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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizin" title="Denis Fonvizin – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Denis Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BD" title="Дзяніс Іванавіч Фанвізін – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дзяніс Іванавіч Фанвізін" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizin" title="Denis Fonvizin – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Denis Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den%C3%ADs_Fonvizin" title="Denís Fonvizin – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Denís Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Ivanovi%C4%8D_Fonvizin" title="Denis Ivanovič Fonvizin – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Denis Ivanovič Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Iwanowitsch_Fonwisin" title="Denis Iwanowitsch Fonwisin – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Denis Iwanowitsch Fonwisin" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%A6%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B2%CE%AF%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%BD" title="Ντένις Φονβίζιν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ντένις Φονβίζιν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den%C3%ADs_Fonvizin" title="Denís Fonvizin – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Denís Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizin" title="Denis Fonvizin – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Denis Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizine" title="Denis Fonvizine – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Denis Fonvizine" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizin" title="Denis Fonvizin – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Denis Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EB%8B%88%EC%8A%A4_%ED%8F%B0%EB%B9%84%EC%A7%84" title="데니스 폰비진 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="데니스 폰비진" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D5%96%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%B6" title="Դենիս Ֆոնվիզին – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դենիս Ֆոնվիզին" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizin" title="Denis Fonvizin – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Denis Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Ivanovich_Fonvizin" title="Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizin" title="Denis Fonvizin – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Denis Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Ivanovi%C4%8D_Fonvizin" title="Denis Ivanovič Fonvizin – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Denis Ivanovič Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%99%D7%96%D7%99%D7%9F" title="דניס פונביזין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דניס פונביזין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den%C3%AEs_Fonv%C3%AEz%C3%AEn" title="Denîs Fonvîzîn – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Denîs Fonvîzîn" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysius_Fonvizin" title="Dionysius Fonvizin – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Dionysius Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisas_Fonvizinas" title="Denisas Fonvizinas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Denisas Fonvizinas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyenyisz_Ivanovics_Fonvizin" title="Gyenyisz Ivanovics Fonvizin – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Gyenyisz Ivanovics Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86" title="دنيس فونفيزين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="دنيس فونفيزين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Денис Фонвизин – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Денис Фонвизин" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizin" title="Denis Fonvizin – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Denis Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3" title="デニス・フォンヴィージン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="デニス・フォンヴィージン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Ivanovitsj_Fonvizin" title="Denis Ivanovitsj Fonvizin – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Denis Ivanovitsj Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizin" title="Denis Fonvizin – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Denis Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dienis_Fonwizin" title="Dienis Fonwizin – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Dienis Fonwizin" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizin" title="Denis Fonvizin – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Denis Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Ivanovici_Fonvizin" title="Denis Ivanovici Fonvizin – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Denis Ivanovici Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Фонвизин, Денис Иванович – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Фонвизин, Денис Иванович" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Ivanovi%C4%8D_Fonvizin" title="Denis Ivanovič Fonvizin – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Denis Ivanovič Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Денис Фонвизин – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Денис Фонвизин" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizin" title="Denis Fonvizin – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Denis Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizin" title="Denis Fonvizin – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Denis Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Денис Иванович Фонвизин – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Денис Иванович Фонвизин" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Fonvizin" title="Denis Fonvizin – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Denis Fonvizin" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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His main works are two satirical comedies—including <i><a href="/wiki/Young_ignoramus" class="mw-redirect" title="Young ignoramus">Young ignoramus</a></i>, which mocks contemporary <a href="/wiki/Russian_nobility" title="Russian nobility">Russian gentry</a>—and are still staged today. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denis_Fonvizin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Denis Fonvizin was born in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> into a <a href="/wiki/Russian_nobility" title="Russian nobility">noble</a> <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodoxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Orthodoxy">Russian Orthodox</a> family, the first of eight children.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-moser_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moser-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-petrov_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-petrov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother Ekaterina Vasilievna Fonvizina (née Dmitrieva-Mamonova) (born 1718) belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Smolensk" title="Smolensk">Smolensk</a> <a href="/wiki/Rurik_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Rurik dynasty">Rurik</a> branch on her father's side and to the <a href="/wiki/Gruszecki" title="Gruszecki">Grushetsky</a> family on her mother's side; she was a cousin-niece of <a href="/wiki/Tsaritsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsaritsa">Tsaritsa</a> <a href="/wiki/Agafya_Grushetskaya" title="Agafya Grushetskaya">Agafya Grushetskaya</a> and an aunt to <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dmitriev-Mamonov" title="Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov">Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov</a> who was famously a lover of <a href="/wiki/Catherine_the_Great" title="Catherine the Great">Catherine the Great</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His father <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Fonvizin" title="Ivan Fonvizin">Ivan Fonvizin</a> (1705–1785) started as an army officer, then served in the <a href="/wiki/Collegium_of_Accounting" title="Collegium of Accounting">Collegium of Accounting</a>, becoming a <a href="/wiki/State_Councillor_(Russia)" title="State Councillor (Russia)">State Councillor</a> in 1783.<sup id="cite_ref-moser_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moser-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-petrov_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-petrov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His ancestor <a href="/wiki/Baron" title="Baron">baron</a> Berndt von Wiesen belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Livonian_Order" title="Livonian Order">Livonian Order</a>, was captured during the <a href="/wiki/Livonian_War" title="Livonian War">Livonian War</a> and became a naturalized Russian citizen; his descendants <a href="/wiki/Russification" title="Russification">russified</a>, the family name transformed with years, but it was Ivan Andreevich who started writing it as Fonvizin.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Denis Fonvizin received good education at the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Moscow_University" title="Imperial Moscow University">Imperial Moscow University</a> and very early began writing and translating. He entered the civil service, becoming secretary to Count <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Panin" title="Nikita Panin">Nikita Panin</a>, one of the great noblemen of <a href="/wiki/Catherine_the_Great" title="Catherine the Great">Catherine the Great</a>'s reign. Because of Panin's protection, Fonvizin was able to write critical plays without fear of being arrested, and, in the late 1760s, he brought out the first of his two famous comedies, <i>The Brigadier-General</i>. </p><p>A man of means, he was always a dilettante rather than a professional author, though he became prominent in literary and intellectual circles. In 1777–78 he traveled abroad, the principal aim of his journey being the medical faculty of <a href="/wiki/Montpellier" title="Montpellier">Montpellier</a>. He described his voyage in his <i>Letters from France</i> — one of the most elegant specimens of the prose of the period, and the most striking document of that anti-French nationalism which in the Russian elite of the time of Catherine went hand in hand with a complete dependence on French literary taste. </p><p>In 1782 appeared Fonvizin's second and best comedy <i>The Minor</i>, which definitely classed him as the foremost of Russian playwrights. His last years were passed in constant suffering and traveling abroad for his health. He died in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a> in 1792. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works_and_influence">Works and influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denis_Fonvizin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Works and influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fonvizin's reputation rests almost entirely on his two comedies, which are beyond doubt the most popular Russian plays before <a href="/wiki/Aleksander_Griboyedov" class="mw-redirect" title="Aleksander Griboyedov">Aleksander Griboyedov</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Woe_from_Wit" title="Woe from Wit">Woe from Wit</a></i>. They are both in prose and adhere to the canons of classical <a href="/wiki/Comedy" title="Comedy">comedy</a>. Fonvizin's principal model, however, was not <a href="/wiki/Moli%C3%A8re" title="Molière">Molière</a>, but the great Dano-Norwegian playwright <a href="/wiki/Ludvig_Holberg" title="Ludvig Holberg">Ludvig Holberg</a>, whom he read in German, and some of whose plays he had translated. </p><p>Both comedies are plays of social satire with definite axes to grind. <i>The Brigadier-General</i> is a satire against the fashionable French semi-education of the <i>petits-maîtres</i>. It is full of excellent fun, and though less serious than <i>The Minor</i>, it is better constructed. But <i>The Minor</i>, though imperfect in dramatic construction, is a more remarkable work and justly considered Fonvizin's masterpiece. </p><p>The point of the satire in <i>The Minor</i> is directed against the brutish and selfish crudeness and barbarity of the uneducated country gentry. The central character, Mitrofanushka, is the accomplished type of vulgar and brutal selfishness, unredeemed by a single human feature — even his fondly doting mother gets nothing from him for her pains. The dialogue of these vicious characters (in contrast to the stilted language of the lovers and their virtuous uncles) is true to life and finely individualized; and they are all masterpieces of characterization — a worthy introduction to the great portrait gallery of Russian fiction. </p><p>As a measure of its popularity, several expressions from <i>The Minor</i> have been turned into proverbs, and many authors (amongst whom <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin" title="Alexander Pushkin">Alexander Pushkin</a>) regularly cite from this play, or at least hint to it by mentioning the characters' names.<sup id="cite_ref-CaptainsDaughter_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CaptainsDaughter-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Belkin_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Belkin-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NovelLetters_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NovelLetters-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denis_Fonvizin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Gary M. Hamburg (2016)</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4Xo8DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT452">Russia's Path toward Enlightenment: Faith, Politics, and Reason, 1500-1801</a> — New Haven: Yale University Press <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0300113136" title="Special:BookSources/978-0300113136">978-0300113136</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-moser-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-moser_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-moser_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Charles_Arthur_Moser" title="Charles Arthur Moser">Charles Arthur Moser</a> (1979)</i>. Denis Fonvizin. — Boston: Twayne Publishers, pp. 11—12 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0805764024" title="Special:BookSources/978-0805764024">978-0805764024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-petrov-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-petrov_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-petrov_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Petrov" title="Pyotr Petrov">Pyotr Petrov</a> (1991)</i>. The History of the Russian Nobility in Two Volumes. Volume 1. — Moscow : Sovremennik, pp. 309—310 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-270-01515-3" title="Special:BookSources/5-270-01515-3">5-270-01515-3</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Velvet_Book" title="Velvet Book">Velvet Book</a>, XXX, p. 241</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gerbovnik.ru/arms/235.html">Grushetsky coat of arms</a> by All-Russian Armorials of Noble Houses of the Russian Empire. Part 2, June 30, 1798 (in Russian)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gerbovnik.ru/arms/341.html">Von Wiesen coat of arms</a> by All-Russian Armorials of Noble Houses of the Russian Empire. Part 3, January 19, 1799 (in Russian)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/ЭСБЕ/Фонвизин,_Денис_Иванович">Fonvizin, Denis Ivanovich</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Brockhaus_and_Efron_Encyclopedic_Dictionary" title="Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary">Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary</a> (in Russian)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CaptainsDaughter-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CaptainsDaughter_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin" title="Alexander Pushkin">Alexander Pushkin</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Captain%27s_Daughter" title="The Captain's Daughter">The Captain's Daughter</a></i>, Chapter 1 and motto of Chapter III.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Belkin-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Belkin_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pushkin, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tales_of_the_Late_Ivan_Petrovich_Belkin" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin">The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin</a></i>, motto</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NovelLetters-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NovelLetters_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pushkin, <i>A Novel in Letters</i>, Chapter VIII</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denis_Fonvizin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/15px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/23px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/30px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from <a href="/wiki/D.S._Mirsky" class="mw-redirect" title="D.S. 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