Interregional event for the anniversary of Veniamin Kaverin in the children's library N3. Scenario of the literary excursion “On the Path of Childhood” (based on the works of V.A. Kaverin) Book exhibition by V.A. Kaverin

You go, don’t turn aside and don’t fall,
If you fall, get up.
And it will be your reward
Heavenly goals!
Evgeny Karelov.

This year marks 115 years since birth Soviet writer, playwright and screenwriter, laureate Stalin's second degree prizes Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin(real name - Zilber). Veniamin Kaverin- author of about two dozen novels and stories, he wrote short stories, fairy tales, dramatic works, essays and literary articles.

The book was written over six years, from 1938 By 1944 year. Kaverin recalled that the creation of the novel “ Two captains"began with his meeting with a young geneticist Mikhail Lobashev in a sanatorium near Leningrad in the mid-thirties. “He was a man in whom ardor was combined with straightforwardness, and perseverance with an amazing definiteness of purpose,” the writer recalled. “He knew how to achieve success in any business.”

Lobashev told Kaverina about his childhood, the strange muteness in early years, orphanhood, homelessness, commune school in Tashkent and how he subsequently managed to enter university and become a scientist.

“This was the story of a boy who had a difficult childhood and who was raised by Soviet society - people who became family to him and supported the dream that burned in his ardent and fair heart from an early age.”(IN. Kaverin).

Another prototype of the main character was a military fighter pilot Samuil Klebano in, died heroically in 1942 year. He initiated the writer into the secrets of flying skill.

Captain image Ivan Lvovich Tatarinov recalls several historical analogies. IN 1912 three Russian polar expeditions set sail in the year: on the ship " St. Phocas"under the command of Georgy Sedov, on the schooner " St. Anne» under the leadership Georgy Brusilov and on the bot " Hercules"featuring Vladimir Rusanov.

Expedition on a schooner " St. Mary"in the novel actually repeats the travel dates and route" St. Anne's" Appearance, character and views of the captain Tatarinova makes him related to Georgy Sedov. Search for the expedition captain Tatarinova remind about the search for the expedition Rusanova. The fate of the navigator's character in the novel "St. Maria" by Ivan Klimov echoes the true fate of the navigator “Saint Anne” by Valerian Albanov.

By the way, the motto of the novel is the words “ Fight and search, find and not give up" - this is the final line from the textbook poem of Lord Tennyson "Ulysses". This line is also engraved on the cross in memory of lost expedition R. Scott to the South Pole, on the hill Observation.

Exactly for the novel “Two Captains” Veniamin Kaverin was awarded the Stalin Prize of the second degree in 1946.

The novel went through more than a hundred reprints, was translated into many foreign languages, and was filmed twice (1955 - director Vladimir Vengerov,1976 - director Evgeniy Karelov). In 2001, based on the novel, a musical was staged. Nord-Ost».

To the heroes of the novel " Two captains» in 1995 a monument was erected in hometown author, Pskov(published in a book called Ensk).

April 18, 2002 in the Pskov regional children's library the novel museum was opened Two captains».

In 2003, the main square of the city Polar Murmansk region is called the Square of Two Captains. It was from here that the expeditions set sail Vladimir Rusanov and Georgy Brusilov.

"My Captains"

Veniamin Kaverin I finished writing the book in 1944, and it reached me fifty years later. I was eleven, the book stood on the shelf, absolutely nondescript, without bright pictures, quite voluminous... I still don’t understand what prompted me to pick it up.

Most likely, it was not without instigation from my mother, who has always been my main “helmsman” in the sea of ​​books. Be that as it may, at first I took the book with some doubt, I thought I’d leaf through it a little and close it. I started reading... and drowned, failed, disappeared. I don’t know how else to explain the state into which this novel plunged me.

No book has ever evoked such emotions and feelings in me: anger, resentment, compassion, joy, inspiration. The book was read quickly. I was literally stunned by the impressions and at the same time felt some kind of melancholy, emptiness, as if I had been deprived of something dear. And, without thinking twice, I took up the novel again, this time reading more thoughtfully, peering into the characters, analyzing the actions.

I don’t know how many times I’ve re-read “ Two captains”, but some phrases still clearly emerge in my memory: “The sticks must be popindicular”(writing lessons from Gaera Kulia), “I can’t bring the third lemon home.”(dearest Nina Kapitonovna I always dreamed of seeing you as my grandmother) “sick G., dumbness without deafness”, "Mongotimo Hawk's Claw", “I ask you one thing: don’t trust this man!”(phrase from captain's letter Tatarinova, which played a fatal role in the life of his family).

And of course I'm like Sanya Grigoriev, tried to memorize the navigator’s letters. Now almost everything has been forgotten, but I still remember the first lines: “Dear Maria Vasilievna! I hasten to inform you that Ivan Lvovich alive and well. Four months ago, in accordance with his instructions, I left the schooner, and thirteen crew members were with me...”

The characters in the book taught me patience and endurance, friendship and loyalty. But I also realized that in life there is cruelty and betrayal, hatred and envy. I was so amazed by the confrontation Sani Grigorieva And Mikhail Romashev ("Daisies"), that when we were first given the task at school to write an essay on any topic, I dedicated it to what worried me most at that time, calling my work “The story of friendship and betrayal in Veniamin Kaverin’s novel “Two Captains.”

