Записки кавалерист-девицы

Nadezhda Durova - lichnostʹ poistine nezauri͡adnai͡a. Ona vybrala svoĭ putʹ, sovershenno ne sootvetstvui͡ushchiĭ predstavlenii͡am obshchestva XIX veka o zhenshchine, promeni͡ala ri͡ushi-kruzheva na gusarskiĭ mundir. Ne poboi͡alasʹ, risknula poĭti naperekor stereotipam, khoti͡a ee i zhdali ti͡agoty i lishenii͡a pokhodnoĭ zhizni. Za gody voennoĭ sluzhby Durova proi͡avila sebi͡a nastoi͡ashchim geroem i dazhe byla otmechena soldatskim Georgievskim krestom. A pravo nazyvatʹsi͡a muzhskim imenem Aleksandr Andreevich Aleksandrov eĭ daroval lichno imperator Aleksandr I. O svoeĭ zhizni na voennom poprishche ona rasskazala v memuarakh "Zapiski kavalerist-devit͡sy". Imenno Nadezhda Durova stala prototipom glavnoĭ geroini zamechatelʹnogo filʹma Ėlʹdara Ri͡azanova "Gusarskai͡a ballada", gde ee rolʹ ispolnila blistatelʹnai͡a Larisa Golubkina. Zhenshchina dolzhna bytʹ krotka, mila, poslushna, bela kozheĭ i rumi͡ana shchechkami. No chto delatʹ, esli ty rodilasʹ sushchim chertenkom i s pervykh dneĭ zhizni ne skryvaeshʹ upri͡amstvo i silu dukha?Nadenʹke ne povezlo: kak tolʹko ona poi͡avilasʹ na svet, mamenʹka srazu ee nevzli͡ubila, potomu chto khotela syna, a rodilasʹ dochʹ. Poėtomu vospityvalasʹ devochka v ott͡sovskom polku, prekrasno skakala na loshadi, umelo obrashchalasʹ s pistoletom i shpagoĭ. No vremi͡a ot vremeni mamenʹka otlavlivala dochʹ, slovno dikogo zverʹka, i priobshchala k zhenskim zani͡atii͡am - vyshivanii͡u i vi͡azanii͡u pod usypli͡ai͡ushchee chtenie knig. Ne zhelai͡a miritʹsi͡a s zhenskoĭ doleĭ bytʹ zapertoĭ v dome i ne imetʹ vozmozhnosti sovershatʹ samostoi͡atelʹnye shagi, Nadenʹka, ne dostignuv i vosemnadt͡sati let, pokidaet v nochi otchiĭ dom, chtoby prisoedinitʹsi͡a k polku. Vperedi nastoi͡ashchai͡a voennai͡a sluzhba, o kotoroĭ ona tak mechtala!"Zapiski kavalerist-devit͡sy" - ėto ne tolʹko memuary obladatelʹnit͡sy kraĭne netipichnoĭ sudʹby dli͡a zhenshchiny nachala XIX veka - sudʹby soldata i kavaleriĭskogo ofit͡sera, no i chestnai͡a kniga o tom, kak vybrav sobstvennyĭ putʹ po zovu serdt͡sa, a ne po nastavlenii͡u roditeleĭ i davlenii͡u obshchestva, mozhno statʹ schastlivoĭ i voplotitʹ svoi mechty v zhiznʹ.

Nadezhda Durova is a truly extraordinary person. She chose a path that was completely inconsistent with the ideas of nineteenth-century society about women, and exchanged lace ruffles for a hussar uniform. She was not afraid, she risked going against the stereotypes, even though the hardships and deprivations of a camping life awaited her. During her years of military service, Durova proved to be a true hero and was even awarded the soldier's St. George Cross. And the right to be called by the male name Alexander Andreevich Alexandrov was granted to her personally by Emperor Alexander I. She told about her life in the military field in her memoirs "Notes of a cavalryman girl". It was Nadezhda Durova who became the prototype of the main character of Eldar Ryazanov's wonderful film "The Hussar Ballad", where her role was played by the brilliant Larisa Golubkina. A woman should be meek, sweet, obedient, white-skinned and rosy-cheeked. But what if you were born a real little devil and from the very first days of your life you don't hide your stubbornness and fortitude?Nadenka was unlucky: As soon as she was born, her mother immediately disliked her, because she wanted a son, but a daughter was born. Therefore, the girl was brought up in her father's regiment, rode a horse perfectly, skillfully handled a pistol and a sword. But from time to time, the mother would catch her daughter like a wild animal and introduce her to women's activities — embroidery and knitting under the soporific reading of books. Unwilling to put up with the female fate of being locked in the house and unable to take independent steps, Nadenka, before reaching the age of eighteen, leaves her father's house at night to join the regiment. There is a real military service ahead, which she dreamed of so much!"Notes of a cavalryman girl" is not only the memoirs of the owner of an extremely atypical fate for a woman of the early 19th century — the fate of a soldier and a cavalry officer, but also an honest book about how choosing your own path according to the call of your heart, and not according to the instructions of parents and the pressure of society, you can become happy and make your dreams come true..