CONCERNING THE DEATH OF ANDREI TURGENEV; BASED ON UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF D. N. BLUDOV TO V. A. ZHUKOVSKY, 1803

Abstract

The publication of the two letters of D. N. Bludov to V. A. Zhukovsky, written in November–December 1803, is an important addition to the plethora of sources concerning the death of Andrei Turgenev (1781–1803), that was formerly researched by V. M. Istrin (1910) and A. L. Zorin (2016). The introductory article contains excerpts from Bludov’s 1802–1803 letters, where the hitherto unknown facts from the biography of Andrei Turgenev are outlined and both correspondents are described. Bludov’s references to Zhukovsky’s life and creative activities help to clarify the history of his endeavor, associated with the notes on Macbeth by J. F. Ducie. Besides, Bludov’s letters contain important information on the fate of Andrei Turgenev’s archive.