Одесса и Черное Море в дневниках Константина Паустовского

Abstract

Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky (1892–1968) – is a famous soviet writer, he was living and working in Odessa at the beginning 1920-th, what was later depicted in his works. His the most famous work about Odessa is the story “A Time of Great expectations” (1959) became very important for our city, because it started the renaissance of Odessa cultural life. Thanks to Konstantin Paustovskyall the world knew about literary Odessa, about Odessa writers Isaak Babel, YuryOlesha, Eduard Bagritsky and other talented writers, whose names were suppressed unfairly. By the time the book was published the city and all historical places that were connected with Odessa period of Paustovsky, became very well known. He managed to describe Odessa streets, dachas in Odessa outskirts, the sea and the port with great love, and many people supposed him to be from Odessa. He saw the Black Sea at first in 1906 when he came to Odessa with his family and from here they moved to Crimea by the ship. In general there are ten his arrivals to Odessa that are certified in papers. The longest period of staying in our city is from October 1919 to January 1922. Like many intellectuals he escaped from Civil War to the South. It was his third coming to Odessa. Just this period was depicted in his story “A Time of Great Expectations” and other works. Being in Odessa Paustovsky kept the diary that was later named “Odessa Diaries”. What did he see the sea, the city and his residences like – he described in his books. But it is interesting not less to see Odessa and to feel it atmosphere, depicted in his diaries and of course to compare the diaries with the stories.