Travel from St. Petersburg to Moscow

Those who took place at the School of "Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow" will probably remember the monster, which is “stousy and barking”. The war with this monster - the Russian autocracy - and the prose writer, the poet, the philosopher -warrior, the state official Alexander Nikolaevich Radishchev (1749-1802) dedicated his exposure book. In today"s language, it was a classic samizdat - Radishchev equipped the printing house at home. The authorship could not be kept secret, Radishchev was arrested, convicted, sentenced to death by Catherine II, executed, was executed, returned to the service of Paul I, either committed suicide, or drank the poison by mistake ... and the book lived his life, he lived. She could no longer be canceled, nor arrest, nor ban. The Decembrists at interrogations called Radishchev among their teachers. Pushkin in the draft of "Monument" wrote "after Radishchev I glorified freedom." Then he replaced Radishchev with my cruel century. The century was really cruel, but the other did not come with the death of the autocracy of another. Yes, and the next behind him. Having gone from St. Petersburg, I imagined that the road was the best. Alas, Alexander Nikolaevich, the road does not become better, although other monsters bark at the liberals-democrats, but still still.

The accompanying article by Sasha Filipenko

Sasha Filipenko (b. 1984) - prose writer, screenwriter, TV presenter. He graduated from the Minsk Lyceum of Arts. I. O. Akhremchik. In his student years he moved to Russia. In St. Petersburg he graduated from the Filfak of St. Petersburg State University and the magistracy. He worked on the First Channel, where he wrote scripts for the programs "Pro -Petroparischilton", "Cartoon Personality" and "Yesterday Live". Then he went to the Rain television channel, where he conducted the projects "Evening Gerasimets" and "Riding at home". The author of the novels "Red Cross", "Blood", "Former Son", "intentions". Russian Prize winner, finalist of the "Big Book"