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I remember the book saying that Mishka would have gotten into way more trouble for the poem than Alexander. He in essence took the Rap for Mishka.
I was a bit confused about this as well. I have some ideas but I don's want to post because I'm really not positive. So If anyone has an answer to this I would be interested as well.
I think Kathy is right, Rostov published the poem under his name even though it was penned by Mishka because it was less risky for him. This was discussed when Rostov learns of his death from Katerina (P. 368 and 369).
This is a difficult part for many of us because we know so little of Russian history. There was a failed revolution in 1905 or so, after the war with Japan. Being a socialist at the time would have gotten Mishka in huge trouble. The successful revolution was in 1917. I believe the book has the poem being published in 1912 or 1913. Ruskov puts his name on it knowing that they won't go after a Count with a patriot grandfather.
Rostov's penning the poem under his name was what a Russian gentleman would do--to keep his friend from harm's way. He never once thought that it would come back to haunt him because this poem was published prior to the first wave of the Russian Revolution. It wasn't until the second wave of the Russian Revolution was complete that the poem's existence became a problem for anyone. The core of the Count's life never changed--even when he was serving others--he acted in the way of a gentleman.
Rostov published the poem under his name to protect Mishka. The count had been an important man and was sentenced to exile inside the hotel. Mishka would have been sent immediately to Siberia. It says that they agreed to do so “after polishing off a particularly good bottle” of wine. Perhaps Mishka agreed to do so because he was drunk and his defenses were down.
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I remember the book saying that Mishka would have gotten into way more trouble for the poem than Alexander. He in essence took the Rap for Mishka.
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I was a bit confused about this as well. I have some ideas but I don's want to post because I'm really not positive. So If anyone has an answer to this I would be interested as well.
I think Kathy is right, Rostov published the poem under his name even though it was penned by Mishka because it was less risky for him. This was discussed when Rostov learns of his death from Katerina (P. 368 and 369).
This is a difficult part for many of us because we know so little of Russian history. There was a failed revolution in 1905 or so, after the war with Japan. Being a socialist at the time would have gotten Mishka in huge trouble. The successful revolution was in 1917. I believe the book has the poem being published in 1912 or 1913. Ruskov puts his name on it knowing that they won't go after a Count with a patriot grandfather.
Rostov's penning the poem under his name was what a Russian gentleman would do--to keep his friend from harm's way. He never once thought that it would come back to haunt him because this poem was published prior to the first wave of the Russian Revolution. It wasn't until the second wave of the Russian Revolution was complete that the poem's existence became a problem for anyone. The core of the Count's life never changed--even when he was serving others--he acted in the way of a gentleman.
Rostov published the poem under his name to protect Mishka. The count had been an important man and was sentenced to exile inside the hotel. Mishka would have been sent immediately to Siberia. It says that they agreed to do so “after polishing off a particularly good bottle” of wine. Perhaps Mishka agreed to do so because he was drunk and his defenses were down.
