“Poem about Tsar Family” in Marina Tsvetaeva’s Works and Life

Abstract

The article examines peculiar features of historic realism in the work of Marina Tsvetaeva, based on her prophetic vision of Russian history. The article deals with the history of one of Tsvetaeva’s works – the “Poem about Tsar Family” (1917–1920): the author investigates the documentary materials, which were important for Tsvetaeva, such as episodes from Tsveataeva’s diary and published letters of Empress Alexandra Fedorovna. The article presents an analysis of the poetics of the poem, which sometimes is similar to the poetics of sermons by famous Russian bishop of the seventeenth century – Dimitry of Rostov. The author of the article argues that Marina Tsvetaeva was one of the first to describe the life and death of the Tsar family as a sacrifice for the Russian people.