STONES-NOTES ON MAXIMILIAN VOLOSHIN’S GRAVE
Journal: RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Literary Theory Linguistics Cultural Studies Series
Year: 2024

The author examines the vernacular “cult” that arose at the poet Maximilian Voloshin’s grave (Crimea, Koktebel village). Visitors to the grave, ascending the Kuchuk-Yenishar mountain, bring stones on which they write messages to the poet. In these messages, Voloshin acts as a giver of benefits, he is approached with requests for health, creation and well-being of a family, material prosperity, career success, etc. The article provides a quantitative analysis of written appeals to Voloshin. For c