I was frightened and repulsed by this very Chamomile, What frightened me was that meanness and bitterness could be hidden behind external decency and politeness. How I wanted to scream "Don't trust him!" when he told Katya about how he tried to save Sanya! And how I rejoiced while reading the scene of revelation Romashova! May the actor forgive me Yuri Bogatyrev, but I couldn’t get rid of a somewhat biased attitude towards him because of his undoubtedly brilliant performance of the role Daisies.

By the way, about the film. This year marks forty years since the premiere of the six-episode film directed by Evgenia Karelova « Two captains" For me personally, the film became the second gift after the book itself. In general, many reading people have a rather complicated relationship with film adaptations: very rarely the screen embodiment coincides with what they imagined and saw while reading this or that work.

But the film Evgenia Karelova became a rare exception for me, thereby hitting the nail on the head. This was what I wanted to see. Due to the fact that the film was shot in several episodes, it fairly fully reproduced the plot of the book. There were, of course, some differences, but for me they did not have much significance, and at one point I would have even been glad to keep the film version: unlike the book, in the film Sanya’s sister does not die after giving birth, but gives birth safely and leaves with little son to be evacuated.

And, of course, music plays a huge role in the film. the most talented composer Evgeniya Ptichkina. Overture and final song, written to the words of the director Evgenia Karelova, themselves evoke a whole range of emotions.

Not having the ability to download music from the Internet at that time, I placed a small tape recorder close to the TV “ Legend” and, having waited for the right moment, turned on the recording. The quality, of course, left much to be desired, but I was happy simply because, by pressing a button, I could listen again and again to the music that captivated me so much and called me somewhere; listen to the final song, in which the boy’s ringing voice seems to come from Sani Grigorieva sings such important words. Very often, at the same time, tears came to my eyes - these were tears of pride, admiration for people who are capable of Actions, who know how to be friends and know how to love, for whom duty and honor are not empty words.

Many years have passed since my first meeting with the two captains, but the book still occupies its rightful place on the bookshelf. Now it already has a somewhat worn and shabby appearance, but this is not my fault, I handled the book very carefully. It’s just that one day a classmate asked me to let her read it (it was assigned for the summer). I didn’t want to give the book away at all, but I also didn’t want to be branded a greedy person.

As a result, at the end of the summer the book was returned in terrible condition, with the binding torn off... and, most offensively, it was never read. The best use they found for it was to be a support for a frying pan. To say that I was upset is to say nothing. I cried over the ruined book from resentment and some incomprehensible feeling of guilt in front of it, as if I had not saved it.

They offered to replace it, buy a new, beautiful one. But I refused. This book may be old, shabby, with yellowed pages, but it is mine, dear, beloved. When I want to reread an episode, I know exactly what page it is on. And then, it seemed to me that having bought new book, I will betray the old one, I will offend her - then something will collapse, some subtle connections between me and the book will be severed. This is what I thought as a child, and even now my thoughts have not changed.

To this day they live next to me Sanya And Petka, Kate And Sasha, Ivan Ivanovich And Ivan Pavlovich, Nina Kapitonovna and aunt Dasha. They live and help in difficult moment because they are true, because they are real!

“Where were my captains going?
Look closely at the tracks of their sleighs in the dazzling white snow!
This is the rail track of science that looks forward.
Remember that there is nothing more beautiful
than this difficult path.
Remember that the most powerful forces of the soul are patience,
courage and love for your country, for your business"

Veniamin Kaverin

Brief biography

Kaverin Veniamin Aleksandrovich (real name Zilber) (1902-1989), writer.

Born on April 19, 1902 in Pskov in the family of a military musician. He studied at the Pskov gymnasium and graduated from school in Moscow.
In 1920 he moved to Petrograd; He studied simultaneously at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of Petrograd University and at the Institute of Oriental Languages ​​(graduated in 1923-1924).
From his youth, Kaverin was friends with the writer Yu. N. Tynyanov, whose sister he was married to; It was Tynyanov who advised him, after unsuccessful poetic experiments, to turn to prose.
Already his first story, “The Eleventh Axiom” (1920), attracted the attention of M. Gorky. In 1921, Kaverin joined the Serapion Brothers group, which united young writers. In their almanac appeared the story “Chronicle of the City of Leipzig for the Year 18...,” written by Kaverin in the spirit of E. T. A. Hoffmann.
Veniamin Aleksandrovich combined intense writing work with scientific studies; in 1929 he defended his PhD thesis in philology.
During the Great Patriotic War Kaverin was a front-line correspondent in the Northern Fleet. Many episodes of military life later formed the basis of his stories. After the victory, the writer lived in Moscow.
In literature, he took an independent position; his statements in defense of creative freedom and the need for respect for the work of writers aroused dissatisfaction among the authorities. In his books he put eternal questions the struggle between good and evil, love and hate, scientific honesty and opportunism. His works are distinguished by exciting plots, they involve bright heroes, destinies and circumstances are intricately intertwined.
Kaverin’s fame was brought to him by the novels “Fulfillment of Desires” (1934-1936), “Two Captains” (1938-1944), and “Open Book” (1949-1956).
For "Two Captains" he received the Stalin Prize (1942); The book went through dozens of editions and two film adaptations. The plot of the novel was adapted into the musical “Nord-Ost” (2002).
Kaverin also owns the stories “ Double portrait"(1964), "School Play" (1968), "Verlioka" (1982), "Riddle" (1984); the novels “Before the Mirror” (1972) - about a Russian emigrant artist, “A Two-Hour Walk” (1978) - about the problem of morality in science, “Above the Secret Line” (1989) - about wartime.
Until the end of his life, he wrote his memoirs, “The Desk.”
Died on May 2, 1989 in Moscow.

