Vasiliev is the author of the story “Don’t Shoot White Swans,” which revealed the relationship between man and nature. Boris Vasiliev wrote the work “Don’t Shoot White Swans,” which is still relevant today and teaches us to treat the surrounding nature with respect and attention, to be like the main character Polushkin - a man with a heart and a kind soul.
Don't shoot white swans summary
So Polushkin came to the village with his family and settled in a house that a relative had allocated. In the village he became famous as a “weirdo”; no matter what he did, everything turned against him. So he changed one job to another and could not stay anywhere until he became a forester. This was where his calling was, here he did the work following his heart, trying to protect nature from poachers.
He protected trees and animals. One day, he wanted to revive the lake, which was called Lebyazhye, and, having arrived from Moscow, he brought the swans that he bought there. But these birds were not destined to survive. Polushkin's brother-in-law Fyodor Buryanov, together with his friends, kills birds. I heard these shots and main character, who rushed to protect nature, for which he paid with his life.
And although the main character dies, his successor remains, his son Kolka, who, perhaps, in the future will be able to achieve the goal that his father set and the lake will be reborn. So this is not the end yet.
Analyzing the author’s work “Don’t Shoot White Swans”, in the essay I would like to note how important the author of the work was pursuing. And his goal was to show us the problems that exist among people, to show how indifferent a person can be, who can easily cut down the last grove, burn an anthill, destroy nature.
At the same time, the author of the work “Don’t Shoot White Swans” was not completely disappointed in people, because among people with a predatory nature, among destroyers in the form of Fyodor, there are guardians, defenders who love nature and will do everything to save it, even sacrifice their lives, as the main character Polushkin Egor did it.
Vasiliev’s work “Don’t Shoot White Swans” touches on the problems and issues of the relationship between man and nature, touches on the human conscience, and shows the extent of people’s responsibility for what is happening around them.
In conclusion, regarding the work “Don’t Shoot White Swans”, in my analysis of the story, I will note the relevance of this work. No matter how scary it sounds, even now in our society there are cruel people, including children, who treat nature with ease and great cruelty. The only good thing is that there are still defenders, they were then and they are now, which means our nature will live.
— wonderful story Vasilyeva, which reveals such issues as the relationship between man and nature. Most importantly, this work and the problems highlighted in it are still relevant today. Several issues are raised here, which we will consider in ours and present arguments on the topic.
In his work, the author raises and highlights the problem of caring for nature, where, using the example different people we see those who are ready to preserve and protect nature, as Yegor Polushkin does. And we see those who approach nature from a consumer point of view. They can easily kill an animal, cut down trees, burn down an anthill. If we draw parallels between the work Don’t Shoot White Swans and our lives, then we can safely say that we also have people who easily cut down forests, trample lawns, throw garbage, throw away harmful substances into the rivers. Fortunately, there are people like Yegor who try to plant at least one tree every year, organize cleanup days, and do not remain indifferent to the world around them.
Arguments for Vasiliev's novel
The arguments for the work Don't Shoot White Swans confirm the highlighted problem of indifference, lack of spirituality and cruelty. So we see tourists burning an anthill and at the same time rejoicing, considering themselves kings of nature. Poachers mercilessly kill swans, but the worst thing is that in our lives there are plenty of those who are cruel and indifferent to nature. They can easily kill a puppy, abuse kittens, and break young trees for fun. But such an attitude towards nature is destructive, and it is good that there are still Polushkins who see the meaning of their life in protecting nature and preserving it for people. And thus the author reveals another theme of the meaning of life, the theme of happiness. In life, if we talk about Vasiliev and his work Don’t Shoot White Swans, we can also see those who run nurseries, forestry farms, help breed animals and increase green spaces. Here we see and ordinary people who take care of flower beds, who do not pass by an abandoned animal, trying to preserve and increase the gifts of nature.
Don’t Shoot White Swans is a wonderful work and in arguing for my conclusion, I will say it is wonderful because it awakens high feelings in a person and calls for respect for nature.
