“Faculty of unnecessary things” Dombrovsky in brief
Already foreseeing his fate, Georgy Nikolaevich Zybin, a thirty-year-old historian and employee of the museum of local lore in Alma-Ata, persuaded himself to live “rightly”: “quietly, quietly, imperceptibly, unnoticed, do not touch anyone – I am the keeper of antiquities, and that’s all! ” What can prevent his calm work and life? The museum director, a former military man, treats him with respect and almost paternal solicitude. Nearby – a true friend and drinking companion, the old wise Grandfather, who works in the museum as a carpenter. Nearby – the beautiful Clara, clever and charming, secretly in love with him. A young scientist Kornilov, expelled from Moscow, appeared for the museum in the museum, a man for Zybin from the breed of “his own” – both by fate and education. And the very nature of his work – the study of museum exhibits, should kind of shield Zybin from that incomprehensible and terrible, than the
But Zybin feels that this is only a reprieve. For a long time he tried not to see, to not understand the logic of what is happening around – deaf arrests, demonstration processes, pumped from above by hysteria of “vigilance” and “struggle with complacency.” Zybin, brought up on a humanistic culture, with which the European world entered the XX century, it is not easy to believe in the total wildness of people. In the ease with which the souls of people are conquered by the Injuries of the Grand Inquisitor. Zybin talks to Stalin in his nightly, half-slender dreams: “And suddenly you are right, the world will survive and flourish.” Then, then, reason, conscience, goodness, humanity-everything that has been forged for millennia and considered the goal of the existence of mankind, is worth nothing. peace, you need iron and flamethrowers, stone cellars and in them people with browning… And I, and others like me, we must fall to your boots as an icon. “In such a situation, the problem of choice for Zybin is no longer a matter of personal courage, he is part of the culture, the civilization that is threatened with destruction, and giving up resistance means for Zybin the agreement with the unnecessaryness of this culture, with the fact that all of it, and he himself, is “the faculty of unnecessary things” .. .. The unfamiliar workers bring to the museum a find – a handful of gold plaques, part of the treasure found by them, making sure that the really archaeological gold they found, workers completely The treasure for mu but Zybin, not hoping for the help of the bodies, himself goes to the steppe in search of a treasure, and here, in the steppe, what he has been waiting for long time has been accomplished-Zybin is arrested. He is charged with anti-Soviet propaganda, Theft of values and an attempt to flee abroad. The case is conducted by the chief of the department, Neiman, an experienced investigator, an intellectual who serves the ideas of Stalin’s lawfulness not on fear, but on conscience, and the rage of a detainee, an expert in “hammering out testimony” Khripushin. The investigators have no evidence of guilt, and they expect to receive evidence from Zybin. A neighbor in the cell, imprisoned with an experience of Buddo, shares Zybin’s camp wisdom: since it does not get out of here anyway, it’s more reasonable to admit everything that is required – then the investigation will be easier and the time will be shorter. But this is just not possible for Zybin, it would mean his personal recognition of the right to the legality of such a system of legal proceedings. Zybin decides to fight. And the first who, strangely enough, helped him to establish himself in this, is Khripushin, – being filled with professional anger, he starts screaming at Zybin, expecting to break the prisoner, and Zybin feels the necessary tide of reciprocal fury and strength – he has crossed the threshold of fear. To Zybin the method of the “conveyor” is used – his interrogators are constantly interrogated by constantly interrogating investigators. Zybin keeps firmly, but he does not know that his arrest is only part of the big plan conceived by Neiman. He intends to obtain material for a grandiose – modeled on Moscow – demonstrative process in the case of mass sabotage in the sphere of culture. One Zybin for this process, of course, is not enough. Kornilov is invited to come to the NKVD. But they talk to him differently – they first ask about Zybin, but then explain that their main request is to help the authorities close the case to another employee of the museum of the former priest Andrei Ernestovich Kutorgu. In the NKVD lies a denunciation of him, but the old man, it seems, harmless, it is a pity to him, – investigators confidently share with Kornilov. “If you are ready to vouch for him, do it, only make it in evidence and formally, in written reports.” Kornilov, who lives in Alma-Ata as an exile and has recently been waiting for his own arrest every day, appreciates the imperious politeness of the investigators. And in the request of them, as it were, there is nothing shameful. Kornilov undertakes to carry out the assignment. The conversations he holds with the former priest are mainly devoted to the history of the judgment and the execution of Christ, as well as to the theme of the betrayal of the disciples by his Teacher. And Kornilov writes with clear conscience about the meetings in which he characterizes Father Andrey as a completely loyal citizen. His reports are received with gratitude, but in his last, as Kornilov hopes, Visiting the NKVD he was invited to Colonel Gulyaev. The tone of the conversation with him changes dramatically – the colonel threatens Kornilov in an attempt to deceive the investigation. He shows written reports about the same conversations written by Kutorgoy – the former priest performed a similar task. In denunciations Kornilov is accused of conducting anti-Soviet conversations. Kornilov is crushed. He is asked to go out into the corridor a little and wait “forget” about him almost for a day. Then, half-dead with fatigue and fear, he takes Khripushin to his place, drinks tea, shames him, informs that this time he is forgiven, but counts on his honesty in their future joint work, selects the agent of the Gadfly, Kornilov, and once again warns: “You’ll be a fiddler, do you know where they’ll send you?” “I know,” replies Kornilov, who is no longer resisting anything.
