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It is impossible to imagine a single nation that does not have its own native language. Without a language there is no people, and without a people there is no language for this people to speak. Language is a system-forming element of national culture, but some languages reach a more global level, becoming languages of international communication. One of them is our native Russian language...
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The Russian language is amazingly rich and beautiful; it is the main formative core of Russian culture. Without language, Russian culture cannot exist, therefore every cultured person is obliged to take care of his native language.
There are many languages in the world, each of which is unique, unusual, and interesting to learn in its own way. Each nation has its own original characteristics, its own mentality, its own cultural experience - all this is reflected in the language, and it is with the help of language that the people can preserve and increase their national heritage.
Russian is the language of high culture; outstanding works of world literature, world theater and cinema have been created in Russian. Russian is the native language for such universally recognized geniuses as Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander Pushkin and many other writers, poets, playwrights, critics, public and cultural figures. The modern Russian language did not arise out of nowhere; it is a consequence of long-term transformations of the East Slavic languages. Also, modern literary Russian is a consequence of the interaction between different dialects, between the characteristics of the language of different social groups and segments of the population. This interaction took place over several centuries and led to the formation of the modern living Russian language.
Language is a system-forming part of culture; with its help, not only communication between people is carried out, each language imprints the peculiarities of the mentality of the people, the native language is the main factor in determining national identity. With the death of a language, culture also dies, so everyone who belongs to Russian culture and considers himself a cultured person must take care of the language he speaks. The Russian language is certainly not in danger of extinction now; several hundred million people speak it. Russian is still a relatively young language that has yet to develop and change in the future. The protection of the language is inextricably linked with its development; one should not only protect the traditions and heritage of Russian culture, but also enrich the culture with new opportunities. The greatest opportunities for language open up when a society develops its language and develops with it.
Russian is the language of international communication. For many centuries, the Russian language has served as the most important basis for mutual understanding between the peoples of multinational Russia and other nearby states. Perfect command of the Russian language not only enriches a person spiritually, but also makes him involved in the great heritage of Russian culture.
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Today I am one of 170 million people who consider Russian their native language. I am proud of this, because Russian is a great world language. Russian is one of the languages of interethnic communication; it is one of the ten most common languages on the planet. It is the official language of the largest state in the world by territory - Russia, and also the second state language in Belarus. Russian is the working language of the United Nations.
In the modern world, another 110 million people speak Russian for whom it is not their native language. There are dozens of countries in the world where Russian is taught in schools and universities. This is especially common in the countries of the former USSR, because Russian was the main language in the Union. For example, half of the population of Ukraine speaks Russian, and in a number of areas it is recognized as a regional language.
Why is the Russian language so widespread? Firstly, the borders of the Russian Empire, and then the USSR, were very wide. Russians have had, and continue to have, great political, economic and cultural influence on other nations.
Nowadays, not everyone likes the spread of the Russian language in the countries of the former USSR. Some politicians are trying to oust it and argue that it oppresses national languages. But people still communicate with each other in Russian, read Russian-language newspapers and books. The importance of the Russian language cannot be eliminated by artificial methods.
The second reason why Russian is widespread in the world is that many emigrants from Russia live in European countries, the USA, and Canada. Russians also love to travel the world and communicate with people. I heard that in some American or Israeli cities all sellers speak Russian: their buyers are Russian-speaking. Arabs and Turks teach Russian: Russians come to them to relax.
The third reason for the importance of the Russian language in the world is literature. Russian literature is one of the greatest in world culture. The names of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov and other great writers are known in the far corners of the planet. Germans, French, and Spaniards study Russian at universities in order to read the works of these authors in the original.
Now in the world among the languages of interethnic communication, English is the leader. English words penetrate even into the Russian language, often littering it. But I think it's all relative.
Firstly, now a whole army of translators is working, translating from Russian into English: Russian culture influences English-speaking culture too. Secondly, once upon a time there was already a fashion: everyone spoke French. Then the fashion changed, and people rushed to something new. And the great and rich Russian language, Russian culture live for centuries.
Source: ycilka.net
The Russian language is the national, interstate language of a great people and our heritage. I am proud that I am a citizen of the Russian Federation, that I was born on our Russian soil. The Russian language has filled my life since my birth and is of great importance not only in my life, but also in the life of each of us. Therefore, we are obliged to protect our native language.
From birth, we hear Russian speech around us. She accompanies us throughout our lives. No matter what corner of Russia we go to, our faithful assistant – the Russian language – accompanies us everywhere. At school, at home, in the theater, in the cinema - everywhere we hear Russian speech. But few people think about how important a role our native language plays in our lives. Without it, we would not be able to talk with friends, read an interesting book, or write a letter to relatives.
Thus, the Russian language is the language of global communication and is of great importance in our lives and on the world stage. Language acts as a necessary tool of communication. During school breaks you can often hear statements like this: “I’m so tired of this Russian language lesson! We've been teaching it since first grade! And why teach him? Everyone already knows him!” But it is impossible to know the Russian language thoroughly, even though it is our native language. After all, its possibilities are endless! You can study the Russian language all your life, always learning something new, but never learn all its secrets.
I would compare the significance of the Russian language in my life with the significance of the Motherland for me. Just as I can’t imagine my life without my Motherland, I can’t imagine it without the Russian language. The Russian language is the basis of our entire spiritual culture, our priceless gift. I owe him a lot. He gave me the opportunity to join the rich, centuries-old culture of the peoples inhabiting Russia, to learn everything about the life around us. I am sure that the Russian language will help me find a worthy place in adult life.
I am grateful to fate that I live in Russia, study at a Russian school and study Russian language and Russian literature, and I speak Russian.
Therefore, I affirm: “The importance of the Russian language in my life is great!”
Source: nsportal.ru
Russian language is the greatest language in the world and it has the status of an international language. Why? Firstly, a large number of people know him, talk to him, and he is also widely known all over the world. Secondly, the working language of the United Nations is Russian. Thirdly, our language is informative and expressive, i.e. There are synonyms for each word, and there is a name for each object.
The Russian language was praised by many writers and poets. They were not only Russian, but also foreign poets and writers. For example, I would like to cite the statement of Prosper Merimee: “The Russian language, as far as I can judge, is the richest of all European dialects and seems deliberately created to express the subtlest shades. Gifted with wonderful conciseness, combined with clarity, he is content with one word to convey thoughts when another language would require whole phrases for this.” Yes, our Russian language is indeed rich, I am sure of that. I am proud that my native language is Russian, and I will not be ashamed of it!
The very famous writer Anna Akhmatova wrote poems about our mighty language during the Great Patriotic War in 1941-1945:
It's not scary to lie dead under the bullets,
It's not bitter to be homeless,
And we will save you, Russian speech,
Great Russian word.
We will carry you free and clean
And we will give to our grandchildren, and we will save from captivity
Forever!
Such a “strong” poem that it touches the soul. Every soldier, going into battle, recited this poem; it served as an anthem for them. The poem gave them strength, masculinity, incentive and adrenaline.
But, unfortunately, our powerful and rich in expressions and words, the Russian language is in fifth place in the list of international languages. Sorry, very sorry. Using the statement of the Russian writer Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, I would like to urge people to take care of our beautiful Russian language and not forget about it: “Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language is a treasure, this is an asset passed on to us by our predecessors. Handle this powerful weapon with respect; in the right hands it can work wonders.”
I love the Russian language and am proud of it! After all, the Russian language for me is like a breath of fresh air, like a sip of thirst-quenching water after a long thirst, and like a ray of bright and warm sunshine after a long, long darkness. There is no language more native than the Russian language!!!
Source: testsoch.ru
Many people do not even think that its language is considered the richest. Why Russian? The answer is very simple, the Russian language is the only language in the world in which words can be replenished again and again. Our language and our culture are replenished from many expressions and invented words, because much that was popular with our grandparents passes into our colloquial vocabulary, and our grandchildren will also speak in our phrases.
The Russian language is very difficult, but this does not make it any less attractive. Many writers have said that you can conduct any conversation in Russian: a declaration of love, communication with an enemy, a friendly conversation, because it can convey all feelings and emotions better than any other language. The main thing is to learn to be a literate person; you shouldn’t shout to the whole world that it’s too complicated and that they’ve come up with too many stupid rules.
