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Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev(May 4, 1847, Drozdovo, Shuisky district, Vladimir province - August 30, 1913, Moscow) - Russian historian, archaeologist, philologist and art critic, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (since 1904 in the category of classical philology and archeology), professor at Moscow University (since 1877), Privy Councilor, creator and first director of the Museum of Fine Arts named after Emperor Alexander III at the Moscow Imperial University (now State Museum fine arts named after A. S. Pushkin).

Biography

Ivan Tsvetaev was born into a family country priest Vladimir Vasilievich Tsvetaev (1818-1884) and his wife Ekaterina Vasilievna (1824-1859). The mother died early, the father raised four sons alone, sending them later along the spiritual line. Ivan studied for six years at the Shuya Theological School, then six more years at the Vladimir Theological Seminary. After that, he entered the Medical-Surgical Academy, but left it for health reasons and moved to the Imperial St. Petersburg University at the classical department of the Faculty of History and Philology. He graduated from the university in 1870 with a Ph.D. From 1871 he taught Greek language in the 3rd St. Petersburg Gymnasium, and in 1872 he became an assistant professor at Warsaw University, in the same place, in Warsaw, he defended his master's thesis - “Cornelii Taciti Germania. I. The experience of critical review of the text” (Warsaw, 1873). In 1874 he went on a business trip to Italy to study ancient Italian languages ​​and writing.

In 1876 he was enrolled as an assistant professor at the Imperial University of St. Vladimir in Kyiv, but a year later he was invited to Moscow University to teach Latin at the Department of Roman Literature.

Under the influence of his wife - Varvara Dmitrievna Ilovaiskaya - she cools off to ancient philology, and passes "from ancient literature to the antique. From 1881, Tsvetaev worked at the Moscow Rumyantsev and Public Museums in Moscow (from 1900 to 1910 he was director of the Rumyantsev Museum). In 1888 he became an honorary member of the University of Bologna. In 1889 he moved to work at the Department of History and Theory of Arts at Moscow University. Honored Professor of Moscow University (1898). For some time he closely collaborated with the journal "Philological Review".

In 1894, at the first congress of Russian artists and art lovers, convened on the occasion of the donation of the Tretyakov brothers' art gallery to Moscow, Tsvetaev made a speech in which he called for the creation of a new museum of fine arts in Moscow. At the initiative of the professor, a competition was announced for the best museum project. The project of R. I. Klein won the competition. In 1897, he met the millionaire Yu. S. Nechaev-Maltsev, who became the main financial patron of the museum. In August 1899, a solemn laying of the museum took place. On May 31, 1912, the Museum of Fine Arts was opened. “Our giant little brother,” Marina Tsvetaeva called him. Actually, at first it was a museum of ancient art: the second collection of originals and casts of Greek sculpture in Russia after the Hermitage, which could serve as models for the development of artistic taste. According to the memoirs of his daughter Marina Tsvetaeva, a number of these works were made in the art workshop that still exists in Charlottenburg. Part of the casts from the collection of the museum he created forms the basis of the RSUH University Museum.

He was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery.

Memory

• A memorial plaque in his honor was installed on the facade of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow.
• In Tarusa ( Kaluga region), in the house where the Tsvetaev family once lived, a museum has been created. In the city park of Tarusa, a monument was erected to the daughter of an art historian, Marina Tsvetaeva. In 2010, a memorial bust to Ivan Vladimirovich himself was also opened in the city.
• In honor of I.V. Tsvetaev named the asteroid (8332) Ivantsvetaev, discovered by L. G. Karachkina and L.V. Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory on October 14, 1982

Compositions

The main works of Ivan Tsvetaev are devoted to ancient philology, the study of Italian languages, as well as art, cultural and social life of ancient peoples.