Quotes

The truth is difficult to prove precisely because it does not require proof.

When trouble happens in life, you just need to explain to yourself the reason for it - and your soul will feel better.

Loneliness is based on disappointment, hatred, and anger.

Mathematics is the shortest path to independent thinking.

Each person is a mystery not only for others, but for himself. Few manage to see themselves from the outside, and those who succeed sometimes come to false ideas, justifying what does not deserve to be justified.

Interesting facts about the novel by V.A. Kaverina "Two Captains"

The motto of the novel is the words “Struggle and seek, find and not give up” - this is the final line from the textbook poem “Ulysses” by the English poet Alfred Tennyson (in the original: To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield).

This line is also engraved on the cross in memory of Robert Scott's lost expedition to the South Pole, at the top of Observer Hill.

Veniamin Kaverin recalled that the creation of the novel “Two Captains” began with his meeting with the young geneticist Mikhail Lobashev, which took place in a sanatorium near Leningrad in the mid-thirties. “He was a man in whom ardor was combined with straightforwardness, and perseverance with an amazing definiteness of purpose,” the writer recalled. “He knew how to achieve success in any business.” Lobashev told Kaverin about his childhood, strange muteness in his early years, orphanhood, homelessness, a commune school in Tashkent, and how he later managed to enter the university and become a scientist.

And the story of Sanya Grigoriev reproduces in detail the biography of Mikhail Lobashev, later a famous geneticist, professor at Leningrad University. “Even such unusual details as the muteness of little Sanya were not invented by me,” the author admitted. “Almost all the circumstances of the life of this boy, then a young man and an adult, are preserved in “Two Captains.” But his childhood passed in the Middle Volga, school years– in Tashkent – ​​places that I know relatively poorly. Therefore, I moved the scene to my hometown, calling it Enskom. It’s not for nothing that my fellow countrymen can easily guess the true name of the city in which Sanya Grigoriev was born and raised! My school years (last grades) passed in Moscow, and in my book I could draw the Moscow school of the early twenties with greater fidelity than the Tashkent school, which I did not have the opportunity to write from life.”

Another prototype of the main character was the military fighter pilot Samuil Yakovlevich Klebanov, who died heroically in 1942. He initiated the writer into the secrets of flying skill. From Klebanov’s biography, the writer took the story of the flight to the village of Vanokan: a blizzard suddenly began on the way, and a disaster was inevitable if the pilot had not used the method of securing the plane that he immediately invented.

The image of Captain Ivan Lvovich Tatarinov recalls several historical analogies. In 1912, three Russian polar expeditions set sail: on the ship “St. Foka" under the command of Georgy Sedov, on the schooner "St. Anna" under the leadership of Georgy Brusilov and on the Hercules boat with the participation of Vladimir Rusanov.

“For my “senior captain” I used the story of two brave conquerors Far North. From one I took a courageous and clear character, purity of thought, clarity of purpose - everything that distinguishes a person of great soul. It was Sedov. The other has the actual story of his journey. It was Brusilov. The drift of my "St. Mary" absolutely accurately repeats the drift of Brusilov's "St. Anna." The diary of navigator Klimov, given in my novel, is completely based on the diary of the navigator “St. Anna”, Albakov – one of the two surviving participants of this tragic expedition,” wrote Kaverin.

Despite the fact that the book was published during the heyday of the cult of personality and is generally designed in the heroic style of socialist realism, the name of Stalin is mentioned in the novel only once (in Chapter 8 of Part 10).

In 1995, a monument was erected to the heroes of the novel “Two Captains” in the author’s hometown, Pskov (depicted in the book called Ensk).

On April 18, 2002, a museum of the novel “Two Captains” was opened in the Pskov Regional Children's Library.

In 2003, the main square of the city of Polyarny, Murmansk region, was named the “Two Captains” Square. It was from here that the expeditions of Vladimir Rusanov and Georgy Brusilov set sail. In addition, it was in Polyarny that the final meeting of the main characters of the novel, Katya Tatarinova and Sanya Grigoriev, took place

"If there is to be, then be the best" - under this motto in the city children's library named after. A.P. Gaidar celebrated the Day of the writer Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin. Library readers could watch a media presentation of book trailers based on the novel “Two Captains”, get acquainted with the books of V. Kaverin presented at the book exhibition “If to be, then to be the best”, as well as the photo exhibition “Pskov of Kaverin’s Childhood”; Fragments of the film adaptation of the novel were shown. Each participant of this day received emblems with the motto “Fight and seek, find and not give up.”

On April 19, the Unified Writer’s Day was held in the libraries of the Loknyansky district, which was dedicated to the life and work of V. Kaverin. Thus, in the children's library a conversation was held about the work of the writer “Veniamin Kaverin - a writer of three eras.” The Krestilovsky Rural Model Library hosted literary hour“Fight, search, find and not give up”, an information hour “The City of Sani Grigoriev” was held in the Miritinitsa model rural library, a quiz “In the footsteps of two captains” was held in the Podberezinskaya rural library.

In the Dubrovskaya rural library of the Novorzhevsky district, on the occasion of the 115th anniversary of the birth of V.A. Kaverin, a literary hour “V.A. Kaverin and his books” was held. Children and librarian b together we reflected on the life motto of the main character of the novel by Sashka Grigoriev, “Fight and search, find and not give up.” In the Barut rural library, a literature review was conducted on the works of V. Kaverin “Fight and search, find and not give up!” and a quiz based on the novel "Two Captains".

