Mikhail Iur’evich Lermontov on the Border

Abstract

This article, on the 200-year anniversary of M. Iu. Lermontov's birth, presents an outline of motivational, thematic, and intellectual aspects of his poetic works, with special attention to the transition from Romantic modeling of the world to Realism. The period between his early and mature lyrics is highlighted as a significant watershed in his creativity, characterized by epicurean, frivolous, salacious, and almost pornographic works' the "junker poems" and the poem "Mongo."