A Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow
8 hrs. 56 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Alexander Radishchev
Author
Alexander Radishchev
Narrator
Mikhail Roslyakov
Narrator
Mikhail Roslyakov
Description
The “MediaBook” studio presents the audiobook “Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow,” one of the famous Russian classics by Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev—a writer, philosopher, and publicist. The audiobook is narrated by the popular artist Mikhail Roslyakov.
“Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow” is Radishchev’s most famous work, which had a dramatic influence on his later fate and fame. The first print run—somehow avoiding censorship—was produced in the author’s home print shop. After 100 copies were sold, the police became interested in the book.
Following the conventions of a sentimental journey, Radishchev nevertheless reflected on Russia’s social order, the oppression of serf peasants, and condemned absolutism. As an epigraph, the writer chose a verse from Trediakovsky’s poem “The Fattest, Vile, Huge Monster, with a Hundred Mouths and Barking.” As a result, Radishchev was sentenced to death, which was later commuted to exile.
In Soviet times, Radishchev was recognized as “the first Russian revolutionary,” and his book entered the school curriculum.
“Rebellious—worse than Pugachev! That one, at least, pretended to be a tsar—he professed the monarchic order, while this one, with a revolution in mind, decided to set up a republic in Rus!” Catherine the Great
“When Radishchev in his ‘Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow’ wrote the words: ‘I looked around me—my soul was wounded by the sufferings of mankind,’—Russian intelligentsia was born.” Nikolai Berdyaev
“Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow” is Radishchev’s most famous work, which had a dramatic influence on his later fate and fame. The first print run—somehow avoiding censorship—was produced in the author’s home print shop. After 100 copies were sold, the police became interested in the book.
Following the conventions of a sentimental journey, Radishchev nevertheless reflected on Russia’s social order, the oppression of serf peasants, and condemned absolutism. As an epigraph, the writer chose a verse from Trediakovsky’s poem “The Fattest, Vile, Huge Monster, with a Hundred Mouths and Barking.” As a result, Radishchev was sentenced to death, which was later commuted to exile.
In Soviet times, Radishchev was recognized as “the first Russian revolutionary,” and his book entered the school curriculum.
“Rebellious—worse than Pugachev! That one, at least, pretended to be a tsar—he professed the monarchic order, while this one, with a revolution in mind, decided to set up a republic in Rus!” Catherine the Great
“When Radishchev in his ‘Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow’ wrote the words: ‘I looked around me—my soul was wounded by the sufferings of mankind,’—Russian intelligentsia was born.” Nikolai Berdyaev