Analysis of "Don't Shoot White Swans" by Boris Vasiliev Boris Vasiliev became the exponent of Orthodox morality in Soviet literature. He expressed his position not declaratively, but as the holy fathers did in their parables. Examples of the non-acquisitive attitude towards life of the heroes of this Russian writer are not edifying and moralizing - even positive characters are by no means ideal. But they carry within themselves a righteous lifestyle. The simplest analysis leads to this idea. “Don’t Shoot White Swans” is one of the works that illustrates the Orthodox idea in Vasiliev’s work. About the author The writer of the Russian land was born in Smolensk in 1924. His parents were nobles, his father was an officer who served in the Tsarist and then in the Red Army. When the war began, Boris Vasiliev volunteered for the front, served in a destroyer battalion, then in the airborne troops. After the shell shock, he studied at the military academy and tested new models of armored vehicles. In 1954, he realized that his calling was literature, he left the army and began writing, at first only scripts. The play "Officer" - the first attempt at writing - turned out to be too bold for its time and was banned. However, morals were not as cruel as just recently: the front-line author was given a chance. After feature films“Another Flight” and “Long Day” had a long, almost ten-year pause, and then the film “Officers” won the hearts of the audience. They still love her today. The time of long creative downtime was difficult, the writer earned extra money as best he could (scripts for KVN, film magazines, etc.), but he never hacked and was faithful to his life principles. The most striking pages of his military prose were the play “And the Dawns Here Are Quiet...”. The story “Don't Shoot White Swans” is dedicated to peaceful life. Analysis of the work speaks of a single ideological line that pierces the entire work of this wonderful author. The main character Egor Polushkin is a romantic by nature. In the village, with its practical life, this bright character trait is not valued. It seems that it was precisely about the contradiction between utilitarianism and the irrational desire for beauty that Vasiliev wrote his work (“Don’t Shoot White Swans”). A more detailed analysis, however, suggests a deeper artistic goal of the author. Egor is not just a romantic - he is opposed to money-grubbing. He hates making money at any cost, and this manifests itself in all his actions. Such people may often be considered clueless, but in reality this person cannot do a job without putting his whole soul into it. Analysis of the story “Don’t Shoot White Swans” directly indicates that before us is talented person, different from those around him by his desire for creativity. The priority of self-expression over profit is quite natural for Yegor, which is why he looks like a person “not of this world.” Whatever he undertakes, he tries to do everything in his own way, unconventionally and beautifully. Instead of approved numbers on the boats there are animals and flowers. Now each watercraft can be distinguished, but the authorities do not like this method of marking, and all pictures were ordered to be painted over. Yegor's name is "Poor Bearer", and he really has a lot of troubles. Egor's relatives Polushkin's wife has an unusual name - Kharitina (that's the name she was given at baptism). Everything would be fine if it were not for the need to use an abbreviated form in everyday communication. Unkind neighbors call her Kharey, and her sister prefers to use the pseudo-foreign “Tina” to refer to her. She is not a bad woman, but she does not understand her husband and even decides to break up with him. However, later she realizes what kind of person she lives next to. Sister, Maryitsa, was the initiator of the Polushkin family moving to the village, where her husband received an enviable position as a forester. Fedor Ipatovich Buryanov - important person, the distribution of wood depends on him, and he does not forget about his interests. The image of a money-grubber was brought out in his face by Boris Vasiliev (“Don’t shoot white swans”). An analysis of his personality leads to the depressing conclusion that he does not know such a concept as conscience. He mercilessly exploits his brother-in-law: he builds a strong house for him, receiving in return a dilapidated hut. The forest is stolen by the "big boss". Sons Polushkin has a son, Kolya, who fits the definition of “clean-eyed.” The guy looks like his father, but he is more vulnerable; he has a highly developed sense of empathy. The boy shows creative inclinations: he writes poetry, which his father uses to unobtrusively campaign for careful attitude to nature. The complete antipode to him is Buryanov’s “heir” Vovka, who never suffers from empathy, strives to snatch his own benefit and often cries from the insults inflicted on him, real and imaginary. The analysis of the novel “Don’t Shoot White Swans” from the point of view of generational continuity is clear; no “conflict between fathers and sons” is foreseen. However, it occurs in Kolka and Yegor, but it is due to the fact that