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