Iran and Persian motifs in the verses of Russian poets

Interest in Iran among enlightened Russian people arose back in pre -Petrine times, among the embassy delegations arriving from Moscow to Isfhan, poems also occurred. The Russian poets of the Golden Age were passionate about Persian classical poetry (other of them, such as Griboedov, who included one parable of the Saadi in the text of the Witted, and the famous Polyglot of Oznobishin, perfectly knew the language of Farsi) Persian motifs appear in the work of Zhukovsky, Pushkin, Fet and a number of notable poets of the nineteenth century. In the Silver Age in St. Petersburg, a mystically -stolen society of the Russian "Gafizites" (that is, followers of Hafiz) arises, including such luminaries of the poetic era as Vyacheslav Ivanov and Mikhail Kuzmin. Some Russian poets went to Iran a century ago and returned to their homeland with poetic cycles inspired by the country of Saadi and Hafiz. The list of Russian poets singing Iran is great, but one cannot help but mention Bunin, Bryusov, Gumilyov, Zenkevich, Khlebnikov, Klyuyev, Yesenin, Bagritsky, Adalis ... This extensive anthology included not only the first -time verses of many genuine poets, but also the most successful Russian translations From the Persian classics, over time already become part of Russian literature. This fascinating book becomes evidence of the long -standing gravity of Russian poetry, and wider - all Russian culture, in Iran and Iranian culture, as well as the sympathetic interest in the life of the Iranian people, contributes to the assertion of the magnificent and beautiful image of Iran in the minds of Russian society