Durylin Sergey Nikolaevich
Sergey Nikolaevich Durylin is a Russian and Soviet writer, teacher, theologian, literary critic, art critic, religious writer and poet. Doctor of Philology, Professor.
Early years and education
He was born on September 14 [26], 1886, into a merchant family in Moscow.
In 1910-1914, he studied at the Moscow Archaeological Institute; the theme of his graduation thesis was the iconography of St. Sophia.
During his high school years, he abandoned the faith, but in 1910 he returned to the "faith of the fathers."
Creative and scientific activities
Literary work: published in the magazines Libra, Russian Thought, Voice of the Past, Niva, Path, etc. In Soviet times — in "Vozrozhdenie", "Krasnaya Niva", "Siberian Lights", "Ogonka", etc.
Religious and philosophical activities: In the autumn of 1912, he was secretary of the Moscow Religious and Philosophical Society in Memory of Vladimir Solovyov (until its closure in 1918).
Ethnography and travel: in 1906-1917, he made a number of trips to the Russian North (Olonets province, Arkhangelsk, Solovetsky Monastery, Kandalaksha, Lapland, Kem, the shores of Norway, Pudozh, Petrozavodsk), as well as to the Old Believer sites of the Volga region and Kaluga province. He collected folklore, studied traditions and culture of the regions.
Pedagogy: engaged in private teaching activities. Among his students:
actor Igor Ilyinsky;
the poet Boris Pasternak (in his autobiography Pasternak wrote About Durylin: "It was he who lured me from music to literature");
artist Nikolai Chernyshov.
Key works and research
Richard Wagner and Russia (1913) — a book published by the publishing houseMusaget";
reports to the MRFO:
"The Fate of Lermontov" (1914);
- "Academic Lermontov and Lermontov's Poetics" (1916);
- "Russia and Lermontov. To study the religious origins of Russian poetry " (1916);
- on the religious work of N. S. Leskov (1916).;
notes " in his corner " (1924-1941) — an extensive body of texts (about 1,500 pages), including correspondence with friends (Nesterov, Voloshin, Falk, etc.).);
a book about M. N. V. N. Nesterov (important sections are written in the link, highly appreciated by the artist himself).
The trials of the 1920s
In March 1920, he was ordained a celibate priest, and served in the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Klenniki with Father Alexei Mechev.
On June 20, 1922, he was arrested, spent six months in Butyrskaya and Vladimirskaya prisons, and then exiled to Chelyabinsk.
Until 1924, he was in charge of the archaeological department of the Chelyabinsk Museum.
Post-war activity and recognition
In 1944 he received the title of Doctor of Philology.
Since 1945, he has been a professor and head of the Department of History of the Russian and Soviet Theater at GITIS.
Senior Researcher at the Theater History Department of the Institute of Art History of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
On October 29, 1949, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor for his research in the field of Russian classical drama, the stage history of plays and the study of the problems of acting.
Memory and legacy
The archive of S. N. N. Durylin is kept in RGALI (fund No. 2980) and in the Memorial House‑Museum of S. N. N. Durylin.
In 1993, the Memorial House‑Museum of S. N. N. Durylin was opened in the city of Korolev (Bolshevo microdistrict).
One of Korolev Streets and Bolshevskaya City Library No. 2 are named after him.
Since 2008, the Literary Prize in Memory of Sergei Nikolaevich Durylin has been awarded in Korolev (in the categories "Prose", "Poetry", "Drama", "Literary Criticism", etc.).
He was buried in Moscow at the Danilovsky Cemetery.
Pseudonyms: Sergey Severny, R. N. Artyom, Bibliophile, M. N. Vasiliev, S. N. J., I. N. Komissarov, N. Kutanov, V. N. Nikitin, D. N. Nikolaev, S. N. Nikolaev, D. N. Nikolaev-Durylin, N. Sergeev, M. N. Rayevsky et al.