Derzhavin: A Biography

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Aksakov, SergeiTimofeevich, , , – Aldanov, Mark, xxvi, n Alexander (Pavlovich,Tsar), xxiii, xxv, , , , –, n (ch. ); in Derzhavin’s Notes, ; and Lycée, ; peace treaty atTilsit, , ; relations with Derzhavin, –, ; and secret (or unofficial) committee, , , , ; as “Tsarevich Khlor, porphiry-born youth,” , ; and war with Napoleon, , – Alexander the Great, ,  Algarotti, Francesco,  Anacreon, , , , , , , , , n Anisya Sidorovna, , ,  Antonin (Bishop),  Apuleius, n (ch. ) Arakcheev,Aleksei Andreevich (Count), ; estate Gruzin,  Arapov,  Aristides, , n Aristov (Corporal), – Arkharov,  Arzamas, , , –, n Averyanov (assessor),  Avramov, Evstafy Mikhailovich, , , , , , , , –, n Bach,  Bagrim, , , n Bakunina, Parasha, , ,  Bakunina,Varvara, ,  Bakunins,  Baranov, Dmitry Osipovich,  Barclay, John,  Barclay deTolly, Mikhail,  Bastidon(ov),Yakov Benedict,  Bastidonova, EkaterinaYakovlevna. See Derzhavina, EkaterinaYakovlevna Bastidonova, Matryona Dmitrievna, , , ,  Batteux, Charles, , n (ch. ) Bekleshov (procurator general), ,  Belisarius,  Beloborodov,  Benigsen (commander in chief),  Berberova, Nina, xvi, xix, n, n Beseda, –, , , , , , –, n, n Bethea, David M., n, n, n, n Bezborodko (Count), , , , , , , , , , ,   Index Bezborodko marches, ,  Bibikov,Aleksandr Ilich, –, , , –, ; death of,  Bitsilli, Petr, xxv, n Bludov,  Bludov, IvanYakovlevich, ,  Bludova, Fyokla Savvishna (Derzhavin’s aunt), , ,  bogatyrs, , , n Bogdanovich, Ippolit Fyodorovich, , , n (ch. ), n Bolkhovitinov, Eugene, –, , n. See also under Derzhavin, Gavriil Romanovich (works) Bolshevik Revolution, xvii, xxiii, xxvi Bonaparte, Napoleon, , , , , , –, –, , , n Borodin (Tambov merchant), ,  Bortnyansky (composer),  Boshnyak (Colonel), –, – Branitskaya (Countess, Potemkin’s niece),  Branitsky, Ksavery Petrovich (Count),  Bunin, Ivan, n Bunina,Anna Petrovna,  Butkevich (Second Major),  bylinas, , n Catherine, –, –, , ; and Bastidonova (mère), ; celebration of anniversary of, ; and conflict with Derzhavin, , , n (ch. ); characterization of reign, ; and Collegium of Commerce, ; coronation, –; death of, , ; and Derzhavin as secretary, –; Derzhavin’s belief in, , , ; as Derzhavin’s inspiration, ; in Derzhavin’s Notes, –, ; Derzhavin’s poems to, ; and Derzhavin’s service, –; era, xxii, xxiii, xxv, xxvii, –; and favorites, , ; and “Felitsa,” –, , , , ; and Grimm, ; and “Instruction,” –, , , , ; and Kazan, ; as Kirgiz princess, –; and nicknames, ; and Novikov, n; peace withTurkey, ; as personification of Russian state, ; and poetry, –; and Potemkin, –, ; in Pushkin’s Lycée poem, ;“Statute on the Provinces,” , , n; and son Paul, , , ; and Senate, –; temperament, , , ; andTambov affair, –; ukase of , ; and theVolga, ; and Vyazemsky,  Cellini and Perseus,  chance, . See also fate; Fortune Chekhov,Anton Pavlovich, xviii–xix Chernyai (Zaporozhian ataman), –, ,  Chernyshev (Count),  Chernyshevsky, Nikolai, xx Chichirina, ,  Chirikov (Sviyazhsky voivode),  Chitalagai, xxvii. See also under Derzhavin, Gavriil Romanovich (works) Chornye Gryazi (Black Mud; later Tsaritsyno), ,  classicism,  Collegium of Commerce , xxvii,  Complete Codex of Laws,  coup d’etat, –, , , ,  Crone,Anna Lisa, n, n Czartoryski,Adam (Prince), ,  Dashkov, ,  Dashkova, Ekaterina (Princess), ; Interlocutor of the Lovers of the Russian Word, , ,  David (Tsar),  Dekalong,  de la Porta,Abbé,  Delvig,Anton (Baron), ,   Index Derzhavin,Andrei Romanovich (Derzhavin’s brother), –,  Derzhavin, Gavriil Romanovich (also Gavrila, Gavrilo): and Aksakov’s reading, –; and Alexander, ; amorous adventures, –, , –, –, –, –; Anacreontic verse, –, , , ; and appetite, , , , –; as arbiter and guardian, , –; attitude toward autocracy, –, –; autobiography, xxi, , –; belief in Catherine, , , ; and birds, ; birthday and nameday celebrations, –; birth of, ; books on in English, n; and bribery, , ; card-playing, , –, , , , , , ; and Catherine as ally, ; and Catherine’s death, , ; character and temperament of, , , , , , –; civic inspiration , , ; civilian life, ; collected works, –, , ; collection of poems for Catherine, –; Collegium of Commerce, ; committee of inquiry, , , ; and contemplation of death, –, –, , –; creative process, –, –, –; and criticism, ; death of, –; and Derzhavin Codices, –; and development of ode, , –; as “Don Quixote,” ; and dueling, –; education of, –; and flattery, , ; flight from Petrozavodsk, ; funeral services , , –; hanging during Pugachov rebellion, , ; as Horace, ; and hospitality, –; house on Fontanka, ,,, –, ,, –, ; and infidelity, ; lambskin coat, ; and Kazan governorship, , ; and Kivach waterfall, , ; and the law, , ; and literary fame, , , , , ; loss of faith in Catherine, ; loss of inspiration, ; loss of manuscripts in quarantine , ; love lyrics, ; at Lycée examination, –; and masons, , ; and mourning, ; muse and poetic conception, , ; muse of gambling, ; muses Clio and Melpomene, ; and Narva, , n; and Olonets governorship, –; opinion of Shishkov, ; and Order of Alexander Nevsky, ; painting of “The River ofTime,” , ; and Paul, ; and “the people,” , , , ; poetic gifts and style, , ; and polemics between Beseda and Arzamas, –; and Potemkin’s festival for Catherine, , –; properties and estates, , , , ; and prophecies in poetry, , ; raid on Kirgiz-Kazakh tribes, –, ; reaction to victory over Napoleon, –; remarriage, , , , ; and Russian realism, ; search for “new Derzhavin,” ; Secret Commission, , , , , , , , , ; and self-deception, , ; service, –, , , –, , –; and sleepiness , ; as secretary to Catherine, –, ; as singer of Felitsa, , , , , , ; and snuffboxes, , , , , ; and swindling scandal, –; and Taika, , , , ; and Tambov governorship, –, , ;Tonci’s portrait of, –, ; and trip to Lake Onega, –; and writer’s profession, ; writing habits, , ; writing habits at Zvanka,  Index  Derzhavin, Gavriil Romanovich (works): “Anecdote,” ; “Autumn during the Siege of Ochakov,” ; “The Bull- finch,” , n; Commentaries, –, , ; A Commotion of Kondratys, ; “Confession,” –; “Desire,” –, n;“Epistle to I. I. Shuvalov,” ; “Evocation and Appearance of Plenira,” –; “Felitsa,” xxvii; “God,” xxiii, xxvii, –, , , , n; “Gravestone” and “Epitaph” for Catherine, ; Herod and Mariamna, ; “If...