E. Chernykh

According to sexologist Alexander Kotrovsky, the heroine of the novel was only 13 years old.

Onegin, who rejected the love of a village girl and then became inflamed with passion for a social beauty, was not condemned only by the lazy. In school essays, this unseemly act of his has been dissected piece by piece for the second century in a row.

On the traditional Pushkin days, which are celebrated in Russia in the first days of summer, sexologist Alexander Kotrovsky put forward to Komsomolskaya Pravda a new, sensational version of the reading of the poet’s most famous novel. The conversation about Pushkin started almost by accident. We talked with a candidate of medical sciences about the wave of pedophilia that swept the country this year. What to do?

Take an example from Evgeny Onegin! - said the doctor. - He did not seduce young Tatyana, although the girl herself offered herself to him. Onegin should become a model for schoolchildren. Look guys, this is a real man! There would be fewer pedophiles in the country.

Nowadays, every day there are reports of child victims of violence. The State Duma is already proposing to give life imprisonment to those who committed sexual acts with teenagers under 14 years of age. And Tatyana was 13!

Can't be! - I was amazed.

And I heard a new and, frankly speaking, slightly stunned interpretation of the novel - from the point of view of a sexologist. Here she is.

Give urgent rehabilitation to Evgeniy!

It's time to finally restore justice! A 26-year-old man quite naturally refused a 13-year-old, and the progressive public condemns him for this noble act! Let's turn to the novel. After 17 years, Evgeniy began attending balls. Had many sexual relationships with married women. And with the girls to whom he “gave lessons privately in silence.” He was a genius in the science of tender passion. He had a strong sexual constitution.

At the age of 26, he found himself in a remote village, registering the inheritance of a wealthy uncle. All the mistresses remained in St. Petersburg. Experienced forced sexual abstinence. And then the 13-year-old landowner’s daughter offers herself to him. “It is the will of heaven: I am yours!” He refuses. Evidence that he had a normal psychosexually oriented libido by gender and age. I was drawn to mature women, sexually mature girls. But not for girls!

There were no romantic feelings for Tatyana either. I appreciated that her feelings were also immature. The girl read a lot of romance novels and decided to realize her romantic libido. Then a mysterious man from the capital turned up. And after all, Evgeny kept the very fact of the letter secret, did not boast and compromise Tatyana. A real man!

Why then did our ideal burn with passion for the married Tatyana?

After long wanderings he returned to St. Petersburg. At the very first ball I saw the most beautiful lady in the capital, immediately fell in love with her and tried to get closer. Risking my reputation and the reputation of Tatyana and her husband. This means that normal libido has been preserved. He didn’t react to the girl, but to the grown-up beauty - instantly! He hardly recognized that same Tatyana. Another confirmation. If she had been an adult girl at their first meeting, she would hardly have changed beyond recognition. And the 13-year-old girl changed after 3-4 years.

By the way, at the beginning of the 19th century completely different morals reigned. And if Onegin had become close to Tatyana, it would have been perceived normally. But, unfortunately, there is an opinion that Tatyana is a victim, a sufferer. Onegin, a womanizer, caused her deep emotional trauma. In fact, he is a hero of our time.

I listened to the sexologist’s fantastic version, and one thought was beating in my head: “It can’t be! Tatiana, a Russian soul, cannot be 13 years old!” The sexologist made a mistake! I think that readers are also in shock.

Returning home, I was surrounded by the works of Pushkin, the memoirs of his contemporaries, the works of Pushkin scholars, literary scholars, starting with the frantic Vissarion Belinsky. I even dug up Ovid Nazon, who suffered for the science of tender passion. I studied and compared for three days. And this is what was revealed to me...

The poet's truth

First of all, I opened the fourth chapter of Onegin, which the sexologist referred to. It begins with the famous lines:

The less we love a woman,
The easier it is for her to like us.

But usually no one delves into the sequel, although they contain the solution to the mystery of the novel.

And the more likely we destroy her
Among seductive networks.
Debauchery used to be cold-blooded
Science was famous for love,
Trumpeting about myself everywhere
And enjoying without loving.
But this is important fun
Worthy of old monkeys
Grandfather's vaunted times...

