Understanding the revolutionary events of 1905-1907 in the work of Tomsk fiction writer V. Kuritsyn

The events of the First Russian Revolution were widely reflected in the fiction of Russia in early XXth century, dividing authors not only by the extent of their talent, but also by ideological orientation. Tomsk poet and writer Valentin Vladimirovich Kuritsyn (1878-1911), who served as a clerk at the Siberian Railway administration, happened to be a direct eyewitness to the revolutionary events. With specific examples, the authors of the study show that the revolution was the context of a significant part of his works written in different genres (poetic, satirical, “novel-chronicle” genres). Using his work experience on the railway and, apparently, eyewitness accounts, V.V. Kuritsyn created texts full of sympathy for the revolutionary movement and workers who were prosecuted for their political views.