Dmitry Nikolayevich Sadovnikov (Дмитрий Николаевич Садовников, 7 May 1847 in
Simbirsk
Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Population:
The city, founded as Simbirsk (), was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born ...
,
Russian Empire
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– 31 December 1883 in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russian Empire) was a Russian
poet
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,
folklorist and
ethnographer
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Among his major works were acclaimed compilations ''«Загадки русского народа»''
he Mysteries of Russian People(1876), "The Pagan Dreams of Russia" (1882) and ''«Записки Императорского Русского географического общества»''
ables and Legends of the Samara Region(1884).
Works
Notable works include :
*''«Русская земля, Жегули и Усолье на Волге»''
ussian land, Zheguli and Usolye on the Volga (in journal «Беседа», 1872, № 11 и 12),
*''«Подвиги русских людей»''
eroic deeds of Russian people(in «Грамотей», 1873, № 1, 2, 3, 8, 11 и 12)
*''«Загадки русского народа»''
he Mysteries of Russian People(1876)
*''«Языческие сны русского народа» ''
he Pagan Dreams of Russia(1882), text book
*'' «Наши землепроходцы»''
ur Explorers(1874, 2nd ed. 1897), text book
*''«Из летней поездки по Волге»''
rom a summer trip along the Volga(in «Век», 1883, Book I)
*''«Сказки и предания Самарского края»''
ables and Legends of the Samara Region(in ''«Записки Императорского Русского географического общества»''
mperial Russian Geographical Society journalvol.12) (1884)
He also wrote poetry under the pseudonyms ''Д. Волжанин'' and ''Жанрист''.
Legacy
The poetic legacy of Sadovnikov who died in poverty and has never received wide recognition, is generally underrated. For one,
D.S. Mirsky
D. S. Mirsky is the English pen-name of Dmitry Petrovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky (russian: Дми́трий Петро́вич Святопо́лк-Ми́рский), often known as Prince Mirsky ( – c. 7 June 1939), a Russian political and lit ...
considered him "worthy of mention", and claimed him to be the second Russian poet of the 1870s after
Nekrasov.
Sadovnikov has never received due credit even for his most famous poem, ''Iz-za ostrova na strezhen'' ("
The Carnival is Over"). Set to a popular folk melody, this piece about ataman
Stenka Razin is widely considered to be part of Russian musical folklore.
[Rozanov, Ivan. From Book to Folklore. How poems become folk songs. Literaturny Kritik. No.4, 1935 // От книги в фольклор. Какие стихи становятся популярной песней. // "Литературный критик 4 (1935). Pp. 2-3.]
References
External links
"Iz-za ostrova na strezhen"(Из-за острова на стрежень) by
Anna German
Anna Wiktoria German-Tucholska (14 February 1936 – 26 August 1982) was a Polish singer, immensely popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union in the 1960s–1970s. She released over a dozen music albums with songs in Polish, as well as severa ...
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1847 births
1883 deaths
People from Ulyanovsk
Russian male poets
Russian folklorists
19th-century poets
19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire