Naturally, Petrashevsky did not know that he had been targeted by Ordorf. He lived very happily during this period, because the revolutions in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna gave him a shot of chicken blood, which made his whole body
His eyes were as wide as brass bells, and his ears were as straight as antennas. He was like a cat making such noises, eagerly looking forward to the spring breeze blowing to St. Petersburg as soon as possible.
Petrashevsky felt that the time was almost ripe for doing big things. As a senior and unscientific translator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he had access to too many first messages of foreign revolutions. The great achievements of foreign revolutionary masses made him think that Nicholas
I and the Romanov family are just paper tigers, and just a gust of wind can make them reveal their true colors.
Therefore, during these days, the activities of his Petrashevsky Research Group became more and more frequent, with meetings held almost every three days. At the meeting, Mykov denounced the current situation and the pros and cons, and called on everyone to set up an underground printing press together.
The factory was ready to operate at full capacity to start printing revolutionary propaganda.
As for Montberg, he suggested not to be so conservative. Carving wax paper and mimeographing is not a revolution. Revolution requires the use of knives and guns, and it must be real. Let's just start collecting weapons and ammunition to mobilize the masses and prepare to take to the streets!
Well, the radicals have been stimulated by the European revolution. If it were not for the strong opposition of the liberals, Montberg would have single-handedly entered the Winter Palace to assassinate the king.
Anyway, after a period of discussion, both sides finally made a concession. The underground printing plant was imperative and could not be delayed for a moment.
Both radicals and liberals agree and look forward to this. After all, most of them are literati, and they all have a bit of a literary problem. They just want to write an article to denounce Fang Qiu. But soon everyone started to worry about what to print.
There are contradictions in the work.
Maikov is a poet, and his father is a famous painter, so he is particularly ill with literature and art. He likes artistic and beautiful poetry, so he requested the publication of various anthologies of revolutionary poems.
It’s just that his suggestion was not very popular with others. Monberg thought it was too effeminate. To make revolution, you have to be real and manly. The most undesirable thing is to complain about literary and artistic diseases. That is firmly opposed!
Monberg felt that revolutionary slogans should be published, focusing on promoting revolutionary ideas, and they should be simple, easy to understand, catchy and easy to spread.
But this was immediately criticized by Maikov: "What are these words! Revolution is a baptism and the purification of the soul. No amount of praise can be exaggerated! Only beautiful long poems are worthy of her
!To use those popular terms to describe the revolution is sheer blasphemy!”
This is so suspenseful that Momberg is so angry. Who can understand the vague hints you use with gorgeous rhetoric? How can you support our revolutionary ideas if you don't understand? Revolution is not a poetry contest, let alone wooing girls.
What's the use of trying to deal with those vain people!
"If the people can't understand, it means they are not revolutionaries!" Maikov, however, had no intention of introspection, and he didn't think it was of any use if the people couldn't understand. He retorted arrogantly: "We
The pamphlet is for revolutionaries, not for illiterate people. We need to figure out who we should serve!"
The two people immediately became angry, and no one could convince the other. The final result was naturally another compromise. The revolutionary principles and slogans should be easy to understand, and the selection of aesthetic revolutionary poems should also be indispensable.
But people with bright eyes can also see that Petrashevsky's group is really just a small party for a group of young men who are dissatisfied with reality and have no way to vent their energy.
Despite the smooth sailing at this time, they all talk about the revolution like a chicken blood, as if they can generously sacrifice their lives for the revolution. But these are typical excited little brats who have never been beaten.
He thinks he is the king of the world, but he is actually very fragile!
This is not a lie. In 1848 and 1849, Maikov was still a revolutionary martyr who shouted and killed against the tsarist autocratic rule and the serfdom system. However, he was sent to prison by Nicholas I who was full of bad taste.
After being locked up in the Peter and Paul Fortress for a while and then having a fake shooting, I was completely frightened.
In an instant, he changed from an impassioned revolutionary radical to the most conservative and incompetent conservative. He completely forgot about his revolutionary passion, revolutionary prospects, and important tasks, and turned into an eggless person.
Soft egg.
Therefore, it makes sense to say that you can’t see a rainbow without experiencing ups and downs. You can’t see a person’s character when the wind is going smoothly. If you want to truly see through a person’s humanity, you have to look at him when he is at his most depressed and frustrated.
Time will depend on his performance. If he persists in his ideas and never gives up as before, or even gets to the next level with more motivation and fighting spirit, then such a person is definitely the best.
As for people like Maikov, who are really just talking-mouthed revolutionaries, they can be wiped out by a gust of wind. At most, they are just a grain of sand in the long river of history.
Of course, most of the friends who participated in Petrashevsky's group were actually of the same quality as Maikov. What about Dostoevsky? He was also scared to death back then, and his performance was not much better.
, it’s just that he didn’t transform as much as Maikov.
But this is normal, because as mentioned before, the Petrashevsky group is a group of little brats who are dissatisfied with reality but have never experienced the reality blaster. They are just revolutionaries in name. They are not so much gathering together to discuss
Revolution might as well be called a different kind of carnival party.
The feelings at the party are not real, but these poor little people don't know what a heavy price they will pay for this carnival.
Compared with Petrashevsky's flashy friends, Nekrasov, Belinsky, and Chernyshevsky are more determined. They are also facing the revolutionary storm, and they are also full of joy, but
These three are more calm and determined.
But at this moment, Belinsky, who had a huge influence on the Russian revolution, was in a very bad situation. He was just 37 years old and was seriously ill and almost dying.
This made his closest friends such as Nekrasov and Chernyshevsky very frustrated. They finally waited for a new revolutionary climax, but their close comrades who had been promoting revolutionary ideas and had been looking forward to this day could only
How cruel it is to be able to lie on the hospital bed and observe all this!
"Poor Vessarion, he may not survive the summer!" Chernyshevsky said sadly.
Nekrasov lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and replied seriously: "Hope for a miracle! My friend, I heard that Mikhail Vasilyevich's small circle has been very active recently.