Literary Starki near Kolomna
The article considers the poets of the so-called cherkizovsky circle: S.V. Shervinsky, A.A. Akhmatova, V.A. Merkurieva, A.S. Kochetkov and others. The Shervinsky family of talented Russian intellectuals became the unifying center of this circle of poets in early XX century: Professor of medicine and the founder of the Russian endocrinology V.D. Shervinsky and his sons, a famous Soviet architect, master of the landscape gardening E.V. Shervinsky and poet, as well as translator, S.V. Shervinsky. The Shervinsky estate was located on the Starki churchyard, which was part of the district called Cherkizovo. The author of the article examines the life circumstances contributing to the formation of this circle of authors, shows the unity of their literary and cultural interests, characterizes the relations that have developed between the poets of this circle, in which there were manifestations of both rapprochement and polemics. The article also covers the artistic results of this mutual communication, which are reflected in the works of the authors who were brought together for a while by the Kolomna land. During the last year of the war, M.L. Lozinsky will find support in the Shervinsky family and find himself on the Kolomna land, completing his work on the translation of Dante's Divine Comedy. The article also notes the role of the poet L.V. Gornung, who was fond of photography and preserved the iconography of the members of the circle. The material of the article also contains information about the fate of the Literary Starki near Kolomna.