Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов in Russian) (January 15, 1795 - February 11, 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, and composer, whose brilliant comedy in verse, Wit Works Woe, is the most often staged play in Russia. January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. ...

Griboyedov (alternative transcription: Griboedov) studied at the Moscow State University from 1810 to 1812. He then obtained a commission in a hussar regiment, but resigned it in 1816. Next year, Griboyedov entered the civil service, and in 1818 was appointed secretary of the Russian legation in Persia, whence he was transferred to Georgia. He had commenced writing early, and had produced on the stage at St.Petersburg in 1816 a comedy in verse called The Young Spouses (Молодые супруги), which was followed by other pieces of the same kind. But neither these nor the essays and verses which he wrote would have been long remembered but for the immense success gained by his comedy in verse Wit Works Woe (Горе от ума, or Gore ot uma), a satire upon Russian aristocratic society. Moscow State University campus M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: Московский Государственный Университет имени М.В.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is one of the largest and oldest universities in Russia, founded in 1755. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Polish Hussar Hussar (original Hungarian spelling: huszár, plural huszárok) refers to a number of types of cavalry used throughout Europe since the 15th century. ... A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A civil servant or public servant is a civilian career public-sector employee working for a government department or agency. ... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... A Legation was the term used in diplomacy to denote a diplomatic representative office lower than an embassy. ... Persia and Persian can refer to: the Western name for the state of Iran. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Verse is a writing that uses meter as its primary organisational mode, as opposed to prose, which uses grammatical and discoursal units like sentences and paragraphs. ... Essay, a short work that treats of a topic from an authors personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them. ... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... Aristocracy is a form of government in which rulership is in the hands of an upper class known as aristocrats. ...

This work, also translated as "Woe from Wit", is a satire upon Russian society, or, as a high official styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow," its plot is slight, its merits consisting in its accurate representation of certain social and official types-such as Famusov, the lover of old abuses, the hater of reforms; his secretary, Molchanin, servile fawner upon all in office; the aristocratic young liberal and Anglomaniac, Repetilov; contrasted with whom is the hero of the piece, Chatsky, the ironical satirist, just returned from the west of Europe, who exposes and ridicules the weaknesses of the rest, his words echoing that outcry of the young generation of 1820 which reached its climax in the military insurrection of 1825, and was then sternly silenced by Nicholas I. Although rooted in the classical French comedy of Molière, the characters are as much individuals as types, and the interplay between society and individual is a sparkling dialectical give-and-take. It is no coincidence that one of the main settings for the satire of Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita is named after Griboyedov. 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the failed Russian revolt. ... Nicholas I Pavlovich (Russian: Николай I Павлович, July 6 (June 25, Old Style), 1796–March 2 (February 18, Old Style), 1855) was the Emperor of Russia and king of Poland from 1825 until his death in 1855. ... Molière, engraved frontispiece to his Works Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Molière (January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673), was a French theatre writer, director and actor, one of the masters of comic satire. ... Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (or Bulhakov, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков; May 15 (May 3 Old Style), 1891–March 10, 1940) was a Soviet novelist and playwright of the first half of the Ukrainian-born, he wrote in Russian. ... The Master and Margarita book cover. ...

Griboyedov spent the summer of 1823 in Russia, completed his play and took it to St.Petersburg. There it was rejected by the censorship. Many copies were made and privately circulated, but Griboyedov never saw it published. The first edition was printed in 1833, four years after his death. Only once did he see it on the stage, when it was acted by the officers of the garrison at Yerevan. Soured by disappointment, he returned to Georgia, made himself useful by his linguistic knowledge to his relative Count Ivan Paskevich during a campaign against Persia, and was sent to St.Petersburg with the treaty of 1828. Brilliantly received there, he thought of devoting himself to literature, and commenced a romantic drama, A Georgian Night (Грузинская ночь, or Gruzinskaya noch'). But he was suddenly sent to Persia as Minister Plenipotentiary. Soon after his arrival at Teheran, agents of the British government instigated a crowd of religious fanatics to storm the Russian embassy. Griboyedov was killed, and his body was for three days so ill-treated by the mob that it was at last recognized only by an old scar on the hand, due to a wound received in a duel. It was taken to Tiflis, and buried in the monastery of Saint David. There, a momument was erected to his memory by his widow Nina (daughter of his friend Prince Chavchavadze), to whom he had been but a few months married. 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Censorship is the systematic use of group power to broadly control freedom of speech and expression, largely in regard to secretive matters. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Yerevan (Armenian: Երեվան or Երևան; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erivan and Erebuni) (population: 1,201,539 (1989 census); 1,088,300 (2004 estimate)[1]) is the largest city and capital of Armenia. ... Broadly conceived, linguistics is the study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ... Definition A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is still a countess. Originally the title comes denoted the rank of a high courtier or provincial (military or administrative) official in the late Roman Empire: before Anthemius was made emperor... Ivan Feodorovich Paskevich (Иван Фёдорович Паскевич in Russian) (August 5 (8th NS), 1782-January 20 (February 1, NS), 1856), was a Ukrainian military leader in the Russian service. ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Wikisource Every Author - Online books and writers forums A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism, and Philology (José Ángel García Landa, University of Zaragoza, Spain) Open Directory Project: Literature World Literature Electronic Text Archives Magazines and E-zines Online Writing Writers Resources Libraries, Digital Cataloguing, Metadata Distance Learning T... A Minister is a diplomat accredited by one sovereign state to another who ranks immediately below the ambassador and usually acts as his or her assistant. ... Tehran (also spelled Teheran) (تهران in Persian), population 8,000,000 (metropolitan: 10,000,000), is the capital of Iran and one of the major world cities. ... A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ... A duel or duel of honour is a form of armed combat in which two individuals participate. ... View of Tiflis from the Grounds of Saint David Church, ca. ... Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ...

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