The Caucasus has such a prominent place in the works of the great Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov because it passed so well to the romantic soul of the poet, said to VK Sona Mamedova, Associate professor of Russian language of the Sumgait State University in a discussion about the caucasian period of the Lermontov's life.
"We all know that for his poem "To the death of a poet" he was exiled to the Caucasus as he named the Russian elites "the killers of freedom, genius and glory" and called for revenge. These lines clearly spoke about the courage of the poet, and the Caucasus charmed him with its people - brave and free - and this connected him to the Caucasus", she said.
"Many poets were exiled to the Caucasus, but only Lermontov really saw the beauty of the Caucasus - both the nature and the free and brave Caucasian people", she noted.
"On the one hand, he was young, strong and very handsome, on the other hand, he was very lonely , because he was deprived of parental love from childhood - that is where the theme of loneliness in his poetry. The Caucasus back then was also beautiful with its mountains, but also suffered a lot, like the poet himself. Lermontov could see himself in everything that surrounded him in the Caucasus", Sona Mamedova explained.