It should be remembered that the language we speak is a gift from our ancestors and not a learning of the language - this is tantamount to forgetting about our relatives, not accepting their culture, becoming a stranger among our own. It is especially sad to hear this from the small, still growing generation. They don’t yet know that by knowing it, you can discover a new world for yourself. In the Russian language there are many words that are synonymous, so composing poetry will not be difficult for anyone; by choosing the right word, its meaning will not change. It’s very fun to learn new words, because a word that means one object or action can be associated by sound with a completely different object.
Once you fall in love with a language, it will open up many opportunities for you, I have verified all this from my personal experience. After reading a large number of books, you no longer remember the rules, and you write sentences freely without making any mistakes. This is what it means - a rich Russian language. So it’s better to take care of your language from a young age.
Theme description: The Russian language remained and is now the language of poets and prose writers, the language of culture and a means of transmitting the national heritage of a huge cultural heritage from generation to generation.
There is a creeping feeling that now the Russian language is undervalued and its role is underestimated, or even that it is only used for the selfish purposes of modern society, leaving dark spots of swear words, replacing English and other words from foreign dictionaries, Internet jargon and “simple words”.
But the secret of the Russian language is that it is amazingly flexible and rich, all classes can communicate with it, and the same word can sound in dozens of variations and meanings. So “What is the secret of the Russian language”, “Russian word” and “Why do I love the Russian language?”
Let's think together and write our reasoning in the form of an essay on the topic:
"The great and mighty Russian language".
The richness, euphony and grandeur of the Russian language are the subject of admiration for many Russian classics. It is all the more surprising that our contemporaries underestimate its role, littering their speech with Anglicisms, jargon, colloquial expressions, newfangled Internet slang and swear words. If everyone thought about what value the Russian language is and what enormous opportunities it has for expressing thoughts, then they would strive to know it even more deeply and would neglect other means. What is the secret of the Russian language and why do I love it so much? I will try to explain with the help of weighty arguments and clear examples.
The richness of the Russian language lies not in the number of lexical units recorded in the dictionary, but in its flexibility, which has no boundaries. For example, it is believed that the English language contains the most words - about a million today. In the “Dictionary of the Modern Russian Literary Language” there are only 131,000. But this does not take into account the unique feature of our speech: if we take into account all possible word forms, then the number of lexical units in the Russian language will exceed 1.5 million.
Let us prove the validity of the above argument using a specific example. Let's take any noun from the Russian language dictionary. Let it be “mom”. Let's create word forms (grammatical varieties) by case and number: mom, mom, mom, moms (genitive singular), moms (nominative plural), moms, moms, (o) moms. In English, the word “mother” has only one word form - “mothers” (plural). Such a comparison can be made with almost every noun in the Russian language: most of them can have 8 times more word forms than in English.
The Russian language dictionary is impressive in terms of volume and flexibility of semantic meanings, so much so that a lifetime is not enough to fully master it, even if we are talking about a person whose native language is this. The numbers prove it very clearly: the absolute record for the number of words used belongs to A.S. Pushkin - about 24 thousand words (from the “Dictionary of the Pushkin Language”). A highly educated person uses a maximum of 8,000 words in his speech. The average “native speaker of Russian” has even less: about 3-4 thousand words. Isn’t this a reason to think about how limitedly we use the enormous potential of the Russian language and how ridiculous attempts to “enrich” our speech with jargon or Internet slang are?
The possibilities of the Russian language are so wide that you can expand your vocabulary throughout your life and not even master half of it. The variety of word forms and meanings allows you to convey the smallest shades of meaning, compose colorful figurative descriptions, and clearly express your thoughts - this is the masterly use of the richness of the Russian language.
Maybe this has already happened. I'll risk putting it again.
At one of the scientific symposiums, four linguists met: an Englishman, a German, an Italian and a Russian. And, naturally, we started talking about languages. Whose language is supposed to be better, richer, and to which language does the future belong?
The Englishman said: England is a country of great conquests, sailors and travelers who spread the glory of its language to all corners of the world. English - the language of Shakespeare, Dickens, Byron, is undoubtedly the best language in the world.
