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In the spring of 1887, the fiftieth anniversary of the
poetic début of the old poet Polonski was celebrated in
St. Petersburg. This festival offered an opportunity of
obtaining a glimpse of the official world, and of becoming
acquainted, at the same time, with many of the literary
and artistic celebrities of Russia.
Yakof Petrovitch Polonski (born 1820) is very highly
esteemed, and is exceedingly popular as a lyric poet.
He, Maikof, and Plestcheyef are the leading living lyric
poets of Russia of the older generation. The last (born
1825), like Dostoyevski, belonged to the “Petrashevskians,”
who were sentenced to death in 1849; but, by
commutation of his sentence, he was sent to the Urál
and put into the Orenburg battalion of the line. It was
not till 1857 that he was restored to his rights of
inheritance and rank, and given permission to reside at the
capital of the country. Plestcheyef to this day belongs
to the liberal group in St. Petersburg. Polonski and
Maikof, on the contrary, have a close connection with
the government. This does not imply that they have at
any time participated in politics or cherished principles
hostile to freedom; but, since they are both men of
moderate means, and it is just as impossible in Russia as
in smaller countries to live as a lyric poet, even by the
aid of an occasional novel, the government endeavored
to improve their condition by giving each of them an
office in the censorship. This combination of lyric poet
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