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And the brothers will give you the sword
It is quite difficult to investigate events when there is something secret in them. Then you can make logical conclusions and explanations that have no relation to reality. It is similar to how a person sees workers entering and leaving a factory every day, but does not know what they are doing there. That is, he sees something, and does not see something, does not understand the meaning of signs, words and terms, while doing a lot of useless work, trying to understand the incomprehensible.
For example, the poet Pushkin. Pushkin's father, Sergei Lvovich Pushkin, was in the military, rose to the rank of major. After resigning, he took up his favorite business – literature and Masonic works. He was initiated in 1814 in the Warsaw lodge of the "Northern Shield", had the highest Masonic degrees, held the positions of speaker, Second Guardian in the lodges.
At the age of 19, the son tried to join the lodge of the "Three Virtues", but did not pass the ballot. He managed to do this later in Chisinau.
<P>No documents about Pushkin's acceptance into the lodge have survived, but there is an entry in the poet's Kishinev diary from
1821: "On May 4, I was accepted into the Masons." The members of the secret organization (more than 20 people) gathered in the basement of the house where the Greek Mikhalaki Katsiki lived. Before becoming a member of the secret society, it was necessary to undergo a ritual.}
"Each lodge had its own rituals. For example, his uncle Vasily Lvovich, thanks to whom the future poet entered the lyceum, had to undergo a terrible ritual. He was laid on a bench with his eyes blindfolded and covered with fur coats, so he was stunned by the heat, but was accepted into the lodge.The lodge was named after the ancient Roman poet Ovid, and the number 25 became its ordinal number – the organization was the last on the list in the Russian Empire. It is said that the name of the lodge was suggested by Pushkin himself.
After the unsuccessful Decembrist uprising, Pushkin will write these words.
"In the depths of Siberian ores, keep proud patience..."
Now let us read the study posted on the Ruthenia website (United Humanitarian Publishing House of the Department of Russian Literature, University of Tartu, Estonia): "And the brothers will give you the sword" (V. Prasamov)
1. Pushkin's poem "In the depths of Siberian ores" was understood differently by the Decembrists. The famous answer of A.I. Odoevsky was not an expression of the general opinion. M.I. Muravyov-Apostol and A.E. Rosen saw in this poem an appeal only to the author's lyceum friends Pushchin and Kuchelbecker. D.I. Zavalishin noted that some "gullible" Decembrists decided that Pushkin was telling them that in Russia there were "continuers of their cause."
The connection of the poem with the lyceum theme has been repeatedly noted by researchers. At the same time, it was also indicated that Pushkin, in the person of his closest friends, addressed all the imprisoned Decembrists. This is indisputable.
2. If the addressee of the poem does not cause significant disagreement in the research literature, then the message itself is the subject of heated controversy. Disputes are conducted both about the general concept of the poem and about its individual places. Let us dwell on the last line of the poem.
And the brothers will give you the sword. Who are the "brothers" and what does "sword" mean? As noted above, D. I. Zavalishin wrote in his memoirs about penal servitude that "Pushkin's poem aroused in some gullible people, after the experience we had, unrealistic hopes that in fact "the brothers will give them the sword" and that, consequently, there are continuers of their cause in Russia."
The opinion of these "gullible" Decembrists was shared by some researchers. However, the generally accepted point of view at the present time can be considered the opinion that this is not about continuing the struggle, but about restoring the Decembrists to civil and class rights. At the same time, it remains unclear who the "brothers" are, if not the continuers of the Decembrists' cause.
V. Nepomnyashchy recently came up with a rather strange explanation of this word. In his opinion, the "brothers" are all the nobles of the Russian Empire.
It is difficult to imagine Benckendorff fraternally extending weapons to the forgiven Decembrists. V. Nepomnyashchy's concept is purely speculative. In order to understand who the "brothers" are, we should follow the use of this word in other texts by Pushkin, primarily poetry.
3. Of all the meanings of this word indicated in the "Dictionary of the Pushkin Language", in this case we will be interested in the meaning "like-minded person, friend". Pushkin calls Delvig "brother" ("My brother by blood, by soul...", "We were born, my named brother..."), Kuchelbecker ("Dear brother of Lyceum life", "My brother by muse, by fate"), Pushchin ("my brother by cup"), Vyazemsky ("So, you are still my brother"). The words "friend" and "comrade" can be semantically related to the word "brother" in Pushkin. For example, when addressing Pushchin: "My first friend, my priceless friend" or Chaadayev: "Comrade, believe...". Pushkin attributed a complete series of synonyms to the convicted Decembrists: "The penal servitude of 120 friends, brothers, comrades is terrible."
4. As can be seen from these examples, Pushkin called a very specific circle of people brothers4. These were the people closest to him, friends from childhood or early youth: lyceum students Delvig, Kuchelbecker, Pushchin; an older comrade, but also a lyceum acquaintance Chaadayev. A fairly rapid rapprochement with Vyazemsky should probably be attributed to the second half of 1817. All these people had a direct relationship with the Decembrists.
Researchers of the Decembrist movement often attribute them to different political camps. Pushchin and Kuchelbecker turn out to be Decembrists, and Delvig, Vyazemsky, Chaadayev are people close to the Decembrists. Meanwhile, for Pushkin, this was a single circle of closest friends. Until July 1826, it was unknown who would end up where. They could all end up in hard labor. However, their fates turned out differently. Vyazemsky, Delvig, and Chaadayev ended up in disfavor, but at liberty; Kuchelbecker in a fortress; Pushchin in Siberia. Thus, as a result of the catastrophe of December 14, the unity of this circle fell apart, but apparently there were hopes that the "brothers" would unite again. Pushkin revealed the theme of the catastrophe in "Arion", and the theme of hopes in the message to Siberia.
5. Thus, it can be assumed that Pushkin, when he wrote "brothers", had in mind a very specific circle of people. However, it remains unclear how the "brothers" would be able to "give the sword" to the condemned.
Apparently, in addition to its subject-logical meaning, the word "sword" could also acquire additional associative meanings. The sword can act not only as a symbol of honor, but also as a symbol of unity, alliance, and justice. Therefore, the line "And the brothers will give you the sword" should be understood not only as a process that is the opposite of civil execution, but also as a hope for the unification of people who are close in spirit and the triumph of justice. It seems that Pushkin's specific use of the word "brother", as well as the symbolic meanings of the sword, should be taken into account in a full analysis of this poem.
[–] Here the person wrote the word "It seems" correctly. This is not a statement. If you don't know, don't write, don't disgrace yourself.
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