(In a letter to his younger brother Lev, the 23-year-old poet expressed himself more specifically: “The less they love a woman, the sooner they can hope to possess her, but this fun is worthy of an old monkey of the 18th century.” He has not yet sat down to write Onegin. - E. Ch .)

Who isn't bored of being a hypocrite?
Repeat one thing differently
It is important to try to assure that
What everyone has been sure of for a long time,
All the same objections to hear,
Destroy prejudices
Which were not and are not
A GIRL IS THIRTEEN YEARS OLD! (emphasis added by me. - E. Ch.).
That's exactly what my Eugene thought...

Don't confuse Tanya and the nanny

So, the main question: where did the THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl in the novel come from, about whom our hero was thinking when he received Larina’s letter? Who is she? Tatiana's nanny? (All the teachers and just intellectuals I interviewed instantly pointed to the old woman!) She really went down the aisle at the age of 13, but there was no smell of the debauchery of old monkeys. Husband Vanya was even younger! And Onegin did not know about the early marriage of some nanny - Tatyana did not write about her, and personally, before the explanation in the garden, she did not speak to her beloved at all. Accidental typo? I opened the pre-revolutionary collected works of Pushkin of the 19th century with yats. Also - “thirteen”.

Is there a word inserted for rhyme? You could just as well have written “fifteen” and “seventeen.” The girl is an abstract figure, to put it simply? But Pushkin has nothing accidental in his poems. He is always accurate even in details. It turns out that Tatyana Larina was 13 years old when she sent Evgeniy a letter?! After all, her age is not indicated anywhere else in the novel.

And Pushkin always reported the age of his heroines. Even the old Queen of Spades. (The exception is the old woman with a broken trough and Lyudmila, Ruslan’s bride. But then, fairy tales.) And in the main novel of his life, he could not break the tradition.

I haven't forgotten about the men. Lensky is “nearly eighteen years old.” For the first time we also see Onegin himself as a “philosopher at eighteen”, getting ready for a ball. At the balls, the hero “killed eight years, losing the best color of life.” It will turn out to be 26. Exactly according to Pushkin: “Having lived without a goal, without work until the age of twenty-six.”

There are also frank hints in the novel about Tatyana’s young age. “She seemed like a stranger in her own family.” She didn’t play with dolls or burners, and she didn’t go to the meadow with the youngest Olenka and her “little friends.” And I read romance novels avidly.

British Muse of Tall Tales
The girl's sleep is disturbed.

(A youth, a young woman - ages from 7 to 15 years, according to Vladimir Dahl’s famous explanatory dictionary. Doctor Dahl was a contemporary of the poet, he was on duty at the bedside of the mortally wounded Pushkin.)

Inflamed with passion for Onegin, the girl asks the nanny if she was in love?

And that's it, Tanya! THIS SUMMER
We haven't heard about love;
Otherwise I would have driven you away from the world
My deceased mother-in-law.

IN THIS (that is, Tanya) SUMMER, the nanny has already walked down the aisle. And let me remind you, she was 13 years old.
Onegin, returning from the ball, where he first saw the general’s wife, a society lady, asks himself: “Is it really the same Tatyana? That GIRL... Or is this a dream? That GIRL whom he neglected in his humble lot?”

“Wasn’t it news to you that a humble GIRL loves you?” - Tatyana herself reprimands the hero.

Onegin acted nicely

Let's continue reading the fourth chapter, where a 13-year-old girl appeared.

Having received Tanya's message,
Onegin was deeply touched...
Perhaps the feeling is an ancient ardor
He took possession of it for a minute;
But he didn't want to deceive
The gullibility of an innocent soul.

It turns out that Evgeny did not want to destroy an innocent girl like an old depraved monkey. And that’s why he refused. Tactfully taking all the blame on himself so as not to injure Tatyana. And at the end of the date he gave the girl good advice.

Learn to control yourself;
Not everyone will understand you like I do;
Inexperience leads to trouble.

I read Alexander Sergeevich carefully and suddenly realized what stupidity we were forced to do at school, tormented over essays about the relationship between Evgeny and Tatyana! Pushkin explained everything himself and himself assessed the actions of his hero.