the main character once drank too much and behaved unworthily. The son is so honest that he is not afraid to express his view on the situation, for which he receives a slap in the neck. Vovka is obviously not capable of such an act. He is very enterprising and even - not unsuccessfully - tries to sell a puppy that he was going to drown. Colleagues and bosses Polushkin is surrounded by strangers who do not understand him and are insignificant - the simplest analysis suggests this. “Don't Shoot White Swans” is a story about the struggle between cunning and wisdom, acquisitiveness and selflessness, stupid practicality and the desire for beauty. In addition to the aforementioned roguish Buryanov, the plot includes Filya and Cherepok - “friends” who are involved in scheming, they willingly drink with the main character, but just as quickly take up arms against him when Egor, driven by compassion, prevents the extortionate conditions imposed on a rural teacher for repairing her poor house. dwellings. Sazanov, who served as the head of the boat station, treats Polushkin tolerantly, but to a certain extent, until he crosses the boundaries formed in his mind by “life fatigue.” In other words, he is a narrow-minded person. Conflict Without conflict there is no plot, and, of course, it arose, all that remains is to analyze it. “Don’t shoot white swans” is the title of the story, and it is not for the sake of a catchphrase that beautiful white birds are mentioned in it. They became a symbol of the desecrated good that the main character wanted to bring to people. To return Swan Lake to its beautiful inhabitants, he buys birds. His opponents, or rather enemies, cannot think of a better use for them other than gastronomic ones. They stifle fish, kill swans and do not stop before eliminating such an insignificant obstacle, in their opinion, as “some kind of” Polushkin. This “bulldozer” psychology is also expressed in the previous conflict that broke out over a burned anthill, during which Yegor behaved unworthily. Hope There are two more important characters, which B. Vasiliev brought out in his story (“Don’t shoot white swans”). Analysis of the images of Yuri Petrovich Chuvalov and the rural teacher Nonna Yuryevna speaks of the high decency of both heroes. Each of them honestly goes about their business, they meet, and things begin to develop between them. serious relationship. They develop not without problems, but in the end everything ends well. It is characteristic that both Yuri and Nonna develop friendships with Yegor. He serves as a kind of touchstone, although the guy himself is not inclined to confrontation, but, on the contrary, shows truly Christian humility in his opposition to evil. The images of two young people living in harmony with their own souls and the world around them create a joyful background, without which the ending of the work would look too pessimistic. Final Egor again acted irrationally, entering into a conflict and going alone against drunken and violent poachers (he was not capable of any situational analysis). “Don’t shoot white swans” is a title-call with which the author addresses all people, warning them against cruelty. The main character paid for his love for beauty with his life. Before his death, in a hospital bed, he forgives Fyodor Ipatovich, who absurdly came to him to “make peace” with a bottle of expensive French cognac. Out of the kindness of his heart, he did not reveal his killers to the investigator. There is no vindictiveness in Polushkin’s character. The image of Fili, who goes to his grave and looks after it, is indicative. Will the lake be Swan Lake again? The son Kolka remained on earth, loving all living and beautiful things. All hope lies in him.
Boris Vasiliev became the exponent of Orthodox morality in Soviet literature. He expressed his position not declaratively, but as the holy fathers did in their parables. The examples of the non-acquisitive attitude towards life of the heroes of this Russian writer are not edifying and moralizing - even the positive characters are by no means ideal. But they carry within themselves a righteous lifestyle. The simplest analysis leads to this idea. “Don’t Shoot White Swans” is one of the works that illustrates the Orthodox idea in Vasiliev’s work.
about the author
The writer of the Russian land was born in Smolensk in 1924. His parents were nobles, his father was an officer who served in the Tsarist and then in the Red Army. When the war began, Boris Vasiliev volunteered for the front, served in a destroyer battalion, then in the airborne troops. After the shell shock, he studied at the military academy and tested new models of armored vehicles. In 1954, he realized that his calling was literature, he left the army and began writing, at first only scripts. The play "Officer" - the first attempt at writing - turned out to be too bold for its time and was banned. However, morals were not as cruel as just recently: the front-line author was given a chance. After the feature films “Another Flight” and “Long Day,” there was a long, almost ten-year pause, and then the film “Officers” won the hearts of viewers. They still love her today.
The time of long creative downtime was difficult, the writer earned extra money as best he could (scripts for KVN, film magazines, etc.), but he never hacked and was faithful to his The most striking pages of his military prose was the play “And the Dawns Here Are Quiet...”. The story “Don't Shoot White Swans” is dedicated to peaceful life. Analysis of the work speaks of a single ideological line that pierces the entire work of this wonderful author.
Main character
Egor Polushkin is a romantic by nature. In the village, with its practical life, this bright quality of character is not valued. It seems that it was precisely about the contradiction between utilitarianism and the irrational desire for beauty that Vasiliev wrote his work (“Don’t Shoot White Swans”). A more detailed analysis, however, suggests a deeper artistic goal of the author. Egor is not just a romantic - he opposes money-grubbing. He is disgusted with making money at any cost, and this manifests itself in all his actions. Such people may often be considered clueless, but in reality this person cannot do a job without putting his whole soul into it. Analysis of the story “Don't Shoot White Swans” directly indicates that before us is a talented person who differs from those around him in his desire for creativity. The priority of self-expression over profit is quite natural for Yegor, which is why he looks like a person “not of this world.” Whatever he undertakes, he tries to do everything in his own way, unconventionally and beautifully. Instead of approved numbers on the boats there are animals and flowers. Now each watercraft can be distinguished, but the authorities do not like this method of marking, and all pictures were ordered to be painted over. Yegor's name is "Poor Bearer", and he really has a lot of troubles.
Egor's relatives
Polushkin's wife's name is unusual - Kharitina (she was given that name at baptism). Everything would be fine if it were not for the need to use an abbreviated form in everyday communication. Unkind neighbors call her Kharey, and her sister prefers to use the pseudo-foreign “Tina” to refer to her. She is not a bad woman, but she does not understand her husband and even decides to break up with him. However, later she realizes what kind of person she lives next to.
Sister, Maryitsa, was the initiator of the Polushkin family moving to the village, where her husband received an enviable position as a forester. Fyodor Ipatovich Buryanov is an important person, the distribution of wood depends on him, and he does not forget about his interests. The image of a money-grubber was brought out in his face by Boris Vasiliev (“Don’t shoot white swans”). An analysis of his personality leads to the depressing conclusion that he does not know such a concept as conscience. He mercilessly exploits his brother-in-law: he builds a strong house for him, receiving in return a dilapidated hut. The forest is stolen by the "big boss".
sons
Polushkin has a son, Kolya, who fits the definition of “clean-eyed.” The guy looks like his father, but he is more vulnerable; he has a highly developed sense of empathy. The boy shows creative inclinations: he writes poetry, which his father uses to unobtrusively agitate for the complete opposite of him - Buryanov’s “heir” Vovka, who never suffers from empathy, strives to snatch his own benefit and often cries from the insults inflicted on him, real and imaginary. Analysis of the novel “Don’t Shoot White Swans” is clear from the point of view that “a conflict between fathers and sons” is not expected. However, it occurs in Kolka and Yegor, but is due to the fact that the main character once drank too much and behaved unworthily. The son is so honest that he is not afraid to express his view on the situation, for which he receives a slap in the neck. Vovka is obviously not capable of such an act. He is very enterprising and even - not unsuccessfully - tries to sell a puppy that he was going to drown.
Colleagues and bosses
Polushkin is surrounded by strangers who do not understand him and are insignificant - the simplest analysis suggests this. “Don't Shoot White Swans” is a story about the struggle between cunning and wisdom, acquisitiveness and selflessness, stupid practicality and the desire for beauty. In addition to the aforementioned roguish Buryanov, the plot includes Filya and Cherepok - “friends” who are involved in scheming, they willingly drink with the main character, but just as quickly take up arms against him when Egor, driven by compassion, prevents the extortionate conditions imposed on a rural teacher for repairing her poor house. dwellings. Sazanov, who served as the head of the boat station, treats Polushkin tolerantly, but to a certain extent, until he crosses the boundaries formed in his mind by “life fatigue.” In other words, he is a narrow-minded person.
Conflict
Without conflict there is no plot, and, of course, it arose, all that remains is to analyze it. “Don't shoot white swans” is the title of the story, and it is not for the sake of it that beautiful white birds are mentioned in it. They became a symbol of the desecrated good that the main character wanted to bring to people. To bring back its beautiful inhabitants, he buys birds. His opponents, or rather enemies, cannot think of a better use for them other than gastronomic ones. They stifle fish, kill swans and do not stop before eliminating such an insignificant obstacle, in their opinion, as “some kind of” Polushkin. This “bulldozer” psychology is also expressed in the previous conflict that broke out over a burned anthill, during which Yegor behaved unworthily.
Hope
There are two more important characters who were introduced in his story by B. Vasiliev (“Don’t shoot white swans”). Analysis of the images of Yuri Petrovich Chuvalov and the rural teacher Nonna Yuryevna speaks of the high decency of both heroes. Each of them honestly goes about their business, they meet, and a serious relationship begins between them. They develop not without problems, but in the end everything ends well. It is characteristic that both Yuri and Nonna develop friendships with Yegor. He serves as a kind of touchstone, although the guy himself is not inclined to confrontation, but, on the contrary, shows truly Christian humility in his opposition to evil. The images of two young people living in harmony with their own souls and the world around them create a joyful background, without which the ending of the work would look too pessimistic.
The final
Yegor again acted irrationally, entering into a conflict and going alone against drunken and cruel poachers (he was not capable of any “Don’t shoot white swans” - a title-call with which the author addresses all people, warning them against cruelty The main character paid for his love for beauty with his life. Before his death, in his hospital bed, he forgives Fyodor Ipatovich, who absurdly came to him to “make peace” with a bottle of expensive French cognac, out of the kindness of his soul, he did not reveal his murderers to the investigator. Polushkina is indicative of the image of Fili, who goes to his grave and takes care of it.
Will the lake be Swan Lake again? The son Kolka remained on earth, loving all living and beautiful things. All hope lies in him.
All the residents of the village called Yegor Polushkin a poor bearer. Nobody remembered where the first two letters disappeared. Even Polushkin’s wife, Kharitina, called her husband “a nonhuman from overseas” and a “damn poor bearer.” Kharitina was originally from Zaoneezhye, and her grievances began with early childhood when a drunken priest gave her this impossible name. Native sister she called her Tina, and her good neighbors called her Kharey. Sister Maryitsa lured the Polushkins to this village, built at a woodworking factory. Once upon a time, endless forests roared around the village. Over the course of several decades, they were cut down. They came to their senses when there was only one grove left near the Black Lake. She was recognized as a “reserve” and a forester was assigned - Maryitsa’s husband and Polushkin’s cousin, Fyodor Ipatovich Buryanov. Buryanov became the richest and most respected man in the village.
The Buryanovs' house is a five-walled mansion, cut down by Polushkin's golden hands. When Egor and his wife and children - son Nikolai and daughter Olga - moved to the village. Buryanov gave his old, unsightly hut to his cousin, from where he even removed the floors and logs from the cellar. In return, Yegor built Fyodor Ipatovich a good-quality five-wall building, and skillfully carved a cockerel for the roof.
Polushkinna’s son, Kolka, a “clean-eyed little man,” took after his father. The boy was smart, patient, but very pure and trusting. He rarely cried, and not because of resentment or pain, but only because of pity and sympathy for others. And Kolka was most offended when his father was called a poor bearer. But Vovka, Buryanov’s son, was often and strongly offended, and roared only because of his own grievances.
On his native collective farm, Yegor Polushkin was in good standing, but things didn’t work out at his new place. All of Polushkin’s troubles stem from the fact that he couldn’t work without a soul. The first two months, when Yegor Fyodor Ipatovich was building a house from dawn to dusk, he worked joyfully, “as his heart commanded.” The cunning Buryanov knew that rushing a master would cost himself more. Then they took Polushkin into the carpentry construction team - and an endless black streak began. Egor, a skilled carpenter, did not know how to work a quick fix. He did everything slowly, as if “for himself,” and thwarted the construction team’s plan.
Having gone through all the construction crews of the village, Polushkin ended up as a general worker, but he didn’t stay here for long either. One day, on a warm May day, Polushkin was assigned to dig a trench for a sewer pipe. Egor worked joyfully. The trench turned out to be straight, like an arrow, until an anthill was encountered on its way. Polushkin took pity on the hardworking goosebumps and took a detour around the trench, only to realize that there are no crooked sewer pipes. This incident became known to the entire village, and finally strengthened Polushkin’s reputation as a beggar. Kolka began to come home from school covered in bruises.
Yegor's next place of work was a boat station. She stood by a small lake that appeared on the site of a dammed river. The station served tourists who flocked to this vibrant corner not only from district center, but also from Moscow itself. Yegor's golden hands came in handy here. The head of the boat station, an “elderly man, very tired of life,” Yakov Prokopych Sazanov, was pleased with Yegor’s work and diligence, and Polushkin himself liked the work.
Meanwhile, the new forester called Fyodor Ipatovich Buryanov and demanded from him all the acts for cutting down the forest. And what kind of acts when Buryanov’s new five-walled hut lights up the whole village.
Egor tried new job, how could. Only once did he anger his boss - instead of the black numbers required by the charter, he painted a cheerful, bright animal or flower on the bow of each boat. Seeing Yegorov’s “art,” Yakov Prokopych became angry and ordered this disgrace to be painted over. The real trouble, however, was not long in coming. The first group of tourists this year arrived at the boat station - “three men, and with them two little girls.” Sazanov allocated a valuable motor boat to Polushkina and ordered him to transport tourists across the river. Egor took Kolka with him to help. The tourists were transported, a place for the camp was chosen, but the problem was: there was a huge anthill nearby. Egor suggested moving the camp to another clearing, but one of the tourists said that the ants were not a hindrance to them, but “man is the king of nature,” doused the anthill with gasoline and set it on fire.
Afterwards, the tourists laid out a tablecloth, laid out food, and began to treat Yegor and Kolka. Even though the Polushkins accepted the treat, burning ants still stood before their eyes. Polushkin had never abused alcohol, but now he drank too much, began dancing and falling. The tourists were amused and egged on. Kolka felt ashamed of his father. He tried to stop Yegor, and Polushkin raised his hand against his son for the first time. Kolka ran away, and Yegor trudged to the shore. I started to start the engine in the boat, but it didn’t start, it just turned over. So, I turned it over and dragged it along the shore by the rope.
Fyodor Ipatovich was in concern and confusion: the new forester Yuri Petrovich Chuvalov demanded to pay for the logs that were used for the house. Buryanov had money, but did not have the strength to part with it.
Egor brought the boat to the station empty - no oars, no motor. He came to his senses only two days later and rushed to search, but in vain. Everything disappeared: the engine, the tank, the rowlocks, and the tourists. Kolka left home and lived with teacher Nonna Yuryevna for several days. Polushkin had to pay three hundred rubles for the lost property - unprecedented money for him. Buryanov didn’t lend me any money, so I had to cut up the pig and take it to the city to sell. And Buryanov “stole money” from those tourists. Vovka was sent to search for Kolka. He wandered into the tourists’ place and found out not only about Yegor’s “demonstration performances,” but also that their fishing was not going well. So Buryanov took them for 30 rubles to Black Lake, to the protected area.
In the city, Polushkin was deceived, and he received only 200 rubles for the pig. And then at the procurement office they posted an advertisement: regional procurement officers buy soaked linden bast from the population and pay 50 kopecks per kilogram. While Polushkin was thinking and taking permission from Fyodor Ipatovich, Buryanov himself wasted no time. Arriving a few days later in the forest, Polushkin saw a completely stripped and destroyed linden grove.
Kharitina Polushkina went to the authorities all this time and managed to get a nursery for her daughter and a job for herself. She began working as a dishwasher in the dining room. After the failure, Egor gave up on himself and started drinking. Friends appeared, Cherepok and Phil, and taught Polushkin how to play the coven, deceive people and take money out of the house.
It was at one of these gatherings that Polushkin met with Nonna Yuryevna. Kolka's teacher was from Leningrad. She ended up in this remote village after graduating from college. Nonna Yuryevna lived here like a gray mouse, but rumors about the young and unmarried teacher still spread - they were spread by the landlady with whom the teacher lived. Then Nonna Yuryevna showed persistence and knocked out a separate home for herself - a tumbledown hut with a leaky roof. To repair this roof, Nonna hired three shabashniks, Polushkin, a shard and Filya. Yegor did not deceive the teacher. And Kharitina gave the money that was not enough for repairs.
The new forester, Yuri Petrovich Chuvalov, like the teacher Nonna Yuryevna, was from Leningrad. His parents died a year after the victory, and little Yura was raised by a neighbor. Chuvalov found out about this only at the age of 16, but the woman who raised him remained a mother to Yuri Petrovich. Of course, Fyodor Ipatovich did not know all this when he went to the regional center to hand over a certificate of payment for the forest to the forester, who went to build the Buryanovskaya five-wall. But this information turned out to be not enough. Yuri Petrovich needed permission to cut down drill pine forest. In vain Fyodor Ipatovich fussed and got out of it - Chuvalov was adamant, and kept the daddy with Buryanov’s certificates.
Chuvalov was not going to give this folder to anyone, he simply “could not deny himself the pleasure of leaving Fyodor Ipatovich alone with fear.” However, Yuri Petrovich still decided to visit this distant corner of his farm, fortunately there was a reason: to give a parcel from his mother to the local teacher.
The “fast streak” began again in Polushkin’s life. He helped Nonna Yuryevna from the bottom of his heart and did not bother her with “construction” problems. I decided everything myself. Kolka helped his father, although all his thoughts were about Olya Kuzina and the puppy. Kolka was in love with his classmate Olya, but Kuzina herself looked exclusively at his cousin Vovka. And Kolka traded the puppy from Vovka for a new compass, saving him when Buryanov Jr. decided to drown the animal. Now the puppy lived with the Buryanovs, and Vovka fed it every other day, but did not give it to Kolka, “ real price"demanded.
In the midst of this hectic activity, a new forester appeared at Nonna Yuryevna’s house. Having learned that Chuvalov was going to Black Lake, Nonna Yuryevna advised taking Yegor as a guide. Yuri Petrovich took not only Yegor and Kolka to Black Lake, but also Nonna Yurievna herself. Kolke forester special assignment gave: write down in a notebook all the living creatures encountered along the way. Along the way, Nonna Yuryevna, a city resident, managed to get lost, but everyone reached the Black Lake safe and sound. Yuri Petrovich said that this lake used to be called Lebyazhy.
An old tourist camp was discovered near the lake and Chuvalov ordered to cut out a new pillar marking reserved place. Only Yegor was not working on the pillar when everyone left. One morning he saw Nonna bathing in the lake, and cut out the figure of a naked woman from a crooked trunk. He cut it out and got scared: the forester would scold him for his unauthorized artwork. However, Chuvalov did not swear - the figure turned out to be a real work of art.
Fyodor Ipatovich, meanwhile, learned that Yegor had taken the forester to Black Lake, and harbored a grudge - he decided that Polushkin was aiming for his place. Buryanov frowned for two days, “turning over his cast-iron thoughts,” and then smiled evilly. Well, Yegor was happy. No one had ever spoken to him so respectfully, called him Yegor Savelich or taken his art seriously. Kolka was also lucky: Chuvalov gave him a real spinning rod.
After this trip, Chuvalov realized that no one would look after the protected area better than Polushkin. So Yegor became a forester instead of Buryanov. Polushkin got down to business zealously. He cleaned the forest, and instead of “prohibiting” signs, he hung billboards with poems “about order” from Kolka’s essay throughout the reserve. Egor drove Filya and Skull, who were illegally cutting down the forest, out of the forest.
