| 词条 | Ivan Yelagin |
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Ivan Perfilievich Yelagin (Иван Перфильевич Елагин; 1725–94) was a Russian historian, an amateur poet and translator who acted as unofficial secretary to Catherine the Great in the early years of her reign. Yelagin studied in the cadet corps for nobles with Mikhail Kheraskov and Alexander Sumarokov, a popular playwright whose works he alternately praised and derided.[1] He became Catherine's ally when she was Grand Duchess at the court of Empress Elisabeth. In 1758, the Empress banished him from the court for his close ties to the disgraced chancellor Bestuzhev. After Catherine's coming to power in 1762, Yelagin replaced Sumarokov as director of the court theatres. His dominion over the Russian theatre was described as tyrannical: for instance, Yelagin demanded that comedies and other foreign plays were transposed to Russian settings.[1] He also helped Catherine in re-editing her manuscripts: all her literary works survive only in Yelagin's handwritten copies.[1] "There were few social activities in which he did not involve himself", as historians have noted.[2] "With Dr Ely, a converted Jew and a mason, Yelagin studied Hebrew and Cabbala, theosophy, physics and chemistry, Egyptian traditions".[3] He entertained Count Cagliostro in his house and is mentioned in Casanova's memoirs.[4] Yelagin is probably best remembered as a founding father of the Russian freemasonry.[5] This side of his activities eventually aroused Catherine's suspicions and contributed to his downfall in the early 1780s. Yelagin's sumptuous villa on the eponymous isle to the north of St. Petersburg was later rebuilt into an imperial residence (see Yelagin Palace). See also{{Commons category|Ivan Perfilevich Elagin}}
References1. ^1 2 Lurana Donnels O'Malley. The dramatic works of Catherine the Great: theatre and politics in eighteenth-century Russia. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006. {{ISBN|978-0-7546-5628-9}}. Page 23. {{Russian Freemasonry}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Yelagin}}2. ^Quoted from: Marina Ritzarev. Eighteenth-century Russian music. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006. {{ISBN|978-0-7546-3466-9}}. Page 49. 3. ^Quoted from: Isabel De Madariaga. Politics and culture in eighteenth-century Russia. {{ISBN|978-0-582-32256-1}}. Page 164. 4. ^Giacomo Casanova. The Story of My Life. Penguin Classics, 2001. {{ISBN|978-0-14-043915-1}}. Page 406. 5. ^Raffaella Faggionato. A Rosicrucian utopia in eighteenth-century Russia. {{ISBN|978-1-4020-3486-2}}. Page 16. 12 : Russian dramatists and playwrights|Russian male dramatists and playwrights|Imperial Russian poets|Imperial Russian male writers|Russian male poets|Imperial Russian translators|Senators of the Russian Empire|Members of the Russian Academy|Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus|Russian Freemasons|1725 births|1794 deaths |
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