From the height of Shukshin Piket:
the book - reporting
on Shukshin meetings
V. Kaplina, V. Brukhov.
Barnaul, 1998. Abstract.
"We have a lot of good writers, - the Moscow poet Aleksey Markov says, - in should be a special conversation about Shukshin. Unfortunately, Vassily Makarovich wrote less, than he could. But his influence on development of the Soviet art is so valuable, that he stands already today on one line with Chekov, Esenin, Alexey Tolstoy. Shukshin is more than good writer. Shukshin is a pride of our ground!"
Oleg Shestinsky noticed speaking about V.M.Shukshin:
We'll always hear his word. Shukshin's force is that in each man he tried to see the perfect, he aspired to highlight national qualities of Russian character...
When I went here, I needn't to re-read Shukshin's books. I looked at his photos. And here, on his native land, I saw the same beautiful persons, the same features of the man who brought glory to his native land.
Vassily Makarovich was like these sunflowers - his soul has always addressed to the sun - just like them, - said poet from Moldova Grigore Vieru, addressing to Shukshin's countrymen. We love Shukshin in my republic. His plays are on stages of our theatres, we read his books penetrated with love to the native Land, which he loved, as his mother, and loved his mother, as the native Land.
- I consider Siberia as my second mother. It's the native land, where the life is lived. And Shukshin was the first to make me understand it. I remember Vassily speaking very much about it; he passionately wanted us to go to Altay. It was sort of vital task for him.
The first day Vassily said: "Guys, let's go to Piket." And we climbed this mount! Knee-high in snow. It was getting dark. On the top, Vassily sighed and said: "Look at this beauty!"
And there was nothing especial about this place. It was already impossible to see neither village nor beauty. And he said: "You can see all Russia from here!"
First year people came to Piket. I remember people come with tears, everyone spoke about the most secret, the most treasured. There was simply a conversation, there was that cathedral that Russian man does not live without.
Collecting everything that has arisen on Piket - in form of verses, films, in prose, in song creativity and simply in vital credo - will make a whole especial layer of new culture, which is incorporated on Piket and has the certain shade. It's not Shukshin, it's not the imitation of him, it is his legacy. We certainly can name Srostki one of the cultural centres.
The song is known and loved here and it's not accidental that a young ensemble "Fair". The most valuable is that these meetings have continuation in original creativity, both in life and on the screen, in books and everywhere. You see brothers Zavolokins - they too appeared at Srostki. In my opinion, they collected there up to thousand sung couplets, and there was that tremendous phenomenon - " Play, accordion! " And how many canvases, remarkable painting and verses are created. It is an individual school, it is a layer of culture.
But the most important thing is the cathedral idea of Russian people. The outstanding Altay poet Pasley Samik said: is our cathedral, where we speak about the most important things, which excite us.
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