• Collection of Osian inscriptions with an outline of phonetics, morphology and a glossary, K., 1877;
• Educational atlas of ancient sculpture, c. 1-3, M., 1890-1894;
• From the life of the higher schools of the Roman Empire. M., 1902;
• Inscriptiones Italiae mediae dialecticae…, v. , Lipsiae, 1884-85;
• Inscriptiones Italiae inferioris dialecticae, Mosquae, 1886;
• “Committee for the Arrangement of the Museum of Ancient Art in Moscow” (M., 1893), “The Art Museum of Moscow University” (“Moskovskie Vedomosti” and “Russian Vedomosti”, 1894);
• "Draft regulation on the committee for the device at the Moscow University of the Museum of Fine Arts" (Moscow, 1896);
• "Note on the Museum of Fine Arts" (M., 1898);
• "Expedition of N. S. Nechaev-Maltsev to the Urals" (M., 1900).

A family

First marriage (1880-1890) - with Varvara Dmitrievna Ilovaiskaya (1858-1890), daughter of the historian D. I. Ilovaisky. Children from this marriage:

• Valeria Tsvetaeva (1883-1966) - organizer, leader and one of the teachers of the State courses in the art of movement (20s - 30s, on the basis of VKHUTEMAS, Moscow).
• Andrey Tsvetaev (1890-1933); VD Ilovaiskaya died a few days after Andrei's birth.

Second marriage (1891-1906) - with Maria Alexandrovna Main (1868-1906). Children:

• Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) - Russian Poet, prose writer, translator, one of the most original poets of the Silver Age.
• Anastasia Tsvetaeva (1894-1993) - Russian writer.

At the Moscow Imperial University (now the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts). Father of the poetess Marina Tsvetaeva.

Biography

Ivan Tsvetaev was born into the family of a village priest Vladimir Vasilievich Tsvetaev (1818-1884) and his wife Ekaterina Vasilievna (1824-1859). The mother died early, the father raised four sons alone, sending them later along the spiritual line. Ivan studied for six years at the Shuya Theological School, then another six at the Vladimir Theological Seminary. After that, he entered the Medical and Surgical Academy, but left it for health reasons and moved to the Imperial St. Petersburg University at the classical department of the Faculty of History and Philology. He graduated from the university in 1870 with a Ph.D. Since 1871, he taught Greek at the 3rd St. Petersburg Gymnasium, and in 1872 he became an assistant professor at Warsaw University, in the same place, in Warsaw, he defended his master's thesis - “Cornelii Taciti Germania. I. The experience of critical review of the text” (Warsaw, 1873). In 1874 he went on a business trip to Italy to study ancient Italian languages ​​and writing.

In 1876 he was enrolled as an assistant professor at the Imperial University of St. Vladimir in Kyiv, but a year later he was invited to Moscow University to teach Latin at the Department of Roman Literature.

In 1888 he was elected an honorary member of the University of Bologna. In 1889 he moved to work at the Department of History and Theory of Arts at Moscow University. Honored Professor of Moscow University (1898). For some time he worked closely with the journal "Philological Review".

In 1894, at the first congress of Russian artists and art lovers, convened on the occasion of the donation of the Tretyakov brothers' art gallery to Moscow, Tsvetaev made a speech in which he called for the creation of a new museum of fine arts in Moscow. At the initiative of the professor, a competition was announced for the best museum project. The project of R. I. Klein won the competition. In 1897, he met the millionaire Yu. S. Nechaev-Maltsov, who became the main financial patron of the museum. In August 1899, a solemn laying of the museum took place. On May 31, 1912, the Museum of Fine Arts was opened. “Our giant little brother,” Marina Tsvetaeva called him. Actually, at first it was a museum of ancient art: the second collection of originals and casts of Greek sculpture in Russia after the Hermitage, which could serve as models for the development of artistic taste. According to the memoirs of his daughter Marina Tsvetaeva, a number of these works were made in the art workshop in Charlottenburg that still exists today. Part of the casts from the collection of the museum he created forms the basis of the RSUH University Museum.

