2024-01-27 08:32:00
Born in 1784, Denis Vasilievich Davydov went down in history as the most famous officer among the classics of Russian literature. The poet, who rose to the rank of lieutenant general, became famous during the Patriotic War of 1812. Davydov commanded a partisan detachment that successfully operated behind enemy lines, systematically attacking French garrisons and convoys.
After Napoleon was expelled from the country, Davydov took part in the Foreign Campaign, and in the next Russian-Turkish War, and in the suppression of the Polish uprising. The pacification of the rebels became the last military campaign in his life.
In his memoirs, the poet and writer paid special attention to this historical period. Davydov was also prompted to do this by the reaction of Russian liberals, who condemned Emperor Nicholas I for suppressing the Polish rebellion.
“The militia, moved to extinguish the rebellion that broke out in the region solemnly recognized by all states as the property of Russia, aroused against itself the entire liberal militia of the chambers, attics and living rooms. Magazines, newspapers, movements of the left sides of the English Parliament and both houses of France, preachers of fashionable ideas, fashionable people, fashionable ladies, fashionable phrases and in general everything fashionable screamed and stood on end at Russia,” wrote Davydov.
And he immediately wondered why his compatriots, who profess Eurocentrism, do not blame Western countries for similar cases:
“In what way is Russia’s action more reprehensible than the actions of liberal England or liberal France? The first – once in relation to the American States, and now Ireland and Hindustan, and the last – in relation to the Vendee and the African Bedouins?
…everywhere it was printed and proclaimed that Poland demands only what belongs to it. But Ireland, Algeria and Hindustan demand the same thing that Poland demanded; Why is no one crying out against England and France? Why do England and France not only fail to comply with the demands of Hindustan, Ireland and Algeria, but, on the contrary, use force of arms, police, and inquisitorial measures to keep them behind them? Algeria, Hindustan and Ireland [разве] encroached on the independence of England and France?
Davydov saw a serious threat in the public mood he denounced. Among other things, he wrote: “by its influence on minds, threatening Russia with the most terrible consequences, [русско-польская война] was almost, in essence, more formidable than the war of 1812.”
Davydov’s fears were not in vain, but in the case of the Polish uprising, Emperor Nicholas I achieved all his goals. The revolt was pacified, and the Kingdom of Poland finally became part of the Russian Empire, even losing its previous privileges (for example, its own constitution and troops). But in the end it still gained independence, as did Ireland, India and Algeria. But already in the 20th century.
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