Pushkin's Boldino Estate: Virtual Tour & Eugene Onegin

Поместье Пушкина "Болдино" Virtual Tour & Eugene Onegin

History of Creation, Key Moments, Rooms & House

• Boldino Estate Overview
• Boldino Autumn: Pushkin's Productive Period
• Pushkin's Personal Study (Cabinet)
• History of Eugene Onegin Creation
• Key Moments: Acquaintance with Lensky
• Meeting the Larin Family
• Onegin's Rendezvous
• Virtual Tour: House and Rooms

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Boldino Estate

Museum-reserve of Alexander Pushkin in Nizhny Novgorod Region

• Family estate of Pushkin in Bolshoye Boldino village
• Museum-reserve preserving poet's heritage
• Associated with 'Boldino Autumn' (Sep-Nov 1830)
• One of most productive periods: completed major works

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Boldino Autumn

Pushkin's Creative Surge in 1830

• September–November 1830: Pushkin quarantined due to cholera
• Wrote 'The Queen of Spades', 'Little Tragedies'
• Completed final chapters of Eugene Onegin (Ch. 7-8)
• Over 50 works created in this period

• Historic family estate
• Complex of buildings preserved as museum
• Setting for Pushkin's inspiration during Boldino Autumn

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Личный кабинет (Personal Cabinet)

Where Pushkin Worked on Eugene Onegin

• Cozy workspace with period furniture
• Manuscripts and bookshelves
• Site of intense creative work on Onegin

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History of Writing Eugene Onegin

Novel in Verse, 1825-1833

1825: Publication Begins Serial form starts 1830: Boldino Autumn Completes Chapters 7-8 at Boldino 1832: Final Serial Parts Last chapters published 1833: Complete Edition First full edition released 1837: Definitive Version Currently accepted edition basis

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Основные моменты (Main Points)

Acquaintance with Lensky, Larins & More

• Onegin settles in countryside estate
• Meets young poet Vladimir Lensky, neighbor
• Lensky introduces Onegin to Larin family
• Forms close friendship initially

• Lensky invites Onegin to Larins' home
• Family: Dmitry Larin (deceased), wife, daughters Tatiana & Olga
• Olga engaged to Lensky
• Tatiana: introspective, falls in love with Onegin

• At Larins' name-day party
• Onegin flirts outrageously with Olga (Lensky's fiancée)
• Dances multiple times with her to provoke Lensky
• Leads to jealousy and fatal duel challenge

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Виртуальная экскурсия (Virtual Excursion)

House, Rooms & Boldino Highlights

• Guest rooms and family quarters
• Dining hall and reception areas
• Preserved 19th century decor
• Authentic atmosphere of Pushkin's time

Boldino: Cradle of Pushkin's Genius Eugene Onegin: Timeless Masterpiece

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