And in the stalled investigation in the case of Zybin new people are involved. After Zybin demanded to replace him with an investigator and went on a hunger strike, he is kept in a punishment cell, he is visited by prosecutor Myachin and unexpectedly easily agrees with all the requirements. Myachin is Neiman’s enemy. The idea of a loud demonstration process seems to him delirious. And then there is another circumstance that the prosecutor can use against Neiman. To Colonel Gulyaev, a long-standing friend of Zybina, Polina Pototskaya, asks for an appointment. The conversation with her is in the presence of Neiman and the prosecutor. And Polina, by the way, reports that there is another person with whom Zybin once conducted confidential conversations – Roman Lvovich Stern. Neiman is shocked – the introduction in this case of such a large figure as the head of the investigation department of the USSR Prosecutor’s Office, famous writer, and most importantly – the brother of Neiman, all complicates things. Moreover, Zybin’s case reveals the possibility of personal motives – Stern and Zybin courted Polina once, and she preferred Zybin. The situation becomes dangerous for Neiman. For not everything is so stable and stable in the life of seemingly omnipotent encadavers – increasingly their department is shaken with some internal tremors – suddenly the most reliable and trustworthy people disappear. Where they disappear, for Neumann and colleagues – it’s not a secret, each of them subconsciously awaits his turn. Besides, the intelligent Neiman is tormented by another fear, imprinted in his eyes expression of “clenched horror” – fear of the very essence of his work. He can no longer justify himself with words about the highest expediency, getting acquainted, for example, with the rationalization proposal of colleagues on the rational use in their household of prisoners’ bodies, in particular, the use of the blood of dead or executed prisoners. And in order to improve his position, threatening to shake the situation in the NKVD, and in order to gain inner calm, results in the Zybin case are needed. Neiman decides to replace Khripushin’s duboloma with his niece Tamara Dolidze, who is only a beginning, but intelligent, educated, investigator seeking work; besides, it is good that it can disarm the person under investigation. only beginning, but intelligent, educated, tearing to work as an investigator; besides, it is good that it can disarm the person under investigation. only beginning, but intelligent, educated, tearing to work as an investigator; besides, it is good that it can disarm the person under investigation.
Zybin is really shocked by the phenomenon of a young beautiful woman. But the result is the opposite. Zybin suddenly feels compassion for this unfortunate little fool, who has changed the theater to the romance of the secret work of the manager of human lives. Without effort, having destroyed the scheme of accusation prepared by the new investigator, Zybin addresses her as a person committing a tragic and irreparable mistake in life. And the girl is confused, she has nothing to say. Their conversation is interrupted in mid-sentence – for a long time already feeling sick, Zybin loses consciousness right in the investigator’s office. He is transferred to a hospital. The investigation again stops. Trying to help his niece correct mistakes, Neiman decides to independently obtain incontrovertible evidence against Zybin and repeats Zybin’s route through the steppe. During the journey, he is overtaken by news of a change in leadership in the NKVD administration, about the arrests of investigators and about the fact that he is urgently summoned to the administration. This is the end, Neiman understands. He decides to spend the last hours at liberty in a barmaid by a friend she has met, and discovers that she has the most archaeological gold, whose embezzlement Zybin is accused of. Having lost gold and arrested the treasure hunters, Neiman returns to the city. A few days later, in the presence of the colonel and the prosecutor, Zybin was shown the gold found and announced that his case was closed. Zybin is free. And let the liberation take place, thanks to a happy coincidence, Zybin feels like a winner – he could stand it. He decides to spend the last hours at liberty in a barmaid by a friend she has met, and discovers that she has the most archaeological gold, whose embezzlement Zybin is accused of. Having lost gold and arrested the treasure hunters, Neiman returns to the city. A few days later, in the presence of the colonel and the prosecutor, Zybin was shown the gold found and announced that his case was closed. Zybin is free. And let the liberation take place, thanks to a happy coincidence, Zybin feels like a winner – he could stand it. He decides to spend the last hours at liberty in a barmaid by a friend she has met, and discovers that she has the most archaeological gold, whose embezzlement Zybin is accused of. Having lost gold and arrested the treasure hunters, Neiman returns to the city. A few days later, in the presence of the colonel and the prosecutor, Zybin was shown the gold found and announced that his case was closed. Zybin is free. And let the liberation take place, thanks to a happy coincidence, Zybin feels like a winner – he could stand it. that his case is closed. Zybin is free. And let the liberation take place, thanks to a happy coincidence, Zybin feels like a winner – he could stand it. that his case is closed. Zybin is free. And let the liberation take place, thanks to a happy coincidence, Zybin feels like a winner – he could stand it.
The first person Zybin met when he left the building of the NKVD administration was Neiman. He specifically waited for Zybin. “This is why?” Zybin asks. “Yes, I think, why? .. With the release of congratulations., If necessary, bring home, run to the shop.”
Zybin hits Neiman’s face, his eyes are simple and sad, humanly. Out of them was an expression of the hidden horror that Zybin noticed a month ago. And in the park, where Zybin and Neiman go to drink for their release, Kornilov joined them. They are located on a bench, directly opposite the artist, who, noticing the expressive silhouette of Zybin, asked him to sit for a while and began to sketch the figures quickly. So on the square piece of cardboard and these three remained: the ousted investigator, a drunken informer named Gadfly and the third, without which these two could not exist.
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