We present you with part of one of Lermontov\u2019s poems, titled “Valerik”. <\/p>\n
He wrote this poem after witnessing a battle between Chechen fighters and Russian soldiers in 1840, near the village of Valerik, Chechnya.<\/p>\n
.<\/span><\/p>\n .<\/span><\/p>\n \u2026I asked him:<\/span> Mikhail Lermontov<\/strong>, ‘Valerik’, 1840<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Original version in Russian:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u2026\u044f \u0435\u0433\u043e \u0441\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b,<\/span> \u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0438\u043b \u041b\u0435\u0440\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432<\/strong>, \u2018\u0412\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043a\u2019 1840<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We present you with part of one of Lermontov\u2019s poems, titled “Valerik”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poems"],"views":4510,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9956"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9961,"href":"https:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9956\/revisions\/9961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n What is this place called?<\/span>
\n ‘Valerik’, he said,<\/span>
\n Which means ‘the river of the dead’<\/span>
\n And those who named it rest in Heaven.<\/span>
\n \u2014 How many of them fought today?<\/span>
\n \u2014 7,000<\/span>
\n \u2014 How many did the Mountaineers lose?<\/span>
\n \u2014 Who knows? Why would they be counted!<\/span>
\n ‘They’ll be counted’, I heard a voice reply<\/span>
\n ‘This day of blood will not be forgotten’.<\/span>
\n I turned and saw the Chechen, nodding,<\/span>
\n With a grin of contempt upon his lips.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n \u041a\u0430\u043a \u043c\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0443 \u044d\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u044c\u0435?<\/span>
\n \u041e\u043d \u043e\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0447\u0430\u043b \u043c\u043d\u0435: “\u0412\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043a,<\/span>
\n \u0410 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0430\u0448 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a,<\/span>
\n \u0422\u0430\u043a \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0442 \u0440\u0435\u0447\u043a\u0430 \u0441\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0442\u0438: \u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e,<\/span>
\n \u0414\u0430\u043d\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043d\u043d\u044b\u043c\u0438 \u043b\u044e\u0434\u044c\u043c\u0438”.<\/span>
\n \u2014 \u0410 \u0441\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0438\u0445 \u0434\u0440\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e \u0421\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044f?<\/span>
\n \u2014 \u0422\u044b\u0441\u044f\u0447 \u0434\u043e \u0441\u0435\u043c\u0438.<\/span>
\n \u2014 \u0410 \u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0446\u044b \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0440\u044f\u043b\u0438?<\/span>
\n \u2014 \u041a\u0430\u043a \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0442\u044c? \u0437\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043c \u0432\u044b \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0438!<\/span>
\n \u2018\u0414\u0430! \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0442, \u2014 \u043a\u0442\u043e-\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0443\u0442 \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b, \u2014<\/span>
\n \u0418\u043c \u0432 \u043f\u0430\u043c\u044f\u0442\u044c \u044d\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043a\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0432\u044b\u0439!\u2019<\/span>
\n \u0427\u0435\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0446 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043c\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b \u043b\u0443\u043a\u0430\u0432\u043e<\/span>
\n \u0418 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e\u044e \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b.<\/span><\/p>\n