Children of all ages love to read fairy tales and poems by Sergei Mikhalkov because his works penetrate deep into the soul of any child. The poems are rhymed simply and transparently, allowing even the little ones to understand their meaning. At the same time, these texts are far from banal; they contain a huge number of moral guidelines, be it Uncle Styopa the policeman or the Three Little Pigs - all these Mikhalkov fairy tales set the right vector for your kids.

This wonderful writer also wrote many fables and plays with entertaining plots that will teach children kindness, helping others and ingenuity. Many generations of parents know that Mikhalkov’s poems can be read to children at any age, because he will never teach bad things, but rather explain complex morals in simple words. It is not for nothing that boys and girls who were brought up on his works, being already parents themselves, introduce their offspring to his work. In addition, his texts will enrich a person’s inner world and give him a love for the classics. His phenomenon stands in the same cohort as such famous classes as Korney Chukovsky, Boris Zakhoder, Agnia Barto and Samuil Marshak - all of them helped raise millions of Soviet and Russian children with their works. In a word, any work: a play, a story, a poem, a fairy tale by Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov is the best gift for your child.

MIDGE

The big bear offended the small hare: he caught it and never said anything

PORTRAIT

I WANT TO FIGHT

WHAT THE CAT IMAGINED ABOUT ITSELF

ANSWER

PELICAN RAISING

WHO WILL WIN?

CAREFUL GOATS

NOSE

CONDITIONED REFLEX

DONKEY AND BEaver

CAPTURED SINGER

PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT

PUPPY AND SNAKE

MIRROR

LAST WISH

DRUNKEN CHERRY

GREEDY HARE

MAKING HARE

MISCALCULATED

COMPLAISANT

DO NOT MENTION IT

Undoubtedly, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, even at the zenith of his creativity, earned the right to be called the patriarch of Russian literature. The mere fact that he is the author of two Soviet (1943, 1977) and subsequently Russian (2001) anthems proves the need to immortalize his name in the Guinness Book of Records. He is known not only as a talented poet, but also as a playwright, screenwriter and fabulist.

Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich, short biography which contains many interesting and remarkable things, comes from an ancient Russian family. His pedigree is unique. Father - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Mikhalkov - was a graduate of the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University. He was religious person and was ready at any moment to defend his native Fatherland.

The poet's mother, Olga Mikhailovna Glebova, was the daughter of the district leader of the nobility.

Curriculum Vitae

He developed a desire for poetry in his childhood. Already at the age of nine, the future author of the Soviet anthem began to compose poems and write them down on paper. The father supported his son’s endeavors and even showed his works to the poet A. Bezymensky.

Soon the Mikhalkov family moves from Moscow to Pyatigorsk. The poet's father was offered a place in Terselcredsoyuz. Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov himself recalled that the move to a new place of residence was also connected with the fact that Vladimir Aleksandrovich did not want to once again “be an eyesore” for the Soviet authorities. After Pyatigorsk, the poet and his family lived for some time in Georgievsk.

The beginning of a creative journey

First literary work Mikhalkov published it in 1928 in the Rostov publication “On the Rise.”

The poem was called "The Road". Soon the poet becomes a member of the Terek Association of Proletarian Writers (TAPP) and his literary epics are published in the Pyatigorsk newspaper Terek.

Years of youth

In 1930, after school, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov returned to Moscow. He gets a job as a laborer at a local weaving and finishing factory. Then he tries himself as a junior observer of a geological exploration expedition of the Leningrad Geodetic Institute in Altai. Then the aspiring poet visited the Volga and eastern Kazakhstan. After some time, he is already a freelance employee in the letters department of the Izvestia newspaper. So, while in search of self-realization, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, whose works hardly every Soviet schoolchild knew, suddenly began to realize that his real calling was versification.

Recognition and glory

In the early 30s of the last century, the Moscow poet became known to a wide circle of Soviet readers. And all because Mikhalkov’s works began to be regularly published in the capital’s magazines and newspapers, and they were also systematically broadcast on the radio.

Thus, the magazine “Pioneer”, the newspapers “Komsomolskaya Pravda” and “Izvestia” were the first to publish his immortal poems: “What do you have?”, “Uncle Styopa”, “Three Citizens”, “Stubborn Thomas” and others. This is what Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov became famous for. He knew how to write poems for children like no one else.

