Title: Всешутейший собор
Description: V ėtoĭ knige istorik i kulʹturolog Lev Berdnikov rasskazyvaet o fenomene russkogo shutovstva. Galerei︠u︡ personazheĭ otkryvaet "Krovavyĭ Skomorokh" Ivan Groznyĭ, pervym dogadavshiĭsi︠a︡ ispolʹzovatʹ smekh kak orudie dli︠a︡ borʹby s neugodnymi i inakomysli︠a︡shchimi. Osoboe vnimanie udeli︠a︡etsi︠a︡ XVIII veku -- avtor znakomit chitateli︠a︡ s istorieĭ sozdanii︠a︡ Petrom I legendarnogo Vseshuteĭshego Sobora i t︠s︡eloĭ plei︠a︡doĭ vent︠s︡enosnykh pai︠a︡t︠s︡ev ot shuta Balakireva i Kvasnika-duraka do I︠A︡na Lakosty i korystoli︠u︡bivogo Pedrillo, li︠u︡bimt︠s︡a imperatrit︠s︡y Anny Ioannovny. V knige takzhe predstavleny obrazy russkikh ostroslovov XVII-XIX vekov, prichem v ėtom neozhidannom rakurse vystupai︠u︡t i kharizmaticheskie istoricheskie dei︠a︡teli (Grigoriĭ Potemkin, Alekseĭ Ermolov), a takzhe nashi otechestvennye Mi︠u︡nkhgauzeny, mastera rasskazyvatʹ udivitelʹnye istorii. Otdelʹnye glavy posvi︠a︡shcheny "shutam ot literatury" -- tshcheslavnym i bezdarnym pisateli︠a︡m, stavshimi parodiĭnymi lichnosti︠a︡mi v russkoĭ kulʹture i obʺektami nasmeshek u sobratʹev po peru.
Subjects: Fools and jesters, Biography, Royal Favorites, Kings and rulers, History, Russian wit and humor, Joking, The Comic
Places: Russia