The biography of Turgenev died

The death of the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev died on August 22 on September 3 in the town of Buzhal near Paris. Before his death, he was seriously ill. This was the confrontation, according to P. Annenkov, between "an unimaginably painful ailment and an unimaginably strong organism." Doctors could not make an accurate diagnosis. Only after death at the autopsy of Turgenev, a malignant tumor of the spine was discovered.

The death of the writer, who had a lot of readers and fans, became a real shock in France and in Russia. About the funeral service of Turgenev in the Russian Church in Paris gathered near the person, among whom - more French, including famous writers and creative figures of their time. The Russian magazine "World Illustration" published a series of engravings dedicated to mourning events and the funeral of Turgenev.

Starting from the Verzhbolovo border station at all stops along the path, panchids and farewells with Turgenev took place.

Local residents somehow found out that in a passing train they transport a coffin with the body of a writer and flocked from all around the districts to stations and half-steers of the railway. In St. Petersburg at the Warsaw Station, a solemn and mournful meeting of the famous lawyer took place, Senator A. Koni told about this: “The acceptance of the coffin in St. Petersburg and following it in the Volkovo cemetery represented unusual spectacles in their beauty, the majestic character and the complete, voluntary and unanimous observance of the order.

Continuing chain newspapers and magazines, scientists, enlightenment and educational institutions, from zemstvos, Siberians, Poles and Bulgarians occupied the space in several miles, attracting the sympathetic and often raasted attention of the enormous audience, which has long been longed for the sidewalks, - inexperienced deputies of graceful, magnificent wreaths and gear with multi -significant inscriptions.

The “unforgettable teacher of truth and moral beauty” from the St. Petersburg legal society deputies from the dramatic courses of fans of stage art brought a huge lyre of fresh flowers with torn silver strings. ” Horses, the “Turgenev’s funeral” The mourning procession in St. Petersburg, the procession was extremely disturbed by the Minister of the Interior of Tolstoy, who feared spontaneous anti-government rallies.

The security measures taken by him seemed to the Garahians ridiculous and ridiculous. Without political performances, it somehow did, although the funeral resulted in a grand event-only after the death of the writer, Russian society realized to what extent Turgenev was important for Russian literature and culture, the tombstone of I. Turgenev in the Volkovsky cemetery in St. Petersburg photos from Wikipedia.