Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev's "notes of a hunter". A brief summary of the story "the Singers"

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was not just a great Russian writer, but also a fine connoisseur of the human soul. Love to the Russian people and a reverent sense of oneness breathe in all his works. Was no exception and the cycle of stories “moment”, summary and analysis of one of which will be discussed in this article.

Wrote Turgenev “moment”, a summary of which we consider quite a long time: they are regularly published, since 1847, the journal “Contemporary”, one after the other, until 1851. The story of "Singers" saw the light for the first time in 1850 and became the seventeenth in the cycle of “moment”. Brief summary it tells the story of how in a poor village of Kolotovka, where everything was permeated with gloom: and dirty road, and skinny willow, and ramshackle huts of the inhabitants, and a huge ravine across the street, some event occurred, which was able for a moment to pull out all its members from oppressive grim reality. This event was the inspired singing of a simple guy Yashka, nicknamed the Turk.

One day in a tavern on the edge of the ravine, thick, fat head of Nikolai Ivanovich, a simple kind of man with sly eyes, gathered “fun” the company in every sense of the word: low fat and lame delets Margach, high spree and abandoned by the owners yard man twit, clumsy as a bear, and a mighty Wild Master, chebulic the paper mill Yashka the Turk, city tradesman Radchik and visiting nobleman-hunter (the author of the story), watching a whole bunch of guys.

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Brief contents of the “moment” tells the story of how idleness and excitement of two of these men (namely: Yashka the Turk and Radzik) fought bet so they compete in singing and know for sure who will sing better. To decide who of them sing the first men in the pub offered to roll the dice. Falls first to sing Radcice. Busily he goes to the middle of the tavern and, arms akimbo, and sings his lyric tenor cheerful song. He sings with all diligence, with skill, producing a great impression on the audience. Soon he begins to sing along with and praise excitedly when Radchik stops.

Read on “moment”… a Brief content of the story "Singers" tells us that all the fun the society of the tavern promises victory to Radcice, but the Wild Barin orders his men to keep quiet, and Yashka Turku – to sing. Yasha would be removed from everything and covers his face with his hands, then he becomes pale and tense. Its amazing and soulful voice, strong, young and sad-sad at the same time, he sings a simple song, completely surrendering to her all his hot and passionate soul. Such singing produces a hypnotic impression on everyone present in the tavern, including accidentally drove hunter and wife of the publican that starts quietly sobbing at the window. Singing Yashka so heartfelt and sincere that all those present on his eyes welling with tears. When Yasha stops, men rush to give him a hug and kiss, and Radzik Sam gives him the victory.

This story from the series “moment”, a summary of which was presented above, shows us how in the environment of a rotten and miserable emerges and flashes a spark of true talent, the spark of the Divine spirit. This spark lights up only for a brief moment, but at this moment everyone who comes into contact with it, becomes himself, revealing his true, spiritual essence.