Dmitry Nikolayevich Sadovnikov (Дмитрий Николаевич Садовников, 7 May 1847 in Simbirsk,

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– 31 December 1883 in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Russian Empire) was a Russian

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and

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. Among his major works were acclaimed compilations ''«Загадки русского народа»''

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(1876), "The Pagan Dreams of Russia" (1882) and ''«Записки Императорского Русского географического общества»''

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(1884).

Works

Notable works include : *''«Русская земля, Жегули и Усолье на Волге»'' ussian land, Zheguli and Usolye on the Volga (in journal «Беседа», 1872, № 11 и 12), *''«Подвиги русских людей»'' eroic deeds of Russian people(in «Грамотей», 1873, № 1, 2, 3, 8, 11 и 12) *''«Загадки русского народа»''

(1876) *''«Языческие сны русского народа» ''

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(1882), text book *'' «Наши землепроходцы»''

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(1874, 2nd ed. 1897), text book *''«Из летней поездки по Волге»''

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(in «Век», 1883, Book I) *''«Сказки и предания Самарского края»''

(in ''«Записки Императорского Русского географического общества»'' mperial Russian Geographical Society journalvol.12) (1884) He also wrote poetry under the pseudonyms ''Д. Волжанин'' and ''Жанрист''.

Legacy

The poetic legacy of Sadovnikov who died in poverty and has never received wide recognition, is generally underrated. For one,

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considered him "worthy of mention", and claimed him to be the second Russian poet of the 1870s after

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. Sadovnikov has never received due credit even for his most famous poem, ''Iz-za ostrova na strezhen'' (" The Carnival is Over"). Set to a popular folk melody, this piece about ataman

Stenka Razin Stepan Timofeyevich Razin (russian: Степа́н Тимофе́евич Ра́зин, ; 1630 – ), known as Stenka Razin ( ), was a Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and tsarist bureaucracy in southern Russia in 1 ...

is widely considered to be part of Russian musical folklore.Rozanov, Ivan. From Book to Folklore. How poems become folk songs. Literaturny Kritik. No.4, 1935 // От книги в фольклор. Какие стихи становятся популярной песней. // "Литературный критик 4 (1935). Pp. 2-3.

References

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"Iz-za ostrova na strezhen"
(Из-за острова на стрежень) by

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