“Nothing like that,” said the German, “our language is the language of science and philosophy, medicine and technology.” The language of Kant and Hegel, in which the best work of world poetry is written - Faust, Goethe.
“You are both wrong,” the Italian entered into the argument. Think, the whole world, all of humanity loves music, songs, romances, operas. In what language are the best love romances, the most enchanting melodies and brilliant operas heard? In the language of sunny Italy.
The Russian was silent for a long time, listened modestly and finally said: Of course, I could, like each of you, say that the Russian language - the language of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Chekhov - is superior to all the languages of the world. But I won't follow your path. Tell me, could you compose a short story in your languages with a plot, with a consistent development of the plot, and so that all the words of this story begin with the same letter?
This greatly puzzled the interlocutors and all three said:
No, this cannot be done in our languages.
But in Russian it is quite possible, and I will now prove it to you.
Name any letter,” said the Russian, turning to the German. He answered: It doesn’t matter, let’s say the letter “P”.
Great, here's a story with the letter "P":
Pyotr Petrovich Petukhov, lieutenant of the fifty-fifth Podolsk Infantry Regiment, received a letter by mail full of pleasant wishes.
Come, wrote the lovely Polina Pavlovna Perepelkina. Let's talk, dream, dance, walk. Come, Pyotr Petrovich, quickly.
Petukhov liked the invitation
The train arrived after noon. Pyotr Petrovich was received by Polina Pavlovna’s most respectable father, Pavel Panteleimonovich.
Please, Pyotr Petrovich, sit down more comfortably, said dad. A bald nephew came up and said hello: Porfiry Platonovich Polikarpov.
Please, please! The lovely Polina appeared. A transparent Persian scarf covered her full shoulders. We talked, joked, and invited her to lunch.
They served dumplings, pilaf, pickles, liver, pate, pies, cake, half a liter of orange juice.
We had a hearty lunch. Pyotr Petrovich felt a pleasant satiety.
After eating, after a hearty snack, Polina Pavlovna invited Pyotr Petrovich to take a walk in the park. A full-flowing pond extended in front of the park. We went sailing; After swimming in the pond, we went for a walk in the park.
Let’s sit down, Polina Pavlovna suggested. Sit down.
Polina Pavlovna moved closer.
We sat, were silent, the first kiss sounded...
Let’s get married, let’s get married!” whispered the bald nephew. “Really, let’s get married,” the dad approached in a deep voice.
Pyotr Petrovich turned pale, staggered, then ran away. As I ran, I thought:
Polina Pavlovna is a wonderful part. The prospect of receiving a beautiful estate flashed before Pyotr Petrovich. I hastened to send an offer. Polina Pavlovna accepted the offer. We got married. Friends came to congratulate us and brought gifts. Handing over the packages, they said: A lovely couple.
The Russian language is one of the most developed languages of the world; the richest literature has been written in it, reflecting the historical experience of the great Russian people and the achievements of all mankind. The richness of the Russian language is manifested at all linguistic levels.
On phonetic level it lies in the variety of sounds, the richness of stress and intonation. According to scientists, Russian is one of the most musical languages of the world due to the following characteristics:
1. It has a large number of vowel sounds (a, o, u, ы, и, е), organizing the syllable and rhythm of the word. Compare: in Hamitic languages (ancient Egyptian, Coptic, etc.) there are 3 vowel sounds, in some Avar dialects there are 2.
2. The fourth part of all words in the Russian language consists of sonorant consonants, closest to vowels (m, n, r, l), which also give the sound musicality, cf.: “ N a be R egu are empty nn s in ln standing l O n, do m high in ln, and then l b d l poison l..." (A.S. Pushkin).
3. A sign of the musicality of a language is the presence of a large number of soft consonants. Almost every Russian hard consonant has a soft paired version. In native Russian words, consonants (b, p, d, t, v, f, z, s, m, n, l, r) before e always soft: business, earth, sky, dough etc. The Russian language seeks to soften long-borrowed words: academy, beret, motto, scenery, museum, text, term, plywood etc. In Western European languages, consonants before e mostly pronounced firmly: atheist, business, prodigy, interval, dash, timbre, aesthetics etc., therefore in some words there are fluctuations in the pronunciation of consonants (variants): dean, deodorant, credo, congress, neorealism, neo-fascism, session and etc.