You will agree, my reader,
What a very nice thing to do
Our friend is with sad Tanya.

The Russian girl is not a person!

How old was Olga then, whom 17-year-old Lensky was going to marry? Maximum 12.

Where is that written? In this case, Pushkin only indicated that Olya was the younger sister of 13-year-old Tatyana. A little boy (about 8 years old according to Dahl), Lensky was a touched witness of her INFANT amusement. (Infant - up to 3 years old. From 3 to 7 - child). We consider: if he was 8 years old, then she was 2-3 years old. By the time of the duel, he was almost 18, she was 12. Do you remember how indignant Lensky was when Olya danced with Onegin?

Just out of diapers,
Coquette, flighty child!
She knows the trick,
I've learned to change!

And he challenged his friend to a duel. Of course you are shocked. At that age - and get married?! Don't forget what time it was. This is what Belinsky wrote in an article about Onegin: “A Russian girl is not a woman in the European sense of the word, not a person: she is something else, like a bride... She is barely twelve years old, and her mother reproaches her for laziness, for her inability to hold on. .., says to her: “Aren’t you ashamed, madam: after all, you are already a bride!”

And at 18, according to Belinsky, “she is no longer the daughter of her parents, no longer the beloved child of their hearts, but a burdensome burden, goods ready to linger, excess furniture, which, just behold, will fall off the price and will not get away with it.”

This attitude towards girls and early marriages are explained not by the savagery of customs, but by common sense, says sexologist Kotrovsky. - Families then, as a rule, had large families - the church prohibited abortion, and there were no reliable contraceptives. The parents tried to quickly marry the girl (“an extra mouth”) into someone else’s family, while she looked young. And the dowry required for her was less than for a withered maiden. (The age-old girl is like an autumn fly!) In the case of the Larins, the situation was even more acute. The girls' father died, the brides had to be arranged urgently!

Yuri Lotman, a famous literary critic, wrote in his comments to the novel: “Young noblewomen got married early in the early 19th century. True, the frequent marriages of 14-15-year-old girls in the 18th century began to go out of common practice, and 17-19 years became the normal age for marriage. Early marriages, which were the norm in peasant life, were not uncommon at the end of the 18th century for provincial noble life not affected by Europeanization. A. Labzina, an acquaintance of the poet Kheraskov, was married off when she was barely 13 years old. Gogol's mother was married at 14. However, the young novel reader's first hobbies began much earlier. And the surrounding men looked at the young noblewoman as a woman already at that age at which subsequent generations would have seen in her only a child. The 23-year-old poet Zhukovsky fell in love with Masha Protasova when she was 12. The hero of “Woe from Wit” Chatsky fell in love with Sophia when she was 12-14 years old.”

Everything seems to be working out smoothly. And yet, I confess, dear reader, I was constantly tormented by one question. Why, why did Pushkin assign his beloved heroine to be 13 years old? All his other heroines in love were older. Dunya, the daughter of a stationmaster, ran away with a hussar after 14 years. The peasant young lady Liza, Dubrovsky’s beloved Masha Troekurova, and Marya Gavrilovna from “The Snowstorm” turned 17. The captain's daughter Masha is all 18. And then... And suddenly it dawned on me! Yes, he deliberately made Tatyana so young! If Onegin had rejected the love of 17-year-old Larina, questions could really arise for him. A callous person! But it was precisely at her young age that Pushkin was able to emphasize the morality of his beloved hero, whom he largely copied from himself. So, maybe sexologist Kotrovsky really is right?

Parallels

Natasha Rostova fell in love early

In Russian literature there is only one heroine who, in the love of readers, comes close to Tatyana Larina. Natasha from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Also a noblewoman. We meet the girl for the first time on her name day. In love with officer Drubetsky, she caught Boris in a secluded place and kissed him on the lips. Embarrassed Boris also confessed his love to the girl, but asked not to kiss her again for 4 years. “Then I will ask for your hand.”

The situation is exactly like in Eugene Onegin. But it does not cause controversy.
And at this time, her father, Count Rostov, recalls in small talk that their mothers got married at the age of 12 - 13.

CONTRADICTION?

