Yury Tynyanov was a prominent Russian writer and literary critic, renowned for his work in literary scholarship. He was a key figure in the Russian Formalist school, with his analyses delving deeply into the structure and evolution of literary works. Tynyanov was particularly an authority on Pushkin and contributed to the theoretical understanding of language as a dynamic system. His scholarship significantly influenced subsequent generations of literary theorists and critics.
The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar, a novel by Yury Tynyanov, a leading figure of the Russian formalist school, describes the final year in the life of Alexander Griboedov, the author of the comedy Woe from Wit. As ambassador to Persia, Griboedov was savagely murdered in Tehran in 1829 in an attack on the Russian embassy.
Dekabristy... Kto zhe oni vse-taki? Geroi, chudo-bogatyri, perventsy svobody ili neschastnye, zabludshie, pomrachennye soblaznami veka sego lyudi? Naskol'ko ukorenennymi v russkoj pochve byli ikh idealy? Istorichnskij roman Yu.Tynyanova "Kyukhlya" posvyaschen odnomu iz nikh - poetu, drugu Pushkina - V.K.Kyukhel'bekeru.