A family

First marriage (1880-1890) - with Varvara Dmitrievna Ilovaiskaya (1858-1890), daughter of the historian D. I. Ilovaisky. Children from this marriage:

• Valeria Tsvetaeva (1883-1966) - organizer, leader and one of the teachers of the State courses in the art of movement (20s - 30s, on the basis of VKHUTEMAS, Moscow).
• Andrey Tsvetaev (1890-1933); VD Ilovaiskaya died a few days after Andrei's birth.

Second marriage (1891-1906) - with Maria Alexandrovna Main (1868-1906). Children:

• Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) - Russian poet, prose writer, translator, one of the most original poets of the Silver Age.
• Anastasia Tsvetaeva (1894-1993) - Russian writer.

Memory

• A memorial plaque in his honor was installed on the facade of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow.
• In Tarusa (Kaluga region), in the house where the Tsvetaev family once lived, a museum has been created. In the city park of Tarusa, a monument was erected to the daughter of an art historian, Marina Tsvetaeva. In 2010, a memorial bust to Ivan Vladimirovich himself was also opened in the city.
• In honor of I. V. Tsvetaev, the asteroid (8332) Ivantsvetaev, discovered by L. G. Karachkina and L. V. Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory on October 14, 1982, is named.

Compositions

The main works of Ivan Tsvetaev are devoted to ancient philology, the study of Italian languages, as well as art, cultural and social life of ancient peoples.

• Collection of Osian inscriptions with an outline of phonetics, morphology and a glossary, K., 1877;
• Travels in Italy in 1875 and 1880 - Moscow, 1883. -, II, 196, II p.
• Inscriptiones Italiae mediae dialecticae…, v. , Lipsiae, 1884–85;
• Inscriptiones Italiae inferioris dialecticae, Mosquae, 1886;
• Educational atlas of ancient sculpture, c. 1-3, M., 1890-1894;
• "Committee for the Arrangement of the Museum of Ancient Art in Moscow" (M., 1893), "The Art Museum of Moscow University" ("Moskovskie Vedomosti" and "Russian Vedomosti", 1894);
• "Draft regulation on the committee for the device at the Moscow University of the Museum of Fine Arts" (Moscow, 1896);
• "Note on the Museum of Fine Arts" (M., 1898);
• Moscow Public and Rumyantsov Museum: For their opening on October 24, 1900 - Moscow: Univ. type., 1900. - 27 p.
• "Expedition of N. S. Nechaev-Maltsev to the Urals" (M., 1900).
• From the life of the higher schools of the Roman Empire. M., 1902.
• The case of the former Minister of Public Education, Privy Councilor A.N. Schwartz and Director of the Rumyantsov Museum, Privy Councilor I.V. Tsvetaev, Honored Professors of Moscow University. In addition to Prof. I. Tsvetaeva: “Moscow public and Rumyantsev museums. controversial issues. The experience of self-defence. - Leipzig, 1911. - 28 p.

Notes

1. BNF ID: Open Data Platform - 2011.
2. Now - Shuisky district, Ivanovo region
3. Tsvetaev Ivan Vladimirovich // Great Soviet Encyclopedia: [in 30 volumes] / ed.

Ivan Tsvetaev, the creator of the Museum of Fine Arts on Volkhonka, by the will of his own dream, became one of the first (working in the field of charity) managers who managed to interest philanthropist merchants and patrons of the project in which they were not interested. About how he succeeded, the writer, local historian and TV presenter Alexei MITROFANOV tells

Moscow history knows many examples when philanthropists became such not on their own noble impulse, but due to circumstances. For example, Moscow mayors constantly created similar circumstances for merchants, and as a result, the city collected the necessary funds for the economy. But those are the mayors, they are supposed to work that way.
But Ivan Tsvetaev, the creator of the Museum of Fine Arts on Volkhonka, became a high professional by the will of his own dream,
and one of the first (working in the field of charity) managers who managed to interest philanthropist merchants and patrons in a project in which they were not interested. About how he succeeded, the writer, local historian and TV presenter Alexei MITROFANOV tells

Museum building. 1905

The birth of a dream

Ivan Vladimirovich never dreamed of being a manager in his life. And even more so - extortionist. It's just the way life is.

