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Grigori Aleksandrovich Pechorin is an enigma: arrogant, cocky, melancholic, brave, cynic, romantic, loner, socialite, soldier, free soul, and yet, victim of the world, he eludes definition and remains a mystery to those who know him. Just who is he? And what does he hope to achieve? Evolving from first person to third person, and then into a diary, A Hero of Our Time takes on a variety of forms to interrogate Pechorin's cryptic character and his unusual philosophy, providing breathtaking descriptions of the Caucasus along the way.

In A Hero of Our Time, Grigory Pechorin is a bored, self-centered, and cynical young army officer who believes in nothing. With impunity he toys with the love of women and the goodwill of men. He is brave, determined, and willful, but his wasted energy and potential ultimately result in tragedy.

"Geroj nashego vremeni" - roman Mihaila Jur'evicha Lermontova, klassika russkoj literatury. 1837 god. Iznuritel'naja Kavkazskaja vojna. Molodoj oficer Grigorij Pechorin za uchastie v dujeli otpravlen v ssylku v dejstvujushhuju armiju na Kavkaze. Pechorinu predstoit stat' nevol'nym uchastnikom stremitel'no razvorachivajushhihsja sobytij - shvatki s kontrabandistami, pohishhenija molodoj cherkesskoj knjazhny, eshhjo odnoj dujeli.

"Demon" - radiopostanovka po odnoimennomu proizvedeniyu Mihaila Yur'evicha Lermontova. Ispolnyaet Leonid Markov.

The lore and everyday life of the Caucasus Region had a great impact on Mikhail Lermontov's work. In addition to serious, profound pieces with very clear Caucasus influence, like "The Hero of Our Time" and "Demon", he offers up this very traditional and slightly mischievous tale of a wandering minstrel in search of happiness.

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov was published in 1840. Set in the Russian Caucasus in the 1830s, the novel relates a series of adventures by the military officer Pechorin during his travels in the Caucasus. He kidnaps the daughter of a Circassian tribesman, becomes entangled with a group of smugglers, and tries to win the affection of a Muscovite princess while having on an affair with his former lover Vera.

«Maskarad» - drama Mihaila Jur'evicha Lermontova v stihah. Glavnym geroem ejo javljaetsja nadeljonnyj mjatezhnym duhom i umom dvorjanin Evgenij Arbenin. Arbenin, chelovek ne pervoj molodosti, igrok po nature i po professii, razbogatev na kartah, reshaet peremenit' sud'bu: zakljuchit' «sojuz s dobrodetel'ju», zhenit'sja i zazhit' barinom. Zadumano - sdelano. Zhizn', odnako, vnosit sushhestvennuju popravku v prekrasnejshij sej plan...

"Un héros de notre temps" est le premier roman véritablement psychologique de la littérature russe. Sombre, romantique et désabusé, étrange et décousu, c'est un aperçu incisif de la sensibilité russe qui précède les grandes œuvres de Tourgueniev ou Dostoïevski. Un héros de notre temps est constitué de cinq récits, qui ont pour principal protagoniste Petchorine, un jeune homme désabusé. Dans le premier texte, Béla, un vieil officier, Maximitch, conte les aventures de Petchorin qui enleva Béla, la fille d'un prince tartare.

Mtsyri - radiopostanovka po odnoimennomu proizvedeniyu Mihaila YUr'evicha Lermontova. Ispolnyaet Gennadiy Bortnikov.

Masquerade is a verse play written in 1835 by the Russian Romantic writer Mikhail Lermontov. The four-act play, set in 1830's St. Petersburg aristocratic society, highlights the rebellious spirit and noble mind of the protagonist, Yevgeny Arbenin. It is often compared with Shakespeare's Othello in its essential story line.