Hero of his time
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“...According to contemporaries, none of the portraits conveyed Bestuzhev-Marlinsky’s true appearance. “He was a rather tall man with a thick build, a brunette with small sparkling brown eyes and the most pleasant, good-natured expression on his face.” On the thumb of his right hand, Bestuzhev wore a massive silver ring, like the Circassians, who used it to cock the tight hammers of pistols. The writer Polevoy sent the exiled poet a white downy hat, which at that time was a sure sign of a carbonari... Such was the appearance!..."
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- Name of the Author
- Валентин Пикуль Саввич
- Language
- Russian
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“...According to contemporaries, none of the portraits conveyed Bestuzhev-Marlinsky’s true appearance. “He was a rather tall man with a thick build, a brunet...