Methodic Potential of George Grebenstchikoff’s Legaсy and Its Role in Social Rehabilitation of Inmates of Penitentiary Institutions by Means of Culture and Art (a Case of Essay “From Story of the Russian Land”)

Abstract

. The paper analyses potential of prosaic legacy of writer and journalist George Grebenstchikoff (1883–1964) in the context of social rehabilitation of prisoners through introduction to literature and theatrical art. Combination of pathetic style, original rhetoric techniques, bright emotionality, and philosophical profundity lets the researchers to consider the author’s texts as an effective tool for integrated social and pedagogical enforcement on a personality of a convicted. The article briefly describes an experience of staging George Grebenstchikoff ‘s essay “From Story of the Russian Land” (2021) by efforts of members of amateur theatrical troupe grouped from imprisoned of the Medical and Correctional Institution no. 1 of Altai Krai Administration of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (Barnaul, Russia).