Nikolai Maximowitsch Minsky
Nikolai Minsky ( Russian Николай Максимович Минский , actually Nikolai Maximovich Wilenkin ; born January 15, jul. / 27. January 1855 greg. In Hlybokaye , Belarus , † 2. July 1937 in Paris ) was a mystic writers and poets of the Silver Age of Russian literature . He was of Jewish origin.
Minsky sympathized with the Russian Revolution and the socialists. With his radical emphasis on artistic individualism, he exerted a great influence on the Russian symbolists . The well-known Russian painter Ilya Repin immortalized Minsky in his work “Refusal to confess before execution” (1879–1885) - on a cot in prison, with the perplexed priest in front of him. Allegedly his words were said: “Forgive me that I loved the poor and hungry like brothers”. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, inv. No. 774) Acquired by Minski himself in St. Petersburg in 1892.
Web links
- Literature by and about Nikolai Maximowitsch Minski in the catalog of the German National Library
- Article Nikolai Maximowitsch Minski in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Minsky, Nikolai Maximowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nikolaj Maksimovič Vilenkin; Minskij, Nikolaj; Минский, Николай Максимович |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian writer and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hlybokaje , Belarus |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2, 1937 |
| Place of death | Paris |