It happened: one Of the last interviews Evgeny Alexandrovich gave the Explorer Polenta. What were they like? Was dressed As always motley: black sequined jacket, sand-colored trousers And a tie color. Elegant as always, Yevtushenko arrived at our appointment twenty minutes before the appointed time. And left, like, an hour later than planned. With him, However, As always: painfully responsible. And Here still the matter is important, which arrived to the Russian Federation From the USA Just for a few days to present the next volume of his new collected works.- Only it will include 12 volumes slightly down in a comfortable chair And clasped his castle, he explained. This is a very multi-genre magazine. It will include poems And prose, And essays, And all sorts of things about Me - accusing me of anti-Soviet, And in cooperation With KGB, And all other sins. Accused, answer, in truth, a lot of And most. Was wondering what helped.- Even in the most difficult times, many people supported me, And This is helped, of course. Another thing is that some Of these people have suffered through me." I idealized power " - You were sincere fighter? We All poets of the sixties, Even including Bellocco Akhmadullin, largely idealized the Soviet regime. We will, according to its knowledge idealized very Much! And among them - because Of our parents. Not that They have taken to the side. But they had their absolutely normal aspiration to save the child from much Of what They knew. They were afraid for Us, afraid that We will lose Faith.- It seems that the loss of faith, or rather, some change of views is inevitable for every person. Maybe. I, for example, was definitely different periods in the understanding of life. This is normal. It is Not talking about the fact that the man Himself begins to lie, And about the fact that I Myself have gradually opened my eyes to what was happening With our generation.- Not by profession, But really: What is the main merit of your generation? If Not us, our children And grandchildren until now did Not know very much. We have opened extremely painful for myself - a large number of pages in the history of Russia.- And what is Very important your discovery? Or When Lenin urged all to hang, And then write It off on gang green And for each of the hanged man to write More than 100 thousand Rubles. - impossible to imagine! And When he offered to bribe the great physicist, spondylitis, so he did Not criticize the Soviet power?! I read his notes... It's endless demands blood, blood, blood of his people! And Not only "intellectuals" But also the workers And peasants - those classes for which he produced the revolution.- Then You became anti-Soviet? I Not was it ever! I Even have such lines: "I was so boy Soviet, anti-Soviet And that sometimes ". I loved the Soviet power, which often were against it because wished to become better! I believe that it can be corrected. Tried. And Maybe Even a little bit fixed.- The views were changing After all And your partner... Remember Bella Akhmadulina - top character, With a glint in his eyes. Remember How She exclaimed: "Revolution is seriously ill! She needs help!" Yunna Moritz replied grimly: "the Revolution is dead, And its corpse stinks!" currently It is impossible to imagine, because Yunna room 1st among anti-American poets And the poet, calling almost for a war against world imperialism.- All flips in the minds of people. Yes... And Bellochka was wonderful! She was defended by all decent people! She was the one who decided to come to academician Andrei Sakharov to Gorky. We were Not allowed there. And She came in a huge hat From Paris And bottisham chrysanthemums - And just pushed "Kalashnikov" on duty at the entrance of Andrei Dmitrievich." Let Me give these mums the greatest Russian scientist And thinker!" She said, And They parted... you have anger, strong dislike for it? No. When you begin to study the history, understand that you can not hate. Strong dislike turning a blind eye. Rather, I began to regret. Even Stalin. After all, what is war? This, as well As among them, fighting 2 of inferiority: one was a failed artist, the second a failed poet." I teach mutual love." - What You are currently writing? Once some time ago in the hospital, I wrote a few verses. Much hurt... For example, why such a large number of people offended by what I teach in the United States. They think I sold out for the " long dollar ", forgetting about the fact that Gogol wrote "Dead souls" in Rome, And Turgenev's best works in Paris. Such, then, was perceived absolutely normally, And today No. why? The psychology has changed. I Even think, And Not because of jealousy? May those who insult me, yourself want to leave? But it does Not work... I think in America fulfill its mission - May be mistaken, But sincerely think So. After all, what is currently happening on Earth? Inciting ethnic hatred! This wrecking! And our main goal has to be the brotherhood of Nations. Are We able to this? I do not know. I Think If I had currently risen Pushkin And went outside, he would stab sharpening our skinhead scum. We can't be tolerant of such things! In the US, I try to do the nation closer to each other. I teach mutual love students your kinkless... And I Think I get It. To give just one example. One student, an American, after watching " the cranes are Flying ", brought Me a letter who played There the main role Tanya Samoilova, Not knowing that Tanya had died... She put the envelope in a tiny photo of her husband, for No reason that devoid of life in Afghanistan. I wrote 31 December 2014, the clinic, the poem " in the University kinglassie ". There are lines like: here So like On a cold summer / broschinski probably the best movie / children of Chile And Angola children / Paraguayan, Cherokee And Finn. Cried cowboystyle Yankees / Papanov that the urca was forcibly deprived of life./ And can be found in the heart of the Chinese / never Priemyhov forgotten. Sorry late Mordyukova / voiced cowboy for "Commissioner" / thanks-fashioned horseshoe / this film so much he shook. Here is what was written by the poet / imagine that From the US: / "Thought of the film" Unfinished piece "./ now I have another soul "... And in the letter to Tatiana Samoilova, / believing that She is still alive, / like the fallen in Afghanistan, they brought talsinskaja widow. Is the Earth a little fretting?/ Kinkless - special country / voloboyeva There in the hall / in the hall All your enemies, war. Sniper Cabiria did Not, / Though Her life was not easy at all, / And the road to the temple provided all of Veriko Andjaparidze. I was in 97 countries And this is what I Wish to say: there is No nationality on the planet, consisting Of only bad people! Japanese God! Yevgeny Aleksandrovich, who, in your opinion, the most interesting young Russian poet? From one generation of thirty years the best, I Think, is Faith. If I make someday a great evening of poetry will certainly call Faith. And literally young - until I do Not know. I had an interesting story... I liked One girl, I Even wrote About her publication. And then called her father And asked her never to print because All the poems he wrote Himself.- How do You feel about the Mat in poetry? All highly depends on How the Mat to use. Although, in General, of course, my mate in the poetry do Not particularly like. I Even keep in my life And If you really Want to say something, say: "Japanese God!"... I wrote the poetess Vera Pavlova spell to stop swearing! And I Think She heard me, lowered scale. Faith, about which I have already stated, is very talented As a poet And As a reader.- What do you think: have you changed the value And the role of the poet And of poetry today compared to the sixties? Not on your Nelly! The more people forget About the need of poetry, but its value increases. Don't You see?

sections: Society