It is believed that the Russian language (and Slavic languages in general) has complex pronunciation. The main reason for this is the accumulation of consonants ( hello no hinder, do not be zealous, testify etc.) and the presence of paired consonants in hardness and softness: brother - take, become - put, corner - coal; they say– mole, etc. Vowels that are difficult to articulate include the sound /ы/: carpets, redhead, rummage and under. Unlike French, Polish and other languages with a fixed stress, in Russian the stress is varied, that is, it can fall on different syllables in different words ( cloud - barrier - heaven), and movable, that is, it can move in the same word when it changes ( head - raise your head, big heads etc.).
On morpheme level The Russian language is distinguished by a wealth of suffixes: diminutives ( table - table), affectionate ( son - son, sonny), magnifying ( house - house), dismissive ( beard - beard), action manufacturer suffixes (teach – teacher), the carrier of the attribute ( old– old man), weakened degree of quality ( white – whitish) and many more etc. Russian prefixes are also varied, cf.: drive - drive, drive away, drive out, drive away, drive away, drive away, drive away. One word can have up to three prefixes: open.
The Russian language is rich in level word formation : it has many models for creating new words, especially in the field of prefix-suffix word formation, for example, from the word pigeon the following words were formed:
little dove, little dove, little dove, little dove, little dove
dove, dove, darling, dove, dove
stuffed cabbage
pigeon
dovecote, dovecote, dovecote, pigeon breeding, pigeon-shaped
dove, dove
On lexical level The Russian language is distinguished, firstly, by its huge vocabulary. Here are some data: The Dictionary of the Modern Russian Literary Language (Big Academic Dictionary - BAS) includes more than 110,000 words, the Dictionary of Russian Folk Dialects - 102,000 words, the Large Dictionary of Foreign Words - about 30,000 words, which is very popular Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language B .AND. Dahl - more than 200,000 words. Even if we take into account that the named dictionaries in some dictionary entries may overlap, the lexical richness of the Russian language is not in doubt. For comparison: the dictionary of the most widely spoken language in the modern world, Chinese, includes approximately 90,000 hieroglyphic words.
Secondly, polysemy, i.e. polysemy, is developed in the Russian language. Thus, 80 percent of the words in the Russian language have not one, but several meanings, for example, the word “take” can have up to 50 meanings, the word “language” - 25 meanings, which are realized in different contexts.
Thirdly, the presence of a huge vocabulary and polysemy created the basis for the development of synonymy and antonymy. A large number of synonyms (words close in meaning) and antonyms (words opposite in meaning) decorate and enrich Russian speech.
Phraseological wealth Russian language manifests itself in the presence of a large number of Russian phraseological units ( Mama's massacre, put in a long box, hit the sky with a finger, come to a hat analysis, two inches from the pot, pour from empty to empty etc.), and in the assimilation by the Russian language of numerous borrowed set expressions: Greco-Latin ( Achilles heel, sink into oblivion, seize the moment, Pyrrhic victory, Sisyphean labor, Trojan horse, Pandora's box etc.), biblical ( Pandemonium of Babel, burying talent in the ground, massacre of infants, flesh of flesh, talk of the town etc.), phraseological units from Western European languages ( ugly duckling, the game is not worth the candle, straw widow etc.). See Phraseological Dictionary of the Russian Language, edited by A.N. Molotkov, which contains 4,000 dictionary entries.
In area morphology The Russian language is characterized by a wealth of word forms, in particular, a branched system of declension: 3 types of declension of nouns, 6 cases and 2 numbers - thus, the Russian declension noun has 12 forms. In addition, in the Russian declension system the variability of case endings is developed, for example, in the genitive singular: came out home - left home; in the singular prepositional case: at the airport – in an Aeroport; in the nominative plural: cruisers – cruisers; volumes - volumes and under. The Russian language is also rich in the field of verb formation (simple and complex forms of the future tense, the presence of participial and adverbial forms, etc.).
