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The hut in the "evil place" in Taman, the "worst little
town of all the seacoast townsin Russia" on the Black Sea where Pechorin
stayed while waiting for his ship to Gelendzhik (on the Black Sea SE of
Taman). |
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The same hut visited by ACM students in 1998. Center: Mac student Lindsey
Brandt (2000) and Irina Sheldeshova, one of the language teachers at Kuban
State University in Krasnodar. |
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The interior of the "shanty" where Pechorin staye: "two
benches and a table, plus a huge trunk by the stove" and " not
one ikon hung on the wall--a bad sign!" Currently restored to match
Lermontov's (fictional) description. |
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The larger hut where the Ukrainian landlady lived with her blind son and
strange daughter (the "undine"). Eli McKenna-Weiss (Mac 2000)
by the well. |
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Both huts flanked by ACM and Kuban State U students in 1998. |
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The larger hut flanked by students. |
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ACM students listening to local guide by the Lermontov statue in Taman
near the museum |
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The two huts flanked by ACM students |
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Lermontov statue in Taman, on the Black Sea, at dusk. |
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Mikhail Vrubel': Portrait of a Military Man (Pechorin on a sofa) (1889) |
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Mikhail Vrubel': Kazbich and Azamat (1890-91) |
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Mikhail Vrubel': Princess Mary and Grushnitsky (1890-91) |
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Mikhail Vrubel': The duel between Pechorin and Gurshnitsky (1890-91) |
