Обезьяньи письмена и загадочные «чиганашки»: Об одном анекдоте из биографии А. М. Ремизова [Monkey Scriptures and Mysterious _Chiganashki_: An Episode from Alexey Remizov’s Life Story]

Abstract

The article focuses on an unusual episode in Alexei Remizov’s life, when shortly after the Revolution his apartment was searched, and visitors mistook a text written in Glagolitic script for a secret code. This story survived in three versions: Maksim Gorky’s account and two versions by Remizov himself. The comparison of these three versions helps to reveal the genesis of a literary anecdote—the genre that played a particularly important role in Remizov’s biography.