Лель, или Блеск и нищета Саввы Великолепного

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"Kazalosʹ by, chto mozhet svi︠a︡zyvatʹ Repina, Vrubeli︠a︡, Serova, pisateleĭ Aksakova i Gogoli︠a︡, genialʹnogo Shali︠a︡pina, ne menee genialʹnykh Rimskogo-Korsakova i Rakhmaninova, ministra finansov Vitte, t︠s︡ari︠a︡ Nikolai︠a︡ II, revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ionerov-narodnikov i vozhdi︠a︡ mirovogo proletariata Vladimira Ilʹicha Lenina? Odnako, svi︠a︡zui︠u︡shchee zveno mezh nimi estʹ. I ėto--figura Savvy Mamontova, poslednego khozi︠a︡ina usadʹby Abramt︠s︡evo, stroiteli︠a︡ zheleznykh dorog po vseĭ Rossii, sozdateli︠a︡ Abramt︠s︡evskogo kruzhka i Chastnoĭ opery i - khotʹ i ne khochetsi︠a︡, no nuzhno dobavitʹ,--uznika Taganskoĭ ti︠u︡rʹmy. Roman Leonida Bezhina--ob otkrovenii︠a︡kh, mukakh, taĭnakh, prichudakh, vzletakh i padenii︠a︡kh ėtoĭ udivitelʹnoĭ lichnosti moskovskogo Medichi--Savvy Velikolepnogo."--

subjects: Russian prose literature,  Benefactors,  Biography,  Art patrons,  Intellectual life,  Fiction

People: Savva Ivanovich Mamontov (1841-1918)

Places: Russia,  Abramt︠s︡evo (Zagorskiĭ raĭon, Russia)

Times: 21st century