Title: Лель, или Блеск и нищета Саввы Великолепного
Description: "Kazalosʹ by, chto mozhet svi︠a︡zyvatʹ Repina, Vrubeli︠a︡, Serova, pisateleĭ Aksakova i Gogoli︠a︡, genialʹnogo Shali︠a︡pina, ne menee genialʹnykh Rimskogo-Korsakova i Rakhmaninova, ministra finansov Vitte, t︠s︡ari︠a︡ Nikolai︠a︡ II, revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ionerov-narodnikov i vozhdi︠a︡ mirovogo proletariata Vladimira Ilʹicha Lenina? Odnako, svi︠a︡zui︠u︡shchee zveno mezh nimi estʹ. I ėto--figura Savvy Mamontova, poslednego khozi︠a︡ina usadʹby Abramt︠s︡evo, stroiteli︠a︡ zheleznykh dorog po vseĭ Rossii, sozdateli︠a︡ Abramt︠s︡evskogo kruzhka i Chastnoĭ opery i - khotʹ i ne khochetsi︠a︡, no nuzhno dobavitʹ,--uznika Taganskoĭ ti︠u︡rʹmy. Roman Leonida Bezhina--ob otkrovenii︠a︡kh, mukakh, taĭnakh, prichudakh, vzletakh i padenii︠a︡kh ėtoĭ udivitelʹnoĭ lichnosti moskovskogo Medichi--Savvy Velikolepnogo."--
Subjects: Russian prose literature, Benefactors, Biography, Art patrons, Intellectual life, Fiction
Places: Russia, Abramt︠s︡evo (Zagorskiĭ raĭon, Russia)
People: Savva Ivanovich Mamontov (1841-1918)
Time periods: 21st century