Biography Griboedovs work

This man was talented in everything. He knew 9 languages, composed music and was a virtuoso pianist, perfectly established himself in the diplomatic service. And at the age of 29 he wrote a play that has not left the theater scene for almost years. Alexander Sergeyevich Griboedov was born in Moscow in the year. The father was a retired officer with Polish roots; Surname - Russified version of the surname Grzhibovsky.

As many young people of his circle Griboedov graduated from Moscow University, and during the Patriotic War of the year he enlisted the army. He served up to a year, retired with the rank of cornet. He devoted his free time to the joys of life, novels with actresses. However, owing the talent to arrange people closer to himself with many famous persons of that time.

Dating brought him to the Masonic box. In it, Griboedov consisted until his death, and tried to adapt European Freemasonry to Russian realities. The service in the College of Foreign Affairs was marked by the “quarter duel”. The debaters and seconds shot: the conflict because of the actress ended in the death of one of the duelists. Griboedov himself received a bullet in his hand, having lost his finger.

In front of the king, who was sent to Duelinta, the novice diplomat was rehabilitated by a successful mission in Persia. The contract, signed largely due to his efforts, brought Russia half of Armenia and a large indemnity. In the year, Griboedov completes the comedy “Woe from Wit”, in which he is caustically criticizing the Moscow aristocracy. The publication faces difficulties, print only its individual parts and the work goes in handwritten copies.

Completely, the play was printed only in the year. After a two -year break, Alexander Sergeyevich returns to Persia, then serves in the Caucasus, until his arrest in the year. The empire survived the attempt of a coup, and the diplomat familiar with many Decembrists was suspicious. General Ermolov, the governor in the Caucasus, helped him avoid punishment.

However, unspoken police supervision was established. Going an ambassador to Persia, Alexander Sergeyevich stopped in Tiflis, where he met Tyuyu Princess Nino Chavchavadze. After the wedding, they were together for only a few weeks.

At the end of January, Griboedov died defending the Russian embassy. And Nino wore mourning for 28 years until she went to heaven after her beloved spouse.