The Russian language is distinguished by its harmonious syntax : the phrase is being built on based on three types of communication (coordination, control, adjacency), sentences by structure are divided into simple and complex, simple sentences by composition - into one-part and two-part, complex by the presence or absence of conjunctions - into allied and non-union, allied in the relations between parts - into complex and complex; both are divided into varieties depending on the meaning of the conjunctions; non-union complex sentences also differ in composition and the nature of semantic relationships between their parts.
The richness of the Russian language is also manifested in its great diversity stylistic means (tropes and figures of speech ) , with the help of which poets and writers created literary texts of world significance. Russian fiction is one of the most developed in the world.
Tasks for self-study
To prove the polysemy of Russian words, do the following exercises:
a) for each group of these words (phrases), select a common word that includes the meanings of these words:
costs cost
expenses fee
loss of role
spending value
counting the amount of deficiency
determination of the presence of a shortage
registration with entry of excess consumption
to the list above arrival
business hiring act
action to achieve the goal renting land for a while
income sharing document rental fee
base representative
basis authorized
warehouse spy
strong point detective officer
central point
b) find a common word that combines the meanings of these foreign and Russian words:
ideal perfection
model? example, type
standard measure
interpret explain
comment? explain
interpret reason
Illustrate the word-formation capabilities of the Russian language with your own examples (based on the above words “dove”, “drive”).
Give examples of phrases with different types of communication (coordination, control, adjacency).
Make a scheme for classifying sentences by structure (see the material above), including types of one-part sentences and types of subordinate clauses. Illustrate with examples all these types of simple and complex sentences.
Exercise
Write an essay-reasoning, revealing the meaning of the statement of the writer A.M. Gorky: “The Russian language is unusually rich in adverbs that make our speech precise, figurative, and expressive.”
Option 1
“Russian language,” said writer A.M. Gorky, “is unusually rich in adverbs that make our speech precise, figurative, and expressive.”
I understand this idea this way: adverbs, depicting signs of actions or other signs, give speech special expressiveness and clarity.
Let us give examples from the text by V. Nadyrshin that argue for the idea of A.M. Gorky.
So, in sentence 44, this part of speech (“slowly”, “ominously”) is used to describe the signs of Kolka’s action, who decided to beat the “new guy”. The adverbs here convey the heavy atmosphere of what is happening.
And in sentence 57, the adverb “plaintively” describes the emotional state of the narrator: he, exhausted, depressed, asks fate to give him a chance to atone for the boy he betrayed.
It is obvious that without adverbs our speech would be much more meager and inexpressive.
Option 2
Famous writer A.M. Gorky described the function of adverbs this way: they “make our speech precise, figurative, expressive.”
Indeed, adverbs play a big role in our speech. We resort to them to diversify the description of a situation, add color to it, and convey what happened in all shades.
It seems that the adverb in the phrase “they beat frivolously” (sentence 8) is used in a figurative meaning. “Frivolously” means not forcefully, “for the sake of form.” However, the word “frivolously” has a direct meaning - “as a joke,” “for fun.” This adds an additional unkind shade to the description of the atmosphere that reigned among the school boys. This idea is emphasized by the adverb “said mockingly” (sentence 20). One gets the impression that none of the boys in the class to which the “new guy” came knew what respect and cordiality meant.
It's amazing how much adverbs can tell us. Writer A.M. Gorky made a precise, apt observation.
Option 3
Adverbs are capable of not only describing various circumstances of any events or situations, but also conveying a lot of shades of meaning and “blooming” a literary text. A.M. wrote about this. Gorky: “The Russian language is unusually rich in adverbs that make our speech precise, figurative, and expressive.”
There are many examples in V. Nadyrshin’s text that prove the famous writer is right.
For example, the narrator “reluctantly” (sentence 5) answered the newcomer’s questions. This one word makes it possible for us to understand that the boy who came to the class was not welcome, they considered him a stranger.
An adverb is also capable of conveying a vivid picture of an action (“cleverly dodging”, “stretching out plaintively”), and accurately describing emotions (“they looked gloomily”). This part of speech, without expanding the volume of the message, helps to extract much more information from the read text.
Indeed, the very nature of adverbs contains figurativeness, since they define the qualitative characteristics of actions, states, and properties.
