There are not so many facts from the life of Nikolai Rubtsov, but they are very unique and entertaining. His subtle nature allowed him to write beautiful lyric poems, reading which, you can understand a lot about the state of mind of a given person.
1.Nikolai Rubtsov was born on January 3, 1936 in Yemetsk.
2. Rubtsov was brought up in an orphanage.
3. The poet was very fond of the sea.
4. Rubtsov tried to enter the Riga Naval School, but he was not accepted because of his young age.
5. The poet happened to work as a sailor on the ship "Arkhangelsk".
6. Rubtsov was drafted into the army, where he served in the naval forces.
7. In the summer of 1942, Nikolai wrote his first poem, and it was on this day that his mother and younger sister passed away. He was 6 years old at the time of writing the poem.
8.In 1963, the poet entered the Moscow Literary Institute, which after a while he graduated.
9. Rubtsov's contemporaries considered him a rather mystical person.
10. The poet really enjoyed telling scary stories to his fellow students in the dorm at night.
11.Rubtsov was fond of various fortune-telling and predictions.
12. During his student years, Nikolai wondered about his fate.
13. Rubtsov at the age of six became an orphan: his mother died, and his father went to serve at the front.
14. During his studies at the Literary Institute, the poet was expelled three times and restored three times.
15.One day Rubtsov came to the central house of writers drunk and started a fight. This was the reason for Nikolai's expulsion from the institute.
16. After the institute Rubtsov worked in the newspaper "Vologda Komsomolets".
17. Before entering the Literary Institute Rubtsov studied at the Totem Forestry and Mining Technical School.
18. Rubtsov abused alcohol.
19.In the army, Nikolai Rubtsov was promoted to senior sailor.
20. In 1968, Rubtsov's literary achievements were recognized, and he was given a one-room apartment in Vologda.
21.The first collection of the poet appeared in 1962 and was called "Waves and Rocks".
22.The theme of Rubtsov's poems is more connected with his native Vologda.
23.Since 1996, the house-museum of Nikolai Rubtsov has been working in the village of Nikolskoye.
24. An orphanage and a street in the village of Nikolskoye were named after the poet.
25. In the city of Apatity, on the front of the building of the library-museum, there is a memorial plaque in honor of Rubtsov.
26. A street in Vologda is named after Nikolai Rubtsov, and a monument to the poet is erected on it.
27. St. Petersburg Library No. 5 since 1998 has been named after Rubtsov.
28.Since 2009, the Rubtsov All-Russian Poet Competition has been held, all contestants are exclusively from orphanages.
29. On the alley of writers in Murmansk, a monument to this poet is erected.
30. Rubtsov centers operate in St. Petersburg, Ufa, Saratov, Kirov and Moscow.
31 In Dubrovka, a street was named after Rubtsov.
32. Rubtsov died at the hands of a woman with whom he was supposed to have a wedding. It happened on January 19, 1971 in Vologda.
33. The cause of the poet's death was a domestic quarrel.
34. The death of Nikolai Rubtsov came as a result of strangulation.
35. Lyudmila Derbina, the author of the death of the poet, claimed that Rubtsov had a heart attack, and she was innocent of his death.
36. Lyudmila Derbina was found guilty of Rubtsov's death and sentenced to 8 years in prison.
37. Nikolay Rubtsov's popularity was brought by the collection of poems "The Star of the Fields".
38. Rubtsov's contemporaries said that he was a very jealous person.
39. It so happened that in the poem "I will die in Epiphany frosts" the poet predicted his death.
40 The poet's family had two brothers and three sisters, two of whom died while still children.
41. The first love of Nikolai Rubtsov was called Taisiya.
42 In 1963, the poet got married, but the marriage was not happy, and the couple divorced.
43. Nikolai Mikhailovich Rubtsov had an only daughter, Lena.
44. Rubtsov repeatedly tried to commit suicide.
45. Once Nikolai Mikhailovich took arsenic in the hope of dying, but everything turned out to be an ordinary indigestion.
46. Of all the seasons, the poet liked winter the most.
47. In total, there are more than ten collections of poems by Nikolai Rubtsov.
48. Based on the poetry of Rubtsov, they created a musical composition.
49. In the protocol on the death of the poet, 18 wine bottles were recorded.
50. Nikolai Mikhailovich Rubtsov died on the night of January 19, 1971.
