A room devoted to the writer’s life in St. Petersburg contains a notebook with poems by Yelena Mamina. It is under a special glass dome.
The paper cover of the exhibit had faded, so the blue color turned to a dirty gray. In the center, in an octagonal frame, there is the word “Poem”, and below, also in a frame, is the signature: “Ye. Mamina”. They are written by the hand of the author.
Yelena Mamina was the only child of Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak. She was born when the writer turned 40. At home, the girl was affectionately called Alyonushka, and her father referred to her as “that little drop”.
Yelena Mamina grew up a creative child. She drew watercolors by herself, one of which is stored in the funds of the United Museum of Ural Writers. A drawing “Country Yard in Pavlovsk”, created in the early 20th century, is presented in the exhibition of the house-museum.
Mamina also wrote poetry — researchers noted the original language of her works. Inside, all the sheets of the notebook are scribbled, but the handwriting is not easy to discern. Her health problems made it difficult for her to control her movements, so she even walked only by hand with an attendant. Experts had a long time to decipher the text to read the poems and study her poetic style.
Yelena Mamina’s poetry had the characteristics of a deep reflexion: the lyrical heroine was constantly, agonizingly searching for ways to overcome her spiritual suffering in order to find the light and meaning of life. According to recollections, the writer’s daughter appreciated the poetry of Sergey Nadson, a volume of his poems was her favorite book. His pessimistic works were largely autobiographical in nature, they were called “rebellious, pure suffering”. Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak’s daughter imitated Nadson in her work in many ways.
Here is one of the most famous poems by Yelena Mamina from the notebook:
The paper cover of the exhibit had faded, so the blue color turned to a dirty gray. In the center, in an octagonal frame, there is the word “Poem”, and below, also in a frame, is the signature: “Ye. Mamina”. They are written by the hand of the author.
Yelena Mamina was the only child of Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak. She was born when the writer turned 40. At home, the girl was affectionately called Alyonushka, and her father referred to her as “that little drop”.
Yelena Mamina grew up a creative child. She drew watercolors by herself, one of which is stored in the funds of the United Museum of Ural Writers. A drawing “Country Yard in Pavlovsk”, created in the early 20th century, is presented in the exhibition of the house-museum.
Mamina also wrote poetry — researchers noted the original language of her works. Inside, all the sheets of the notebook are scribbled, but the handwriting is not easy to discern. Her health problems made it difficult for her to control her movements, so she even walked only by hand with an attendant. Experts had a long time to decipher the text to read the poems and study her poetic style.
Yelena Mamina’s poetry had the characteristics of a deep reflexion: the lyrical heroine was constantly, agonizingly searching for ways to overcome her spiritual suffering in order to find the light and meaning of life. According to recollections, the writer’s daughter appreciated the poetry of Sergey Nadson, a volume of his poems was her favorite book. His pessimistic works were largely autobiographical in nature, they were called “rebellious, pure suffering”. Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak’s daughter imitated Nadson in her work in many ways.
Here is one of the most famous poems by Yelena Mamina from the notebook:
