Nevechernyaya (film)

[Irina Stakhanova]

1. "Zaria Nevechernyaia", the metaphor of the Russian Christian 
orthodox idea of Kingdom of God,  originated from the ancient 
Christian tradition of zaupokoinoe otpevanie, panihida (lasted all 
night since it was believed that the souls of the dead leave earth 
for haven at the crack of the dawn, na zarie).
BTW, one of the most influential books on religion and philosophy, 
which outlined the transcendental and apophatic nature of the Russian 
Christian tradition (Solov'ev, Florensky) is called Svet Nevechernii 
by S.N. Bulgakov, published in 1917. He visited Tolstoi last time in 
1897, in March.
here is the link to the on-line text
http://www.vehi.net/bulgakov/svet/index.html#_ftn1

2. Griboedov  used this metaphor outside of the liturgical texts in 
his  "Excerpt from Goethe" (Poliarnya Zvezda, 1825) while discussing 
destiny and autonomy of a poet

3. Last but not least, "Zaria Nevechernyaia" is one of the most 
famous gypsy songs (romances).
here is the link to the lyrics http://www.korneeva.com/text/text074.html
  Lev Nikolaevitch in "days of his carousals" spent many happy days 
and nights in "Gypsy haunts."

More on the subject of Roma culture, Romanticism, and Russian 
literary context in
David M. Crowe. A history of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and 
Russia, St. Martin's Griffin, 1994

Hope it helps.
Cheers, IS

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Irina Stakhanova, PhD
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