The thematic program “Fight and search, find and not give up” was conducted by the Kunyinsky district library for 8th grade students of Kunyin Secondary School on the writer’s birthday - April 19. The children learned about the monument to the literary heroes of the novel - two captains - Tatarinov and Grigoriev in Pskov, about the Two Captains Square in Polyarny, about the museum in the Pskov Regional Library for children and youth. The teenagers were also interested in information about the book “Two Captains”, published in 1940 - this is one of the first editions of the novel. The fate of this book is interesting - it was found in an IL-2 plane shot down at the end of April 1942, along with the remains of the pilot, and lay for 68 years in a swamp in the Novgorod region. In 2010, it was donated to the library. Kaverina was a member of the Demyansk search team and added to the exhibition of the museum of the novel “Two Captains”. At the end, Kaverin’s call to the young sounded: “I wish you to read more. A person should have favorite works, which he turns to repeatedly, which he knows and which he knows how to use in life.”

Let us remind you that campaign “Fight and search, find - and don’t give up!” runs from April 1, 2017 and ends on April 19, 2017, V.A.’s birthday. Kaverin within the framework of the VII Kaverin Readings. Information about the results of the Promotion will be posted in the media, on the library website (www.kaverin.ru), in the VKontakte group "

To the 110th anniversary of the birth of V.A. Kaverina

When I was a ten-year-old boy, I read Veniamin Kaverin’s wonderful book “Two Captains.” And for the rest of my life I follow the principle of its main character, Sanya Grigoriev: “Fight and search, find and not give up!” It is very important to understand what you are fighting for.

Fazil Iskander called Kaverin’s “Two Captains” the “Three Musketeers” of our days.

Kaverin, V. Two captains: a novel / V. Kaverin. - M.: AST, 2005. - 624 p. – (World classics).

A novel for all times

Veniamin Kaverin's novel "Two Captains" is one of the most striking works of Russian adventure literature XX century This story about love and fidelity, courage and determination has not left either an adult or a young reader indifferent for many years.

The book was called "a novel of education," adventure novel", "an idyllic-sentimental novel", but they were not accused of self-deception. And the writer himself said that "this is a novel about justice and that it is more interesting (he said so!) to be honest and brave than to be a coward and a liar." And He also said that this is “a novel about the inevitability of truth.”

The motto of the heroes of “Two Captains” is “Fight and search, find and not give up!” More than one generation of those who adequately responded to all sorts of challenges of the time has grown up.

Fight and search, find and not give up. From English: That strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Primary source - the poem “Ulysses” by the English poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), 70 years old literary activity which is dedicated to valiant and happy heroes.
These lines were carved on the grave of polar explorer Robert Scott (1868-1912). Trying to reach the South Pole first, he nevertheless came second, three days after the Norwegian pioneer Roald Amundsen visited it. Robert Scott and his companions died on the way back.

In Russian, these words became popular after the publication of the novel “Two Captains” by Veniamin Kaverin (1902-1989). The main character of the novel, Sanya Grigoriev, who dreams of polar expeditions, makes these words the motto of his entire life.

Quoted as a phrase-symbol of loyalty to one’s goal and one’s principles.

“Fight” (including one’s own weaknesses) is the first task of a person. “To seek” means to have a humane goal in front of you. “To find” is to make a dream come true. And if there are new difficulties, then “don’t give up.” For half a century, chivalric morality contributed to the replenishment of the ranks of pilots, sailors, and polar explorers in the USSR. The charge of high morality and optimism that Kaverin’s heroes gave people was obvious.

The first volume of V. Kaverin's novel "Two Captains" was first published in 1938, the second volume was published in 1944. the book was published several hundred times; has been translated into more than 10 foreign languages; children and adults read it. In 1946, Kaverin was awarded the Stalin Prize for the book “Two Captains”.

Before the announcement of the award, there was a massive critical attack in the Soviet press on the author and his work, because in the book there is not a single word about the party, the Komsomol and the name of Stalin is never mentioned. What critics considered a drawback later turned out to be an undeniable advantage - readers loved the book so much that Kaverin himself began to fear that he would remain in history as a writer of one book.

The plot of the book is based on real events. The story of Sanya Grigoriev reproduces in detail the biography of Mikhail Lobashev, a famous geneticist and professor at Leningrad University. V. Kaverin met him in the mid-30s, and this meeting pushed the writer to create a book.

“He was a man,” he later recalled, “in whom ardor was combined with straightforwardness, and perseverance with an amazing definiteness of purpose. He knew how to achieve success in any matter, even a game of carom, which we were fond of then. A clear mind and capacity for deep feeling were visible in his every judgment.

Over the course of six evenings, he told me the story of his life - extraordinary, because it was full of extraordinary events, and at the same time similar to the lives of hundreds of others. Soviet people. I listened, then began to write down, and those forty or fifty pages that were then written down by me formed the basis of the novel “Two Captains” (Kaverin V. “Hello, brother. It’s very difficult to write...” (M., 1965), p. .238).

“Even such extraordinary details as the muteness of little Sanya were not invented by me,” the author admitted.