The poet himself appointed the heroine to be 17 years old!

Yuri Lotman refers to Pushkin’s correspondence with Vyazemsky. The prince found contradictions in the heroine's confession. The poet replied that this was “a letter from a woman, 17 years old at that, and in love!”

It would seem that there is nothing to argue about. But let's try to argue. The poet answered his friend in obvious irritation: “I’m amazed how Tatyana’s letter ended up in your possession. Interpret this to me." The intrigue is that the prince dreamed of publishing the third chapter himself, but Pushkin gave it to his brother. And it hasn't come out yet! Where did the information leak come from? (The poet wrote the novel in verse for 8 years! And published it in separate chapters as they were ready.)

He could then simply write back to the prince about 17 years. Or he didn’t want to reveal the heroine’s age. But, most importantly, at that moment Pushkin had not yet sat down to the 4th chapter, where the girl appears at the age of 13. The original plan may have changed. But even Lotman did not comment on the girl without prejudice. Although he indicated the ages of Onegin and Lensky strictly according to the novel.

The nanny was getting married according to the law!

“The legal provision for peasants has been made quite decently - a woman is 13 years old, and a man is 15 years old for marriage, through which, at their young age, having become accustomed, firstly, to each other, and secondly, to their parents, they will have direct love with fear and obedience,” wrote economist S. Drukovtsev at the end of the 18th century.

Onegin does not want to burden himself with the ties of family life, because he considers himself a progressive young man. In fact, at that moment Onegin did not want to get married at all, his thoughts were completely different. The image of a village landowner, the father of a large family, does not fit in Onegin’s head with his dreams of solitude and philosophical reflections on the meaning of life by the fireplace.

In addition, Onegin is afraid that his feelings for Tatyana will quickly fade away and therefore their family is not destined to be happy. In a word, Onegin believes that he and Tatiana are not suitable for each other:

“What could be worse in the world?
Families where the poor wife
Sad about an unworthy husband
Alone both day and evening;
Where is the boring husband, knowing her worth
(However, cursing fate),
Always frowning, silent,
Angry and coldly jealous!
That's how I am. And that's what they were looking for
You are a pure, fiery soul,
When with such simplicity,
Did they write to me with such intelligence?
Is this really your lot?
Appointed by strict fate?

Do you have anything to add to the answer? Comments? Clarifications?

Tatyana Larina is the heroine of the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin” by A. S. Pushkin. Her image is one of the most controversial in Russian literature. Tatyana's actions cause conflicting assessments. For about two centuries now, readers have been concerned with the following question: why does Tatyana refuse Onegin?

"Eugene Onegin" - encyclopedia of Russian life

“Eugene Onegin” by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin became the first Russian realistic novel, it reflected the author’s contemporary world. Pushkin separated the author from the hero, making him a separate character closely familiar with the main character. There is an opinion that the characters in the novel have real prototypes. Researchers of Pushkin's work name different names. But, most likely, these are only collective images of people contemporary to the author.

Lonely girl

Throughout the novel, Tatyana turns from a naive girl into a confident woman. In her youth, she does not find understanding in her family. Those around her do not approve of her excessive passion for reading, timid character, shyness and fearfulness, preferring her cheerful and frivolous sister Olga to Tatyana. Provincial society, whose main concern is everyday life and its own well-being, and whose favorite leisure time is gossip, does not attract the girl. Tatyana withdraws into herself. She is very lonely. The only person Tanya is truly attached to is her old nanny. Nanny's fairy tales and stories about antiquity excite Tanino's imagination.

girl in love

The girl reads a lot about love. Of course, she dreams of experiencing the same feelings as the heroes of her favorite novels. But in the rural wilderness where the Larins live, Tatyana does not see an ideal that she can get carried away with. But then Evgeny Onegin appears. How different he is from those she had met before! Onegin is smart, courteous, and outwardly pleasant. And Tatyana finally finds her ideal. All the feelings that are still deeply hidden in the soul, feelings inspired by French novels, overwhelm Tatiana. She falls in love. It’s not surprising that a girl immediately writes about her feelings to an almost unknown man. Living in the world of books, she idealizes the real world.