He was born in 1847 in the village of Drozdovo, Shuya district. Vladimir region in the family of a rural father. Education - Shuya Theological School, then Vladimir Seminary. You should get married, get a parish and become a nice, quiet provincial priest - everything went to that. But the Vladimir museum interfered with the matter - it had just been created, huddled in one of the rooms of the Provincial Gymnasium. The archaeological finds were fascinating. As a result, instead of coming to the fate of Ivan Vladimirovich, a classical department of St. Petersburg University appeared. Intoxication with the beauty of the Russian capital. Architectural masterpieces and rich exhibits of the capital's museums. Ivan Vladimirovich graduated from the university with a gold medal. Then he spent two years in the museums of Western Europe.

Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev, "in the days when the dream was still in its infancy."

The claw is tied - the whole bird is an abyss.

We are talking about the fact that Ivan Vladimirovich began to live with a somewhat obsessive, but moreover, a noble idea. He perfectly remembered what it was like for him, a poor student, to study without classical examples before his eyes. Gentlemen from wealthy families already in their student years had the opportunity to personally get acquainted with the antiquity of the northern Mediterranean. He did not have such happiness.

The idea is simple. We need to help poor students. It is necessary to make a museum of casts in Moscow. And for this you need money. And merchants have money. And it is necessary that the merchants give money. That's all. As they say, not Newton's binomial.

Seemingly intelligent person

And here are the first diary entries that tell how this simple task was implemented: “Lev Gauthier, a very rich iron merchant in Moscow, refused ... Vasily Alekseevich Khludov, a man of great fortune and a pupil of Moscow University, refused. Savva and Sergey Timofeevich Morozov refused. The Morozov-Vikulovichi refused... Varvara Alekseevna Morozova refused, sending her to her children. Her wealthy sons Arseniy and Ivan Abramovichi refused her… Some refuse out of rudeness of taste, others out of stinginess, and still others, having other areas of charity.”

It would seem that, intelligent person, reflective and shy. Not of this world, and even a mattress. The philosopher Vasily Rozanov described Tsvetaev’s appearance in the following way: “Small-spoken, with a viscous slow word, moreover, not always intelligible, strongly stooped, clumsy, Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev, or, as his students called him, Johannes Zwetajeff, seemed to personify Russian passivity: Russian slowness, Russian immobility. He was always "dragging" and never "walking". “This bag can be carried away or transported, but it will not go anywhere and will not go anywhere.” So I thought, looking at his puffy face with a small blond beard, at his whole figure with a “pouch” and all this unprecedented dullness, grayness and obscurity.

He would refuse to beg for receptionists, this is not his path. We should focus on scientific work, defend dissertations, delight the academic world with scientific works, create your own school.

However, Ivan Vladimirovich bit the bit: “Today I was at Tolstopyatov’s and said if E. A. Baranova and her children could not be arranged to take part in the construction of the Museum by building a hall named after them. He promised to probe the soil and expressed the hope of success. Now I was with I. A. Kolesnikov, director of the Nikolskaya manufactory M. F. Morozova with his sons. There was talk about the means to arrange in favor of the cause of M. F. Morozov. In the meantime, her eldest son Savva Morozov entered, who was also drawn into this conversation and began to be asked to accept a petition to his mother for the construction of the Morozov Hall in the Museum. The son willingly agreed to lead these negotiations, but did not vouch for their success. This conversation was also attended by A. A. Nazarov, director of the board of the Association, who had previously expressed his sympathy for our Museum by bringing him bronze copies of busts and statuettes of the Neapolitan Museum as a gift.

And in the end, the historian Lyubavsky, a professor at Moscow University, wrote about Ivan Dmitrievich: “He is a born minister of finance, because it is so skillful to extract money from completely unexpected sources, as Ivan Vladimirovich knew how, and even set those who give money to gratitude, - they thanked him for the fact that he received money from them, no Count Witte will ever succeed in this.