“When the first chapters were written, which tell about Sanya Grigoriev’s childhood in Ensk, it became clear to me that something extraordinary was about to happen in this small town - an incident, an event, a meeting. The novel was written in the late thirties, which brought Soviet country huge, breathtaking victories in the Arctic, and I realized that the “extraordinary” that I was looking for was the light of the Arctic stars, which accidentally fell into a small, abandoned city" (Kaverin V. “Hello, brother. It’s very difficult to write...” ( M., 1965), p. 240).

The image of Captain Tatarinov brings to mind several historical analogies at once. In 1912, three Russian polar expeditions set sail: one, on the ship "St. Foka", was led by Georgy Sedov; the second - Georgy Brusilov on the schooner "St. Anna", and the third, on the boat "Hercules", was led by Vladimir Rusanov. All three ended tragically: their leaders died, and only St. Phocas returned from the voyage. The expedition on the schooner "St. Maria" in the novel actually repeats the travel dates and route of the "St. Anna", but the appearance, character and views of Captain Tatarinov make him similar to Georgy Sedov.

“For my “senior captain” I used the story of two brave conquerors of the Far North. From one I took a courageous and clear character, purity of thought, clarity of purpose - everything that distinguishes a man of great soul. It was Sedov. Another has a fantastic story of his journey. It was Brusilov. The drift of my "St. Mary" absolutely accurately repeats the drift of Brusilov's "St. Anna." The diary of navigator Klimov, given in my novel, is completely based on the diary of the navigator “St. Anna" Albanov - one of the two surviving participants of this tragic expedition" (Kaverin V. "Hello, brother. It is very difficult to write..." (M., 1965), pp. 241, 242).

Georgy Yakovlevich
Sedov

Georgy Lvovich
Brusilov

Valerian Ivanovich
Albanov

Another prototype of the main character was the military fighter pilot Samuil Klebanov, who died heroically in 1943. A talented pilot and a wonderful, pure person. It was he who initiated the writer into the secrets of flying skill. “I was proud of his friendship,” recalled V. A. Kaverin.

“Ask anyone, Kaverin is the author of what? And they will say: “Two captains.” This is a book of rare destiny. And no matter how long, to our joy, its author lived, we can safely say that it will outlive him by several lifetimes. They know “The Two Captains” by name, like “Tom Sawyer”, like “The Three Musketeers” - before they even remember the name of the author.

...The action unfolds like a spring. Short, enticing chapters, each of which promises a new turn in life, some event, some riddles. A most skillful construction! The very first paragraph sets the scene: a mail bag with soggy letters and a drowned postman. These letters, which have caught your secret curiosity, will appear again somewhere closer to the middle of the book and will lead the plot. Meanwhile, the action is rapidly unwinding, capturing new faces along the way, so that it is impossible to put the book aside...

Kaverin is a romantic by nature. But his youthful romance, I think, has nothing in common with pompous romanticism. Kaverin himself lives like a young man in his books, lives with expectation, hope, alluring mystery and a sense of honor.

The hero of “Two Captains” Sanya Grigoriev dedicated his entire life to restoring the name of Captain Tatarinov. a wonderful traveler whose name is not left on any geographical map because of meanness, because of ill will, because of non-recognition of his discovery. The plot of the novel is based on Sanya Grigoriev’s passionate desire to reach this truth, to restore this name. The return of trampled justice, the good name of a person - this is the highest feat, which Kaverin’s romance recognizes. And if romance can in some cases be a way of moving away from the truth, then it can also be a means of arriving at it.”

Kaverin recalled: “During Leningrad blockade The radio committee approached me with a request that I say a few words on behalf of Sanya Grigoriev, the hero of my novel “Two Captains.” I said: “But, excuse me, this is a semi-fictional character.” They replied: “Nothing, the guys believe that he is alive and well, say a few words on his behalf.” The situation at the front was very difficult, and on behalf of Sanya Grigoriev - literary hero– made a speech addressed to the Baltic Komsomol members. I would say, this is the bridge that literature throws into life.”

(Kaverin V. Teach with literature (Counselor, 1973, No. 1, p. 20).

In 1986, Kaverin admitted in an interview: “I am still amazed at the success of Two Captains, not considering this novel to be my best novel.”

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Expedition "In the Footsteps of Two Captains" (2010)

About a unique Russian polar expedition. Her goal is to uncover the mystery of the death of the schooner “St. Anna”, whose captain was Georgy Brusilov. In August 1912, the ship set off along the Northern Sea Route. Of the entire team, only two survived. One of them is navigator Albanov, whose diaries became the basis for the famous “Two Captains” by Kaverin. As time shows, the motto of the hero of the novel Sanya Grigoriev is “Fight and search, find and not give up!” – follow the captains of the 21st century.

Sanya Grigoriev, main character the famous novel by Veniamin Kaverin, eventually found the remains of the polar expedition of Captain Tatarinov. This is what happened in “Two Captains” – the book and the film. But in fact, the secret of the schooner “St. Anna” and its crew, led by Lieutenant Georgy Brusilov, was revealed only in the summer of 2010, when a search expedition led by the honorary polar explorer Oleg Prodan visited Franz Josef Land.

Preparation for the search for traces of Brusilov’s team took five years: they studied archives, prepared to conduct historical, archaeological and other scientific research. All expenses - for equipment, arrangement and operation of the camp, as well as the work itself, with the exception of transport support - the researchers had to bear.

The expedition was a success. The remains and personal belongings of the Brusilov polar explorers who died on the Franz Josef Land archipelago back in 1914 have been found.

