Interesting facts about Griboyedov Is a great opportunity to learn more about the work of the Russian writer. Griboyedov was not only an excellent writer, but also a talented diplomat. He possessed great intelligence, insight and courage, and was also an erudite person. The greatest popularity was brought to him by the immortal work "Woe from Wit".
So, here are the most interesting facts about Alexander Griboyedov.
- Alexander Griboyedov (1795-1829) - writer, poet, diplomat, playwright, composer, orientalist, satirist and pianist.
- Griboyedov grew up and was brought up in a wealthy noble family.
- From an early age, Alexander was distinguished by curiosity and was an unusually developed child. At the age of 6, he spoke 4 languages, later he mastered 5 more languages (see interesting facts about languages).
- Did you know that in addition to literature, Griboyedov was keenly interested in music? He wrote several waltzes that became very popular (listen to Griboyedov's waltzes).
- Alexander Griboyedov had such great knowledge in various fields that he managed to enter the university at the age of 11.
- In his youth, Griboyedov served as a hussar in the rank of a cornet.
- When Napoleon Bonaparte attacked Russia, Alexander Griboyedov interrupted his studies and voluntarily went to war with the French.
- An interesting fact is that during one duel with pistols, the writer lost the little finger of his left hand. For this reason, he used a prosthesis whenever he had to play the piano.
- Griboyedov had a wonderful sense of humor and often liked to amuse the audience. There is a known case when he mounted a horse and rode it straight into the ballroom in the midst of a holiday.
- In 1826, Alexander Griboyedov was imprisoned on suspicion of participating in the Decembrist uprising. Six months later, he was released because the court failed to find any tangible evidence against him.
- Throughout his life, Griboyedov was a member of the largest Masonic lodge in St. Petersburg.
- After writing Woe from Wit, Griboyedov immediately showed the play to Ivan Krylov (see interesting facts about Krylov). The fabulist praised the comedy highly, but said that the censorship would not let it pass. Krylov turned out to be right, because during Griboyedov's lifetime, "Woe From Wit" was never staged in Russian theaters.
- Frustrated by the censorship and the fate of his main work, after "Woe from Wit" Griboyedov no longer took up his pen.
- Alexander Griboyedov died tragically in 1829 in Persia when a mob of angry religious fanatics attacked the Russian embassy, where he was ambassador. A diplomat with a saber in his hands fearlessly defended the entrance to the embassy, but the forces were unequal.
- The writer married a 16-year-old Georgian princess just a year before his death. After the death of her husband, the princess wore mourning for him until the end of her days.