Onegin returns Tatyana to reality. He, satiated with the love of socialites, is endlessly touched by the love of a naive girl. And Evgeny does not want to deceive her, acting very nobly, immediately explaining himself honestly to her. But Tatyana feels deceived in her hopes. She is hurt and offended. From the characterization of Onegin and Tatyana, it becomes obvious how differently they experience this situation. Onegin is calm, he is confident that he is right. And Tatiana’s heart is broken.

Proud princess

After Onegin's departure, Tatyana is married off. Her husband is very rich and noble, and is respected in society. Besides, he's in love with her. Years pass, Tatyana changes. There is no trace left of her former shyness and timidity. She learned to behave in society, to correspond to her husband’s high position.

And so, Evgeny Onegin appears. The characteristics of Onegin and Tatyana, which literary critics give them, indicate how equally they perceive this meeting. Both are confused. Girlish dreams came to life in the woman’s heart. She still hasn't forgotten Evgeniy. And he is attracted to her now that Tatyana has become so beautiful, brilliant and inaccessible. Her external coldness only fuels his passion. Onegin decides to confess. For what reason did Tatyana refuse Onegin? She is determined to remain a faithful wife, she does not believe in the sincerity of Eugene’s feelings and does not want to become a toy of his temporary whim. The woman honestly admits that she is unable to stop loving him, but this will not change anything in their relationship.

Many literary figures have repeatedly discussed: why does Tatyana, loving Onegin, refuse him?

Version by V. G. Belinsky

One of the most famous Russian critics, V. G. Belinsky, assured that in the last chapter of the novel, Tatyana was already hopelessly spoiled by secular society. The sweet, quiet girl, so beloved by readers, has disappeared. A society lady appeared who reacted coldly to the meeting with her once loved one. How did it happen that a timid provincial girl became so proud and full of her own dignity? How did she manage to outshine the recognized beauty, the brilliant Princess Nina Voronskaya?

And, most importantly, why does Tatyana refuse Onegin? V. G. Belinsky answers this question quite simply. Tatyana has become different: now she takes into account the opinion of the world and is afraid of tarnishing her reputation. She has adapted to the laws of high society and lives by following them. Yes, Tatyana again confesses her love to Evgeniy in the finale. But we must not forget that this is not the explanation of an inexperienced girl, but of a married lady who took an oath of fidelity to her husband. Tatyana does not feel love for her husband, but has deep respect for him. It turns out that her whole life is a lie. The critic harshly condemned Tatyana. But she was only a hostage of her time. Her intelligence and nobility did not allow her to follow the path of Anna Karenina.

Version by F. M. Dostoevsky

The great Russian writer F. M. Dostoevsky also did not stay away from the discussion on the topic: why Tatyana refuses Onegin. He, in turn, believes that such a situation occurred because Tatyana became wiser. Dostoevsky had no doubt: high society had not spoiled Tatyana at all, she had not changed in her soul. It turns out that the role of a socialite only causes her suffering. But in this case, why doesn’t she want to leave her husband and the arrogant capital, running away with her lover, who finally reciprocated her feelings? Why does Tatyana refuse Onegin? Tatyana realizes that her flight and betrayal will turn the venerable life of the general into an unimaginable shame and nightmare filled with gossip and gossip. Dostoevsky does not consider the heroine weak and spineless. It took her a lot of mental strength to give up her happiness. So, is Tatyana right in refusing Onegin’s love? Dostoevsky answers this question in the affirmative.

The story of the unfulfilled love of Tatyana Larina and Evgeny Onegin cannot leave the reader indifferent. And for a long time literary critics will argue about why this novel has such a sad ending.

I think everyone knows Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin”. The ending of this work is quite sad and does not at all meet the expectations of many readers, especially female readers. Throughout the entire novel, we expected that Tatyana, a sweet ideal, and Evgeniy, a genius of tender passion, would be together and live a long, happy life. But it was not there!

With words

I love you (why lie?),
But I was given to another;
I will be faithful to him forever...

Tatiana Onegina... rejects. I admit, this came as a complete surprise to me. Tears flowed down my cheeks as I began to realize that somehow everything was not as I thought. But hope waited until I frantically leafed through the book and realized that that was it. The novel is finished. Tatiana and Onegin are not together.