Achildiev, S. In the footsteps of two captains: grew up polar explorers lifted the veil of secrecy over the fate of the expedition of naval lieutenant Georgy Brusilov, who died almost 100 years ago: a search expedition led by honorary polar explorer Oleg Prodan visited Franz Josef Land / Sergey Achildiev // Nevskoe Vremya. – 2010. – August 25. – P. 7: color. ph. – Access mode: http://www.nvspb.ru/stories/po-sledam-dvuh-kapitanov-43157. - 04/17/2012.

Here it is, the same glacier, next to which the remains and belongings of members of the expedition of Georgy Brusilov were discovered. From now on there will be a memorial cross at this place

Maybe this was the last letter from one of the dead polar explorers? It is difficult to convey the feelings you experience when reading lines written almost 100 years ago...

Chistyakova, A. Secrets in the ice: members of the expedition “In the Footsteps of Two Captains” intend to reveal the reason for the mysterious disappearance of the crew of the schooner “St. Anna” / A. Chistyakova // Russian newspaper. - 2011. - August 6 - P. 19. - (North-West. Expedition).

Kots, A. Traces of a polar expedition from the novel “Two Captains” have been found [Electronic resource]: traces of an expedition that disappeared 96 years ago, whose tragedy formed the basis of the famous novel, were found in the Arctic / Alexander Kots. – Access mode: http://kp.ua/online/news/239211/. – 04/17/2012.

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All these finds were mentioned in the diaries of the navigator of the “St. Anna” Albanov

The mystery of "Two Captains"[Electronic resource]: traces of the polar expedition from the famous novel were found in the Arctic. – Access mode:

Yes, there are not many luxurious exhibits here, there is not a wide variety of themes, but there is a special spirit. Burning theme! And it becomes a little pity that Kaverin’s novel practically fell out of school study, despite the fact that modern child there is a clear shortage goodies. No, this is not a longing for a bygone era, for one’s childhood, through which “Two Captains” ran like a red thread. It continues to be relevant and modern to this day, because the idea of ​​goodness and the victory of justice have been and remain enduring values.

Museum. History of the museum's creation: [museum of the novel “Two Captains” by V. A. Kaverin] // Pskov Regional Library for Children and Youth named after. V.A. Kaverina: [website]. – Access mode:

Nekrasov, S. Return of the “captains”: For 68 years they were next to the deceased pilot / Sergey Nekrasov // AiF - Pskov. – 2011. - 12 – 18 January. (No. 1-2). – P. 11. – Access mode: http://www.sz.aif.ru/society/article/17794. - 04/17/2012.

The museum of the novel “Two Captains” has been replenished with a truly unique exhibit, which lay for 68 years in the cockpit of the Soviet Il-2 aircraft shot down near Demyansk (Novgorod region) - the first volume of the pre-war edition (1940) of the novel “Two Captains”, which I read before its last flight deputy commander of the 2nd squadron of the 568th attack air regiment, Lieutenant Mikhail Gavrilov (pilot died on April 30, 1942).

In general, the fact that it has survived is, if not a miracle, then an amazing coincidence of circumstances. Even after drying, the volume clearly reeks of aviation diesel fuel. At the same time, the book lay in the hip pocket of the pilot’s flight suit along with another - “Combat Experience of Soviet Aviation.”

When examining the book, its new owners discovered that page 38 had been folded, as is done when a person is in a hurry. Perhaps it was at this point that Lieutenant Mikhail Gavrilov received the command to take off and in a hurry folded the page before last time take your plane into the sky. One can also assume that this book was his talisman, but the very fact that “Two Captains” helped him beat the enemy can be considered immutable.

Ageenko, A. Museum of the city of Ensk: this is exactly what Veniamin Kaverin called Pskov in his novel “Two Captains” / Alexandra Ageenko, Mikhail Glushchenko // Pskov News. - 2010. - November 3. (No. 27). - P. 20. - ( Family archive). – Access mode: http://www.kaverin.ru/2capitans/Kaverin/573. - 04/17/2012. Ph.

In the library for children and youth named after. V. A. Kaverin operates a museum of one literary work- novel “Two Captains” // Pskov province. - 2009. – June 17-24 (No. 23). - P. 3.

Briefly about the exhibitions: “A Life Beautifully Lived” (about the writer’s brother L.A. Zilber) and the exhibition dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the publication of the book “Two Captains”.

Chernokozheva, G. Light of Arctic stars. Museum of the novel "Two Captains" in cultural space region/ Galina Chernokozheva // Bulletin of Moscow Libraries. - 2009. - No. 3. - P. 30-31.

In the Pskov Regional Library for Children and Youth named after. V. A. Kaverin operates a unique museum of one book - the museum of the novel "Two Captains".

Volkova, N. Novel with continuation/ Natalya Volkova // Library at school. – 2008. - November 16-30. (No. 22). - Access mode: http://lib.1september.ru/view_article.php?ID=200802203. - 04/17/2012.

The main thing that this library is famous for is the museum of the “Two Captains”, the famous novel Veniamin Kaverina. Its director talks about this side of the library’s life and why the library needs this work at all.

Moiseenko, Yu. Ships and captains: adults intend to return the love of books to schoolchildren/ Yuri Moiseenko // Rossiyskaya Gazeta. - 2008. - October 7. - P. 11. - (North-West). – Access mode: http://old.pskov.ru/about_region/smi/publications/16779. - 04/17/2012.

