I. A. BUNIN IN THE EVALUATION OF RUSSIAN DIASPORA MAGAZINE "CHISLA"
In the Russian Diaspora the personality of I. A. Bunin, his creative legacy, perceived by Russian emigrants as one of the binding thread with the Russian culture of the XIX and the 10-ies of XX century, were in the center of the emigrant critique’s attention. This article introduces to the scientific process the evaluation of Bunin’s personality and his creative legacy by Russian Diaspora magazine “Chisla”, which was one of the principal magazines of “Russian Paris” where complex theoretical problems, questions of the mission of art, the legacy of the Russian classicists where discussed. Critically referring to the literary process, “Chisla” gave a contradictory evaluation to Bunin. Enthusiastic appraisal of Bunin’s works was given by P. Bitsilli, S. Charchoune, V. Varshavsky, who notes the perfection of his prose, a creative dialogue with Pushkin, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Chekhov. In her laudatory speech in occasion ofaward of the Nobelprize to I. A. Bunin, S. Charchoune declared that after Pushkin and Tolstoy Bunin was “the most daylight, sunny” Russian writer. Bunin as a person and a literary critic was assessed it another way. For example, duke S. Volkonsky referred critically to Bunin’s memories about Chekhov. V. Talin spoke negatively about Bunin and his memories about meeting and acquaintances with Russian writers; he accused Bunin in pettiness, slander, lies. Talin’s statements were so sharp that at the party of the Union of young poets L. Gansky blamed “Chisla” for publication the article about Bunin. In general, “Chisla” revealed Bunin in various ways - as a writer, literary critic, person, in spite of fact that he was not an employee of the magazine and referred to the younger generation of Russian writers of the first wave of emigration, representing “Chisla”, rather skeptical. This shows the interest of the so-called “unnoticed generation” to the writers of the older generation. Presented in this article the characterization of Bunin’s discourse in “Chisla”, expanding the research of the dialogue of Russian literature of the XIX and XX century and well known scientific research about Russian abroad’s the perception of Bunin, is of interest to historians of literature. Bunin scholars and specialists of Russian abroad.