Perhaps, of course, Pushkin did not tell us everything, and in the lives of the main characters in the future, maybe something happened, we just don’t know it. Maybe thirty years later, when they were already elderly uncle and auntie, they decided to try life together... Oh no, this is my wild fantasy. But I can say for sure, without fantasizing, that you and I can find ourselves in a similar situation. So what should we do then?

First, listen to yourself. When we have something (in our case, a man) and we have the opportunity to exchange it for the same thing, only modified (in our case, for another man), then we face a very interesting and difficult choice: between the present and the future. And we cannot know exactly what awaits us. Tatyana could not know what awaited her with Onegin. He did not have an ideal reputation and was famous for changing women like gloves, so being confident in the unreliable Evgeniy is a dangerous business. Yes Yes! He may not support or even go over to the side of the enemy at a crucial moment. I even conducted a survey, and it turned out that most girls would not marry Eugene Onegin, since he is unreliable, proud and, perhaps, even selfish. While many would like to marry Tatyana. But let's get back to the topic.

Secondly, listen to reason. So, feelings have made their choice, now you need to think about how a rejected man will feel. After thinking about your feelings, it is worth thinking about the feelings of others. What and how much did your current lover give you, and will your future lover be able to give at least as much? If not, there is no need to change anything. Tatyana, for example, respected her husband. He truly loved her, wanted her to be happy and live like a princess. Could Onegin do something similar for her? What can he do for the sake of his beloved? And why did he even realize only after more than three years that he loved the beautiful Tatyana?! A? And in general, having said goodbye to her legal husband, Tatyana would have caused him pain, the inconvenience of change, a terrible feeling called “I can’t-forget-her.” Having rejected Eugene, Tatyana did not change anything in her life, nor in the life of her husband, nor in the life of Onegin. I don’t think Evgeniy was tormented by mental anguish. Although, who knows? Maybe a miracle happened after all?

Third, listen to others. Sometimes we fall in love so much that we become blind, not noticing anything around us. In this case, the people around us will help us. More precisely, their life experience and wisdom (depending on who you turn to). You can ask for advice from parents, relatives, friends, classmates, fellow students, colleagues; You can even describe your situation in detail and ask for advice on forums or social networks. The main thing is that there are many advisers, because, as a rule, the majority turns out to be right. Our Tatyana, of course, didn’t ask for anyone’s advice, and she didn’t need it. As a child, she ran to her nanny for advice, but now she decides everything herself, like an adult, wise woman. But if you don’t consider yourself wise enough, mature and confident in your decisions, like Tatyana, then I think it’s worth consulting with someone. Some women, having made many mistakes in life, can advise what is needed!

So why did Tatyana reject Onegin, even though she loved him? Maybe she was afraid that society would not understand her, maybe she respected her husband and did not want to hurt him. It’s just that in her case, reason prevailed over feelings. She knew for sure that she was doing everything right and would not regret this decision in the future.

We cannot judge the correctness of her choice, we cannot condemn Tatyana, this is her choice. So you don’t have to be afraid of making the wrong choice! It’s not for nothing that they say: “Everything that is done is for the better!”

Why does Onegin reject Tatiana's love?

Onegin is condescending and generous, straightforward and honest, and at the same time indecisive and even cruel. He nobly does not accept “the science of tender passion that Nazon sang... in which he was a true genius,” but timidly refuses true love, which requires enormous exertion of mental strength. The murder in a duel, provoked by Onegin’s selfish desire to annoy his friend, revealed another weakness of Eugene - the persistence in him of secular conventions, false ideas about noble honor, conventions so deeply despised by him, from which he fled from St. Petersburg. Onegin refused love, which could decorate his life, but now he has lost his only friend, sincere, trusting.

The two people closest and dearest to him were rejected by him because of their invincible spiritual coldness, their inability to step over the insignificant and secondary in the name of the lofty.

He pays her sincere tribute:

When would a family picture
I was captivated for just one moment, -
That's right, except for you alone
I was looking for no other bride.