To the signing of an agreement between the Pskov Regional Library for Children and Youth named after. V. A. Kaverin and secondary school No. 2 of St. Petersburg.

The spool is small but expensive: “hybrids” or “new species”?/prep. T. Filippova, S. Matlina // Librarianship. - 2007. - No. 18. - P. 7-13.

About museum-libraries, incl. the museum of the novel “Two Captains” is mentioned in the library named after V. A. Kaverin.

Tokareva, L. Recent history city ​​of Ensk: [Children and Youth Library named after. V. A. Kaverina. Museum of the novel "Two Captains"] / Lydia Tokareva // New pragmatics: information. - analytical journal. - 2006. - No. 2 (April - May). - P. 120-123: photo. – Access mode: http://culture.pskov.ru/ru/persons/object/70/publications/48. - 04/17/2012.

Romanovskaya, L. Sanya Grigoriev will be the last to leave the building: “Two Captains” are registered in Pskov / L. Romanovskaya // Culture. - 2006. - February 23 - March 1 (No. 8). - P. 4. – Access mode:

“Two Captains” is not just a novel by the Russian Soviet classic Veniamin Kaverin, for several generations of our country it is a symbol of courage, honor, loyalty, knightly self-sacrifice in the name of a cherished goal, in the name of friendship and love. Needless to say, such concepts have become not very popular in our “commercial” days. And as if a challenge to businessmanship and tradesmanship, the testament of the “junior captain” Sanya Grigoriev, embodied in bronze, “Fight and seek, find and not give up,” a monument to the Two Captains (the authors are young St. Petersburg sculptors M. Belov and A. Ananyev) rose in ancient Pskov. The eldest, Captain Tatarinov, is very similar in sculpture to O. Yu. Schmidt, and the youngest, Sanya, is a slightly older boy from Pskov, named Ensk in Kaverin’s novel. (St. Zolottsev). This composition was approved by Kaverin himself.

Kaverin saw the sketch when he came to Pskov in 1986: they were celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Pskov male gymnasium (now school No. 1), where he studied future writer. Veniamin Aleksandrovich liked the sketch and later, in a letter to the rector of the Leningrad Repin Institute Pyotr Fomin, he wrote about the work of his students, young sculptors Mikhail Belov and Andrei Ananyev: “I can’t tell you that deep feeling the gratitude I feel when I think that my sixty years of persistent and, dare I say, honest work will be immortalized by such a priceless gift as a monument to the heroes of my novel...”

The writer was not destined to live to see the monument erected. Its opening took place in July 1995 - Sanya Grigoriev, rapidly moving forward towards a goal that was completely clear to him, and the romantic, sublime, raised on a pedestal Captain Tatarinov, very similar to the famous explorer of the North O. Schmidt, now greet city residents, museum visitors and readers every day libraries.

The bronze hand of Sanya Grigoriev sparkles from the touch of idle lovers of taking pictures with monuments, but also from the rare secret handshakes of those who share with the hero the ardent oath “Fight and search, find and not give up!”

Zolotsev, S. Heroes for all times: [about the monument to “Two Captains”] / S. Zolottsev // Library. – 1997. - No. 3. – P. 34. – Access mode:

In 1976, Evgeny Karelov shot the six-episode film “Two Captains” (Mosfilm) - http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/sov/1629/annot/

Musical "Nord-Ost"

In 2001, in Moscow, based on the book "Two Captains", the musical "Nord-Ost" was staged (producers of the musical "Nord-Ost", authors of music, libretto and production A. Ivashchenko, G. Vasiliev) - http://www. nordost.ru/

"It was amazing work, the only one, there is no other work like this, and I don’t know if there will be one. “Nord-Ost” was performed more than 400 times, and every time it was a holiday,” admits the author of the music for the musical, Alexey Ivashchenko.

Smirnov, K. Meet me at the Two Captains[Electronic resource]: the story of Kaverin’s Katya and Sanya of our day with a prologue and epilogue, told by them themselves in dialogue with a Novaya Gazeta correspondent: [conversation with the performers of the roles of Katya Tatarinova and Sanya Grigoriev in the musical “Nord-Ost”: Ekaterina Guseva and Andrei Bogdanov two months after the terrorists seized the Theater Center on Dubrovka] / Kim Smirnov // New newspaper. – 2002. – December 26. – Access mode: http://2002.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2002/95n/n95n-s00.shtml. - 04/17/2012.

Shimadina, M. Veniamin Kaverin set a record[Electronic resource] / Marina Shimadina // Kommersant. – 2002. – April 20. - P. 8. – Access mode: http://kommersant.ru/doc/319374. - 04/17/2012.

The team of the musical "Nord-Ost" celebrated Veniamin Kaverin's anniversary (100th birthday) at the North Pole. In the spirit of once popular excursions to literary places, theater captains set off in the footsteps of Kaverin's heroes, polar pilots and explorers. At the point of intersection of all meridians on a drifting ice floe in 40-degree frost, a fragment of the musical was performed, which was recorded as an official record by a representative of the Russian Book of Records.

Two captains who can melt both hearts and polar ice[Electronic resource] // Today. – 2002. – April 19. - Access mode:

The audiobook format provides a new opportunity to enjoy the unsurpassed skill and talent of the people who created this radio play.
Performers: A. Mikhailov, M. Kupriyanova, I. Viktorovna, E. Perov, I. Voronov, G. Pechnikov and others.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes.