Renaissance Hall in the opening year of the Museum

Collection technologies

Ivan Vladimirovich becomes - scary to think - an intriguer. There were no NLP textbooks at the time, and courses like "monster of communication" didn't exist either. Tsvetaev comes to everything with his own mind of a priest's son, developed in the classrooms of the university.

Before going to a potential donor, he finds out in a roundabout way the size of the state, character traits, addictions, even family troubles. He learns, for example, that a merchant has just died in Zamoskvorechye middle class, the widow was left alone with her nephew, and the nephew was a waste. Comes. Brings condolences. Expresses sympathy. A lot of compliments to the one who left this mortal world so untimely. Sorrow. Including about the state - they say, your nephew will let him down in no time. “Oh, let it go, oh, let it go, asp,” the unfortunate woman laments.
And that's it, half the job is done. A little more, and the lady herself suddenly understands what needs to be done so that the deceased - there, in heaven - is satisfied. Well, of course, to donate most of the inheritance to the museum. No options.

And the diary of the scientist is more and more reminiscent of the conduit of a rascal: “I brought three business cards and a printed Note about the Museum ... to Polyakov, whom I asked in a letter to him in Paris to arrange a hall: one name of their family, the other - the name of the deceased son Aaron Polyakov, who loved art . The fishing rod is thrown - will it fall gold fish in the form of at least one room? Tomorrow I’m going to them in the evening to drink tea ... and I’ll examine the hook - if the worm has been eaten ... or if the banker has hung on it.

Comes to a direct violation of the law. Daughter of Ivan Vladimirovich, poetess Marina Tsvetaeva writes: “Father from Germany brought from himself to the museum another gift: a lawn mower. “But I didn’t pay customs, no, no. I packed it in a box, laid books on top and put it at my feet. - And what do you have here? - It? — Greek books. - Well, they see - the professor, an elderly man, dressed modestly, will not lie. What is there to carry, if not Greek books! Not perfumery. So I carried it without duty. Have mercy! Yes, you can buy a second such haircut for a fee.

Ivan Vladimirovich also invented his own technology for communicating with the main donor, one of the richest Russians, Yuri Stepanovich Nechaev-Maltsev. Everything is very simple. If you give him an invoice to sign, he will bargain to the penny, to the doormat. However, by experience, Tsvetaev found out that the bill should be given at the end of the "business breakfast", at the very moment when the waiter brought his bill to the softened benefactor. Then Yuri Stepanovich, without reading it carefully, immediately put two signatures. On the machine. The merchant's reflex worked - Ivan Vladimirovich, except that he did not receive a tip. But, by the way, the main thing is the result.

Yu.S. Nechaev-Maltsev.

Opening

And as a result, on May 31, 1912, the museum was solemnly opened. Marina Tsvetaeva recalled: “A white vision of the Museum against the generous blue of the sky… A white vision of a staircase dominating everything and everyone. At the right wing - like a guard - in inhuman and not even divine, but in heroic growth - Michelangelo's David.

Grand opening of the museum. Nicholas II with family. 1912

Moscow students received a museum, which they needed so much to get acquainted with antiquity. And over time, this museum grew and became the largest collection of foreign art in the Mother See.

It was created with the money of Russian entrepreneurship (as well as the Russian treasury, regularly robbed by Tsvetaev during customs clearance). Everyone, however, understood that Tsvetaevskaya was to blame. It is to him that the city owes the appearance of the museum. It was he who stood during the opening ceremony in the place of honor, in a snow-white dress uniform.

He fought a protracted, hard battle with merchant inertia. And he came out of it in triumph.

“At the zenith of my life, at the top of my business…” M. Tsvetaeva “The Opening of the Museum”.

