Alexei Lebedev: life and work

Sincerely in love with the profession of a seaman, a man who managed to convey the life of the fleet and the romance of the sea with precise poetic words ... Alexei Lebedev lives in modern times in works that sound not only on poetic parties, but also in the sea, in long-distance trips, On ships. Poetry poems fascinate with their rhythm and are full of metaphorical and capacious images. The fleet and the sea were the two muses of the writer. He drew inspiration from them. Even the most routine facts and events had a lyrical coloring in his poems. The poet's life is an example of serving his native land.

Biography

Alexey Alekseevich Lebedev was born in Suzdal in August 1912. His father was a lawyer, his mother a teacher. Due to the fact that his father had official assignments, the family moved to Siauliai, then to Kostroma, and in 1927 to Ivano-Voznesensk. Alexei Lebedev worked for a while as an assistant plumber and plumber. After that I went to the North, where I worked as a cabin boy, and then as a sailor on the Sevrybtrust ships. A few years later the poet came to Ivanovo, where he entered the industrial technical school for the construction department.

In 1933, Alexei Lebedev went into the army, where he was sent to the Baltic Fleet. He served in Kronstadt, was admitted to the school of radio operators, then he was sent to Oranienbaum to the radio unit. In 1935, he was left on an urgent basis. In the year 36 I entered the naval school in Leningrad. During the war (Finnish-Soviet) Alexei Lebedev as a cadet voluntarily took part in the battles with the Finns on the destroyer "Lenin"; He was a trainee trainee. He graduated from the Higher Naval School. Frunze in 1940

Alexei Lebedev, the poet

Poems Alexei Lebedev began to create in school. His first works were published in the newspaper of the fleet "Red Baltic Fleet". In 1939 was published the first book of the writer - "Kronstadt". This year he continued to write poetry. Alexei Lebedev was admitted to the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union. In the 1940's the second book of the writer was published - "My Lyrics".

After Lebedev graduated from the school, he became navigator of scuba diving and was admitted to the fourteenth division of the training brigade of the training submarines of the Baltic Fleet. He served on the submarine "L-2".

Memory of the poet

Lebedev died with a submarine on 11/15/1941. The survivors testified that at the last moment, when someone was calling for help behind the stern, the poet threw his waistcoat drowned for salvation. Of their team, only 3 remained alive.

He was erected a monument in Suzdal, in Ivanov his name was named street, and a granite bust was installed.

The war proved that poetry did not stop. Born in battles, she was unbeatable and became a worthy assistant in combat. Many poets perished in the war. They died, and their poems still sound, striking with their sincere purity. Among them is the favorite sea poet Lebedev.

Death of poet

According to the testimony of those who started their literary activity together with Alexei Lebedev, he evoked kind feelings, a feeling of love. Everything was bright and happy in him: a gift and friendliness, his ease in communication. Very responsibly and consciously, the poet prepared for the naval service and purposefully went to his tasks as a torpedo. He studied well, knew English perfectly. He was also a good boxer. His main theme in the works was the meaning of his life. Before the death campaign, the poet felt as if he were dying, created a poem that he dedicated to his wife - "Farewell."

He never lived to be thirty, a cold night in November 41, the sea became his grave. The submarine, on which the poet worked as a navigator, was blown up by mines. He died in the heyday of the literary forces, but even those works that he wrote during his lifetime leave him the irreplaceable leader of the poetry of the navy.