Text for work
(1) I don’t remember what his name was. (2) He lived on Sortirovochnaya and moved to our school temporarily because his mother was admitted to the hospital, and his grandmother lived here, in the third microdistrict. (3) They put the new guy with me, and I didn’t like it: that means when I asked to put me with Kolka
Lykov - you can’t, put him in jail with Sanya Tabukhov - again you can’t, but here, it turns out, you can!
(4) The new guy turned to me several times with some stupid questions: “What’s your name?”, “Where do you live?”... (5) I answered reluctantly, through clenched teeth, and he let go.
(6) And after lessons they took him to beat him. (7) This is called “registration”. (8) They beat not seriously, more for form, as they say, nothing personal, it’s just a tradition. (9) The newcomer, seeing the crowd that surrounded him, rushed to Seryozhka Romanov standing next to him, threw him aside with a blow and, deftly dodging Kolka Lykov, disappeared into the courtyards like the wind. (10) They ran to him, but could not catch up. (And) Seryozhka, sobbing, wiped the blood from his broken lip, and we looked at him gloomily. (12) We decided not to wait for tomorrow, but to settle accounts with the new guy today, no matter what.
(13) - Dimon, you sat with him, you had peace with him! (14) Go to him, invite him to your home - listen to music there or something else... - Kolka asked me. (15) - You’re smart, somehow trick him into going outside.
(16) I was flattered that Kolka turned to me, that he called me smart in front of everyone, that in his opinion only I could complete an assignment that required ingenuity and resourcefulness.
(17) Half an hour later I was already ringing the doorbell of the apartment where the new guy lived.
(18) - What do you want?
(19) - Like what? (20) Look into your eyes! - I said mockingly. (21) - You rushed off like a fleet-footed deer, and I got the full price for you.
(22) -What does that have to do with you?
(23) - What does it have to do with it? - I was surprised. (24) - We’re sitting together, which means we’re friends, so they broke me in for you! (25) My ribs still hurt... (26) Can I get through?
(27) - Come in...
(28) We drank tea, he showed his drawings... (29) He drew quite well. (ZO) Then I looked at the clock and called him to visit me.
(31) - Let's just not today!
(32) Everything fell inside me: the guys from our class were already waiting for us in ambush near the unfinished house.
(33) - You see, my brother is sick, and I wanted you to draw him some picture, he loves various fairy tales, magical worlds...
(34) - Well, if that’s the case, then let’s go...
(35) I remember that path down to the centimeter, as if I was walking barefoot on nails. (Zb) The new guy said something to me, and I hastily nodded my head. (37) Edge of an unfinished house. (38) I see broken asphalt, rolls of roofing felt, the edge of a bag where album sheets and paints lie... (39) The hot air, like a file, cuts my chest. (40) I stopped. (41) And the new guy took a few more steps. (42) The bushes moved. (43) That's it! (44) Kolka Lykov slowly came out to meet us and smiled ominously.
(45) The worst thing was next. (46) Fate, apparently, decided to take me to the last circle of my hell. (47) The newcomer suddenly squealed, grabbed a stone and shouted: “Dimon, run!” (48) But, seeing that we were already surrounded and that I could not escape, he attacked Tolka Vlasov, clearing the way for me.
(49) - Dimon, run! (50) What are you worth?
(51) And then I smiled, and the others laughed. (52) Only then did he understand everything and look at me. (bZ) Surprised, incredulous. (54) At that second it seemed to me that the skin burned by this gaze, like a stocking, slipped off my body...
(55)...For many years I have been dreaming of saving someone: I dream of pulling a drowning man out of the water, protecting a girl from hooligans, carrying a wounded man from the battlefield, and I even agree to die performing a heroic act. (56) But no one on my way drowns, no one burns, no one asks me for help. (57) In my pitifully outstretched palms I carry my bleeding heart: I still hope that someday I will see the boy I have betrayed and he will forgive me. (58) Or at least he will understand. (59) Or, at least, he will listen... (60) But he lives somewhere on Sortirovochnaya, he was transferred to our school temporarily, and our life paths still cannot intersect.
(According to V. Nadyrshin)