Modern view of the museum. /http://www.cityboom.ru/

Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev

Anastasia Ivanovna Tsvetaeva:

He was born into a family distinguished by diligence, high ethical rules and extraordinary friendliness to people. His father, our grandfather, was a village priest in the village of Talitsy, Vladimir province; a strict and kind, zealous owner, he deserved deep reverence for the neighborhood. His eldest son, Peter, followed in his footsteps; the second, Fyodor, was the inspector of the gymnasium, the third was our father; the fourth, Dmitry, is a professor of Russian history. Dad and his brothers grew up without a mother, in poverty. The boys went barefoot and took care of a pair of boots, putting them on only in the city. At twenty-nine, my father was already a professor. He began his academic career with a dissertation in Latin about the ancient Italic Oscan people, for which he went to Italy and on his knees climbed the earth around ancient monuments and graves, writing off, collating, deciphering and interpreting ancient writings. This gave him European fame. Russian Academy awarded him the prize "For scientific work for the benefit and glory of the Fatherland." The University of Bologna, on its 800th anniversary, honored my father with a doctorate. Immersion in classical philology with ancient monuments and museums in Europe aroused in my father an interest in art history, and in 1888 he headed the department of fine arts at Moscow University. So he moved from pure philology to the practical activity of the founder of the Museum of casts of works the best craftsmen Europe for the needs of students who did not have the means to travel abroad to study ancient sculpture and architecture in the originals. Here, as in philological study, his industriousness had no end. His unparalleled energy in this selfless work amazed all who knew him.<…>Compliant and undemanding in life, my father showed unprecedented perseverance in overcoming obstacles on the way to creating his plan - there was nothing like it in Europe - the Museum of Casts, and there were many obstacles. Busyness and fatigue never in the least made him irritable.

Vasily Vasilievich Rozanov (1856–1919), philosopher, writer

Little eloquent, with a viscous slow word, moreover, not always intelligible, strongly stooped, clumsy, Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev or - as his students called him - Johannes Zwetajeff, seemed to personify Russian passivity, Russian slowness, Russian immobility. He was always "dragging" and never "walking". “This bag can be carried away or transported, but it will not go anywhere and will not go anywhere.” So I thought, looking at his puffy face with a small blond beard, at his whole figure with a "pouch" - and all this unprecedented dullness, grayness and obscurity.

“But,” Plato says at the end of the “Feast” about the special Greek hiding places-cabinets in the form of a Faun, “go up to this ugly and even ugly faun and open it: you will see that it is filled with precious stones, with golden graceful objects and all brilliance and beauty. Such was also the formless, unwieldy professor of Moscow University, who, quite contrary to his outward appearance, revealed within himself tireless activity, invincible energy and perseverance, boundless knowledge of the most difficult and refined nature. Tsvetaev is a great name in ancient Italian epitaphs (stone inscriptions) and the founder of the Moscow Museum of Fine Arts. He was a great decoration of the university and the city.

Alexandra Zhernakova-Nikolaev,Master of Philosophy:

Ivan Vladimirovich was a man wholly devoted to his work. He was a gentle, gentle soul, sometimes completely naive. I remember how he once talked about the advice he gave to Emperor Nicholas II. It was at one of the audiences that the sovereign willingly gave him, who treated Professor Tsvetaev very well. They talked about student unrest. Ivan Vladimirovich told the sovereign how sweet and friendly students are when they visit museums and art galleries. Ivan Vladimirovich ended his speech with the words: “Your Majesty! We need to establish more museums and galleries, then there will be no student unrest ... "

Sofia Ivanovna Liperovskaya:

The construction of the Museum of Fine Arts was completed in 1912. Ivan Vladimirovich was often away - collecting materials for the exhibition. Genuine mummies and sarcophagi were taken out of Egypt. Professor Tsvetaev planned to build a museum as a palace of culture, a kind of laboratory to help scientists, historians and art critics. In the museum a big library, beautiful engraving room, reading room. Enormous sums were spent on the construction of the building and on the organization of the museum, which Ivan Vladimirovich knew how to extract from large manufacturers and the nobility. Although the museum had a whole staff of employees, he took on the most difficult cases. The opening day of the museum was approaching. Ivan Vladimirovich offered to show the exposition to employees, scientists and his friends. Marina and Asya invited me to this excursion. Before that, I had seen Ivan Vladimirovich at home in Trekhprudny Lane, when he had to respond to the mocking statements of his daughters and their accusations of conservatism. Here, in the museum, he seemed to me a man of great will, seething energy. He spoke with enthusiasm about overcoming difficulties in finding material and sending precious cargo to Moscow.