Onegin convinces Tatyana that he is not created for a measured and monotonous family life filled with quiet joys:

But I am not made for bliss;
My soul is alien to him;
Your perfections are in vain:
I am not worthy of them at all.
Believe me (conscience is a guarantee),
Marriage will be torment for us.

There is no return to dreams and years;
I will not renew my soul...
I love you with the love of a brother
And maybe even more tender.

Tatyana, having visited Onegin’s estate, re-reads books from his library and notices with fear that her chosen one prefers novels, “in which the century is reflected and modern man is depicted quite correctly with his immoral soul, selfish and dry, devoted to dreams immensely, with his embittered a mind seething in empty action.” And Tatyana, no matter how careful she is towards her beloved, no matter how jealous of everything that surrounds him, still doubted his human worth:

What is he? Is it really imitation?
An insignificant ghost, or else
Muscovite in Harold's cloak,
Interpretation of other people's whims,
A complete vocabulary of fashion words?..
Isn't he a parody?

No, Onegin is far from a parody, but a living person, and his fate, conditioned by the entire development of noble culture, is just as sad as the fate of Tatiana. For the first time in his life, having experienced a real feeling of love, Onegin reveals his soul in a letter to Tatyana. He became spiritually richer, deeper, more humane, more sensitive. How different he is at the end of the novel from the smart, cold aristocrat who explains in detail to Tatyana the reasons for refusing her love. Now he is in the position of a lover, sincere, defenseless, not afraid of ridicule. Now he evokes compassion in the reader with his life drama, with his entire broken, distorted life:

If only you knew how terrible
To yearn for love,
Blaze - and mind all the time
To subdue the excitement in the blood;
Want to hug your knees
And burst into tears at your feet
Pour out prayers, confessions, penalties,
Everything, everything that I could express...

Onegin was influenced in the best possible way: he began to notice the difficulties of the peasants and began to undertake reforms to make their lives easier:

He is the yoke of the ancient corvée
I replaced it with a light quitrent.

The folk song was also very popular and loved among provincial nobles. For example, "girls' song." The fact is that when picking berries, the girls, by order of the stern landowner, were forbidden to eat a lot of them, and so that the girls did not violate the order, they were forced to sing. A typical representative of the capital's nobility, Onegin in the city was “an enemy of order and a spendthrift” and, of course, did not notice the people's needs, spending time in secular salons.

And now he:
...villager
Factories, waters, forests, lands
The owner is complete...

The life of the landowner families proceeded in peace and quiet. They were like a “good family” with their neighbors. They could laugh and slander, but this is not at all like the intrigues of the capital.
In the families of the nobles, “...they kept in their lives the peaceful habits of the dear old days.” Traditional folk holiday rituals were observed. At Maslenitsa they had pancakes. They loved songs and round dances.
They passed away quietly, without fuss. They had modest tombstones with equally modest inscriptions:

Humble sinner
Dmitry Larin,
The Lord's servant and foreman,
Under this stone he tastes peace.

From the tombstone inscriptions one can judge that the landowner villagers were not vain people, although among them there were many people worthy of high words. The same Dmitry Larin, for example, had an Ochakov medal for courage, but we learn about this only from the lips of Lensky, to whom Larin let him play with it as a child. This fact testifies to the high spiritual qualities of this nobleman and moral purity and modesty.

The moral principle was especially clearly manifested in the image of Tatyana Larina. I would also add to her distinctive feature an amazing subtlety and sensitivity of nature, which you will not find among girls in the capital. So, Onegin, having described another circle of life, full of disappointments and empty hobbies, meets Tatyana again and rushes to her with all his soul, understanding and finally appreciating her fully. But, alas, in response he heard:

I know it's in your heart
And pride and direct honor.
I love you (why lie?),
But I was given to another;
And I will be faithful to him forever.

It doesn’t even occur to Tatyana to be disingenuous, flirtatious, or hide her feelings. She is sincere in love. It seems to me that if she had lived most of her life in the capital, her spiritual world would not have been so strong. Looking from this angle at the life of the capital and city nobles of that time, I was convinced that the spiritual world of the latter was much richer, closer to the people, and such heroes of Pushkin, naturally, evoke more sympathy in me than the capital’s golden youth of Pushkin’s era.