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View of the Mole and the Sea Shore

Creation period
1832
Place of сreation
the Russian Empire
Dimensions
80,4x131 cm
Technique
oil
2
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The National Pushkin Museum houses a painting “Odessa. View of the Mole and the Sea Shore at the Vorontsov Palace” by Maksim Nikiforovich Vorobyov (1787–1855), a pioneer of Russian landscape painting.

Vorobyov’s works enjoyed great success among his contemporaries. He saw Odessa a few years later than Pushkin. In 1828, during the Russo-Turkish War, the artist was assigned to the Headquarters of the 2nd Army of the Danube. During that trip, he also visited Odessa, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors, which he later used as paintings.

Alexander Pushkin came to Odessa for the first time in September 1820. He also came there several more times when he lived in Bessarabia for three years. On July 3, 1823, the poet was transferred to Odessa, where he lived for 13 months, until July 31, 1824.

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I left my Moldavia and found myself in Europe. The restaurants and the Italian opera reminded me of the old days and truly revived my soul.

Alexander Pushkin wrote to his brother three months after his arrival
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Odessa was at that time a very young city, only five years older than Pushkin himself. It was full of energy and rapidly developing. The city was in active construction in accordance with a standard plan that took into account the peculiarities of the local terrain. The sea was clearly visible from many streets of Odessa. The port city was replete with naval flags from all over the world. The ships brought not only goods, but also political news.

All these impressions inspired Pushkin. In Odessa, the poet wrote more than 30 poems, two and a half chapters of “Eugene Onegin”, and the poem “Gypsies”. He finished “The Fountain of Bakhchysarai”, prepared for the publication of “The Prisoner of the Caucasus”, read a lot, worked in the library of Count Vorontsov, enjoyed magazines with political and economic news, met with friends, and fell in love several times. Pushkin lived in Odessa for only one year, but the city left a deep mark on the poet’s life and work. He was inspired by the city to write the so-called Odessa stanzas of “Eugene Onegin”. They were published in 1827 in the journal “Moskovsky Vestnik” (“Moscow Herald”):

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But it is late. Sleeps quietly
Odessa; and breathless and warm
is the mute night. The moon has risen,
a veil, diaphanously light,
enfolds the sky. All’s silent;
only the Black Sea sounds.

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The poet Vasily Tumansky, a contemporary of Pushkin, called these lines the city’s “warrant on immortality”.

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View of the Mole and the Sea Shore

Creation period
1832
Place of сreation
the Russian Empire
Dimensions
80,4x131 cm
Technique
oil
2
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