As we walked up the stairs, decorated with pink marble columns, he drew our attention to two columns: they were hardly noticeable different in color from the others. It turns out that two columns crashed along the way. How to replace when it is impossible to find exactly the same! Only after a long search, negotiations, it was possible to buy two more columns, similar to those that had already been delivered. Ivan Vladimirovich informed us about this as a great victory.

How much care and attention, not to mention large capital, he invested in his life's work. And he did not have to take advantage of the fruits of these efforts - he died shortly after he was instructed to be the director of the museum. Last words his were: "I did my best".

Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva:

On the opening day of the museum - May, blue and hot - early in the morning - a call. Call - and a wreath - laurel! This is our old family friend, a Russified Neapolitan, who came to congratulate my father on the great day. I'll never forget. Father in an old dressing gown, in front of him is a gray-haired fiery beauty, between them is a wreath, which she tries hard, but he does not allow to wear. Softly and firmly fighting back: - “Have mercy, my dear! An old professor in a dressing gown - and suddenly a wreath! This is what you need to wear, crown the beauty! No, my dear, please! I am heartily grateful to you, just allow me this wreath ... What a quick one you are, however! An Italian woman, sparkling with her eyes and tears, and holding a wreath for fidelity over her father’s head: “On behalf of my homeland ... They don’t know how to honor great people here ... Ivan Vladimirovich, you did a great job!” - “Complete, complete, dove, that you embarrass me! Just made my dream come true. God gave - and people helped.

Anastasia Ivanovna Tsvetaeva:

Simple, good-natured and cheerful, he was playful and affectionate with us at home. I remember him graying, slightly stooped, wearing narrow gold glasses. A simple Russian face with large features; a small sparse beard bushed around the chin. Eyes - large, kind, brown, short-sighted, seemed smaller through the glasses. His absent-mindedness, touching in everyday life, created legends about him. We were not surprised, dad always thinks about his Museum. Somehow, without explanations from adults, we understood this.

Papa was in his forty-sixth year when Marina was born, forty-eight when I was born.

Valeria Ivanovna Tsvetaeva:

The father encouraged in children, supported, sparing no means, everything that could raise their cultural level: general education, knowledge of languages, the help of tutors and governesses, music lessons, travel, but how could he take on personal daily management? Yes, pedagogy was not his vocation.

Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva. In the entry of L. Libedinskaya:

I remember when I was very young, we were walking down the street with my father. Suddenly, from around the corner, a trotter flew straight at us. I was very scared and wanted to run. But my father squeezed my hand tightly and stopped in the middle of the pavement. The coachman swore roughly, pulled on the reins, and the cab, which was flying straight at us, turned sideways and rushed past. When the clatter of hooves stopped, the dust subsided and I came to my senses a little, my father said: “If something is coming at you that you cannot cope with, stop. The worst thing in such cases is to start rushing about ... "

Valeria Ivanovna Tsvetaeva:

An irreparable evil in our house was the lack of obligatory and habitual care for the father, who did not hear the grateful “thank you” he deserved from his children and wife, who did not see any kindness or attention from them.

Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva. From a letter to V. V. Rozanov. Feodosia, April 8, 1914:

His death is absolutely amazing for me: quiet heroism - so modest!

God, I want to cry!

We all: Valeria, Andrey, Asya and I were with him in last days by some miracle:<алерия> by chance I came from abroad by chance from Koktebel (to rent a house), Asya by chance from the Voronezh province, Andrey by chance from hunting.

Dad had in his coffin beautiful bright face.

In several days before his illness crashed: 1) a glass cabinet 2) his lantern, always - for 30 years! - hanging in his office 3) two lamps 4) a glass. It was some kind of continuous ringing and rattling of glass.