Аннотация: The Fairy Tale about the historical reconstruction of Nikolai Gogol's electronic passport
The Fairy Tale about the historical reconstruction of Nikolai Gogol's electronic passport
In the old days, the great writer participated in the hostilities of the Crimean war of 1853-1856 in the ranks of The Russian Imperial Army.
In our times, his descendant, who lives in North America, learned through the Internet about the upcoming historical reconstruction of the events of the Crimean war in the city of Taganrog.
The descendant comes to the Taganrog, finds a place where historical reconstruction is carried out.
Somehow strange everything looks.
There is the stage. On stage, some football player is sitting at the computer table. In front of him is a laptop. In addition to the player on the stage there is a man dressed in a very beautiful uniform. This is the presenter of the historical reconstruction. This person walks on stage, talks in French. And there's a big screen next to the stage. On this screen different photos and videos are shown.
Around the stage is a crowd of people. They have smartphones in their hands. People speak different languages.
The presenter on the stage starts to speak something in French and points toward the screen. Gogol is visible on the screen. Gogol looks very sad.
The descendant of the great writer knows English. In French he somehow had not to talk. But near the descendant of the great writer some person whispers in Russian: "Gogol. He feels confused. He couldn't go to Western Europe and write "Dead souls."
The presenter in a very beautiful uniform continues to explain something.
"Dressed as Napoleon III."- a neighbor continues to whisper in Russian. - "Gogol was forced to remain in Russia. In his electronic passport it was scrawled that he is fond of the folklore of the Malorossiya. They didn't let him to cross the border. Of course, they did not explain anything to him... They found some a nonsense excuse to not allow to pass. "A failure in system. Wait." Then he was placed in a madhouse. Gogol and Chaadayev in the same ward were located. "The Government Inspector" was replaced by "Real The Government Inspector"".
Next, the screen shows a large puddle. The presenter something vigorously explains.
"This is The Mirgorod puddle. After the "neutralization" of the Gogol's creativity, the puddle has grown a hundred times. Here at such size of this puddle and the Crimean war began".
The Winter Palace appears on the screen. To its entrance hurries Admiral Nakhimov.
The football player on the stage begins to knock quickly on laptop keys.
The presenter shows on the screen and the football player with a laptop.
"Through remote access blew out the candles in the Winter Palace. To the admiral Nakhimov and other commanders through the Internet the order was sent to recede from the Crimea. So Admiral Nakhimov remained alive. The football player on the stage is a historical reconstruction of events of the Crimean war. He blows out the candles. Remotely. Also transfers the order to the admiral Nakhimov".
There was applause. The presenter in the garb of Napoleon III bowed to the audience. The historical reconstruction was completed.
- You must be from the Rostov city, - the descendant of the great writer at the kind neighbor took an interest.
- No, I'm from Ecuador, - the neighbor answered laconically and headed for the pavilion with champagne and oysters.
The descendant of the great writer decided to go to admire the views of the Sea of Azov.
October 11, 2018 07:07
Translation from Russian into English: October 11, 2018 19:58.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Сказка об исторической реконструкции электронного паспорта Николая Гоголя".