Evgeny Boratynsky in the Mirrors of the Era. Piroskaf

Gleb Shulpyakov — poet, prose writer, author of the artistic study “Batyushkov is not ill” (shortlist of the “Big Book” award).

In the external fate of the poet Evgeny Boratynsky (1800–1844), there are few gripping stories. The turbulent era of the Napoleonic Wars ended before he grew up. He was not part of any secret alliances. His creative flourishing coincided with the era of Nicholas's reaction. The brightest plots were formed in his inner world. “Piroskaf” is the title of one of Boratynsky's best poems, as well as a sailing-steam vessel on which the poet made a journey that turned out to be the last of his life. In “Piroskaf” is the fullness of being, its truth. When the wind with steam, man with nature, the past with the future, reason with feeling, and freedom with Providence.