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Real name writer - Zilber. Born on April 6 (19), 1902, in the family of the bandmaster of the 96th Omsk Infantry Regiment, Abel Abramovich Zilber, and his wife, née Hana Girshevna (Anna Grigorievna) Desson, the owner of music stores.

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His father Alexander Zilber was the bandmaster of the Omsk infantry regiment. Alexander Zilber was a man with extraordinary musical abilities; he spent a lot of time in the barracks, rehearsing army marches with soldiers' orchestras. On Sundays, a brass band under his direction played for the public in the Summer Garden on an open-air stage. The father did not delve into the children's lives much, and financial situation family life was not easy. Most of the worries lay on the shoulders of the mother, who had a much greater influence on the destinies of her talented children. Anna Grigorievna was a highly educated woman, she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory as a piano major and passed on all her intelligence, energy and breadth of interests to her children. Anna Grigorievna gave music lessons, organized concerts for Pskov residents, and at her invitation they came to Pskov famous musicians, singers and dramatic artists

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Remembering himself in early childhood, Benjamin wrote: “I was amazed by everything - the change of day and night, and walking on my feet, while it was much more convenient to crawl on all fours, and closing my eyes, which magically cut me off. visible world. The frequency of meals amazed me - three or even four times a day? And so all your life? With a feeling of deep surprise, I got used to my existence - it’s not for nothing that in childhood photographs my eyes are always wide open and my eyebrows are raised.”

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In 1912, Kaverin entered the Pskov gymnasium, where he studied for 6 years. He later recalled: “I was not good at arithmetic. I entered first grade twice: I failed because of arithmetic. The third time I passed the preparatory class exams well. I was glad. We lived then on Sergievskaya Street. I went out onto the balcony in uniform to show the city that I was a high school student.” The years of study at the gymnasium left a bright mark on Veniamin’s life; he was an active and direct participant in all the events of his student’s life, and in 1917 he became a member of the democratic society (abbreviated DOS)..

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The writer considered the winter of 1918, when German troops occupied Pskov, to be the border separating childhood and youth: “The Germans seemed to have slammed the door behind my childhood.” Books occupied the most important place in Benjamin’s life from the moment he learned to read. Reading amazed the boy with the ability to escape into another world and into another life. Veniamin Aleksandrovich recalled the role reading played in the life of Pskov youth at the beginning of the 20th century in the essay “Interlocutor. Notes on reading

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In 1919, Veniamin Zilber and his brother Lev left Pskov to study in Moscow. He took with him a modest wardrobe, a notebook with poems, two tragedies and the manuscript of the first story. Veniamin graduated from Moscow high school and entered Moscow University, but on the advice of Tynyanov in 1920 he transferred to Petrograd University, at the same time entering the Institute of Oriental Languages ​​at the Faculty of Arabic Studies.

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The pseudonym “Kaverin” was taken by the writer in honor of a hussar, a friend of the young Pushkin (introduced by him under his own name in “Eugene Onegin”). It’s already dark: he gets into the sled. “Fall, fall!” - there was a scream; His beaver collar is silvered with frosty dust. He rushed to Talon: he was sure that Kaverin was waiting for him there. He entered: and there was a cork in the ceiling, A current of comet wine splashed, Before him there was bloody roast-beef, And truffles, a luxury youth, The best color of French cuisine, And the Strasbourg pie is imperishable Between live Limburg cheese And golden pineapple.

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In 1922, Veniamin Kaverin married the sister of his friend Yuri Tynyanov, Lydia, who later became a famous children's writer. In this happy and long-lasting marriage, Veniamin and Lydia had two children - Nikolai, who became a Doctor of Medical Sciences, professor and academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, and daughter Natalya, who also became a professor and Doctor of Medical Sciences.

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In 1923, Kaverin published his first book, “Masters and Apprentices.” Adventurers and crazy people secret agents and card sharpers, medieval monks and alchemists, masters and burgomasters - the bizarre fantasy world of Kaverin’s early “desperately original” stories was inhabited by very bright personalities. “People play cards, and cards are played by people. Who will figure this out? Gorky called Kaverin “a most original writer” and advised him to take care of his talent: “This is a flower of original beauty, form, I am inclined to think that for the first time such a strange and intricate plant is blooming on the soil of Russian literature.”

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The novel “Fulfillment of Desires” was published in 1936, but the novel “Two Captains” really saved Kaverin, otherwise the writer could have shared the fate of his older brother, academician Lev Zilber, who was arrested three times and sent to camps.

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The novel “Two Captains” was rumored to have been liked by Stalin himself - and after the war the writer was awarded the Stalin Prize. The novel "Two Captains" became the most famous work Kaverina.

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During the Great Patriotic War, Veniamin Kaverin was a special front-line correspondent for Izvestia, in 1941 on the Leningrad front, and in 1942-1943 in the Northern Fleet. His impressions of the war were reflected in wartime stories, and in post-war works- “Seven Impure Couples” and “The Science of Separation”, as well as in the second volume of “Two Captains”.

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In 1944, the second volume of the novel “Two Captains” was published, and in 1946 a decree of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks was issued on the magazines “Zvezda” and “Leningrad”. Mikhail Zoshchenko and Anna Akhmatova, whom Politburo member Zhdanov called a “scum” and a “harlot” in his report, immediately found themselves isolated. Many “friends”, having met Zoshchenko on the street, crossed to the other side, but Zoshchenko and Kaverin had an old friendship and their relationship did not change after the Central Committee resolution.

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