Meanwhile, Nonna Yuryevna went to the regional center and agreed to buy a globe, maps and sports equipment for the school. Arriving in the city, she called Yuri Petrovich, who invited her to dinner. Nonna discovered “that until now two completely opposite creatures had coexisted peacefully in her” - an adult, self-confident woman, and a cowardly girl. It was the woman who spent the night with Chuvalov, and after that Yuri Petrovich admitted that he was married. Chuvalov's marriage was strange. When he was working in the Altai forestry, a young trainee, Marina, came to him from Moscow. After spending the night with her, Yuri immediately got married, and three days later the young wife left for Moscow. Two months later, Marina reported that she had “lost” her passport with a marriage stamp and received a new, clean one. Chuvalov did not lose his passport, but tried to forget about this story. A few years later, Yuri found out that Marina had given birth, but she did not say whether it was his child. He didn’t have time to explain anything to Nonna - when she heard about the marriage, she got dressed and left. Arriving in the village a few days later, Chuvalov learned that Nonna had left for Leningrad.
Chuvalov came to the village for a reason - he brought the boss, who really liked Kolka’s works. It was then that Chuvalov told Polushkin “the story of his family life" A week later, a call came from Moscow - Yegor Polushkin was invited to the All-Union Conference of Forestry Workers. For Buryanov, things were not going well at all - the criminal investigation department became interested in him.
Yegor traveled to Moscow through the regional center, but did not find Yuri Petrovich there - he left for Leningrad. In the capital, Polushkin “participated in debates” and visited the zoo. He arrived in Moscow with the money of almost all the residents of the village and a list of “orders,” but, once at the zoo, he forgot about the list and bought two pairs of live swans. Polushkin wanted the lake to become Lebyazhy again. Polushkin also found Marina, the wife of Yuri Petrovich, and learned that she had long ago had another family.
Polushkin arranged the swans in a house near the Black Lake, and placed two more birds made of light wood on the sides of the house. Yuri Petrovich returned from Leningrad alone. Nonna refused to return, and Polushkin was already thinking: shouldn’t he go to Leningrad?
That night when Polushkin heard a strange noise in his forest “was wonderfully robberish.” The day before, at the village store, Kolka met the same tourist who set the anthill on fire, with a string bag full of vodka. That’s why Yegor drove his horse through the night, autumn and wet forest, even Kharitina couldn’t hold back. Explosions came from Black Lake - they were killing fish there. Running out into the light, towards the fire, Yegor saw a pot over the fire, from which swan paws were peeking out. The remaining swans, already plucked, lay near the fire, and the fifth swan, a wooden one, was burned in the fire. These poachers brought Phil and Skull to the lake, they beat him, and someone else baited the dog. They found Yegor by the evening of the next day. He crawled towards the house, and behind him from the lake itself there was a trail of blood.
At the hospital, Polushkin was interrogated by an investigator, but Yegor did not give up those whom he recognized. And he recognized not only his former friends, but also Fyodor Ipatovich. Buryanov came to the hospital to ask for forgiveness and brought a bottle of expensive cognac. Yegor forgave, but did not want cognac, and Fyodor Ipatovich found the expensive French drink bitter. Polushkin closed his eyes and “stepped over the pain, sadness and melancholy,” and then rode on his horse “to where the endless battle is going on and where the black creature, wriggling, is still spewing out evil.” And Kolka gave Vovka a spinning rod for a puppy.
From the author
Every time the author finds himself in the forest, he remembers Yegor and those who knew him. “The shard came under the decree,” but Filya still drinks and goes wild. Every spring he paints the tin obelisk on Polushkin’s grave. Fyodor Ipatovich's house was taken away from him, and he left with his entire family. There is another forester on Black Lake, so Kolka doesn’t like to go there. Yuri Petrovis Chuvalov received an apartment and married the pregnant Nonna Yuryevna. Almost the entire largest room of the Chuvalovs’ apartment is occupied by a figure of a woman carved by Yegor. But Black Lake never became the Swan Lake, “it must be now until Kolka.”