In the period from 1935 to 1937, the poet was a student at the M. Gorky Literary Institute. Then he became a member of the Writers' Union and was forced to leave his alma mater.

In 1936, in the “Ogonyok Library” series, where he was a member of the association of young writers, his debut collection “Poems for Children” was released. Naturally, after this, every child in the Soviet country found out who Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov was. His “poems for children” turned out to be capacious, dynamic and educational. Their value lay in the fact that the basics of childhood education were presented “not directly,” but unobtrusively, taking into account the child’s psychology.

The famous fairy tale “The Three Little Pigs” (1936) also belongs to the pen of the patriarch of Russian literature.

Sergei Vladimirovich entered the world of children's literature confidently and triumphantly. His book circulations were soon in no way inferior to those of the famous Chukovsky and Marshak. Famous Soviet actors enjoyed performing Mikhalkov’s works on the radio.

From the very beginning of his creative career, the poet was engaged in translating children's poems, which were as identical as possible to the originals.

In 1939, Sergei Vladimirovich was awarded hardly the highest award for the work “Svetlana” previously published in the Izvestia newspaper - A year later, he was awarded Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov again. Even Soviet officials liked the poems he wrote for children. Then the poet will once again receive the Stalin Prize, but this time for writing the script for the film “Frontline Girlfriends.”

At the end of the 30s, Mikhalkov joined the ranks of the Soviet army and participated in the liberation of Western Ukraine. Throughout the entire period of the fight against fascism, he worked as a war correspondent.

Hymn

Sergei Vladimirovich in 1943, in collaboration with journalist Georgy El-Registan, comes up with the words of the USSR anthem, which was first played in the upcoming New Year's Eve. 34 years later, he would write the second edition of the “main song” of the Soviet country, and already in 2001 he would present the text of the Russian anthem.

Fabulist

And already the first works of Sergei Vladimirovich pleased him. "Pravda" first published the fable "The Fox and the Beaver", and a little later - "The Hare in Hop", "Two Girlfriends" and "Current Repairs". Mikhalkov wrote a total of about two hundred fables.

Playwright and screenwriter

Sergei Vladimirovich also showed his talent in writing plays for children's theaters. From the pen of the maestro came such famous works as “Special Assignment” (1945), “Red Tie” (1946), “I Want to Go Home” (1949). In addition, Mikhalkov is the author of many scripts for animated films.

Regalia

The list of regalia could take a very long time. As already emphasized, he was awarded the Order of Lenin and the Stalin Prize. In 1973 he was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. Sergei Vladimirovich has repeatedly been a laureate of the State Prize. In addition, the poet has the First Class Patriotic War, the Order of Friendship of Peoples, the Order of Honor, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and many other awards.

Personal life

In 1936, young Mikhalkov became engaged to his granddaughter famous artist Vasily Surikov - Natalya Petrovna Konchalovskaya, who was 10 years older than her chosen one.

Before meeting him, she already had some experience family life: Previously, the poetess was the wife of intelligence officer Alexei Bogdanov. While married to him, Konchalovskaya gave birth to a daughter, Ekaterina, who was later adopted by Sergei Vladimirovich. The poet and Natalya Petrovna were happy together for a long time, having lived for 53 years. First they had a son, Andrei, and then a son, Nikita. The children of Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov became famous people, choosing a directing career. Daughter Ekaterina became wife famous writer Yuliana Semenova.

The poet passed away on August 27, 2009, having lived 96 years. Doctors diagnosed Mikhalkov with pulmonary edema. The patriarch of Russian literature was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in the capital.

What is Motherland?

This is your home yard where you kicked the ball, this is the path along which you ran to the river.

And also - this is the music of your childhood, the books of your childhood, and in the books there are pictures and poems of your childhood.

Before the Great Patriotic War I went to kindergarten, where we learned poetry:

There lived three friends and comrades

In the small town of En,

There were three friends and comrades

Captured by the Nazis...

In these verses there was a premonition of formidable changes in the life of the Motherland, in the life of the family, in the life of each of us.

We, kindergarteners, knew well that these lines were written by Sergei Mikhalkov, the author of such works as “Uncle Styopa”, “My Friend and I”, “Foma”, “Song of Friends” and others.

The war began, my father went to the front, my mother and I ended up in evacuation on the Volga, in the village of Krestovo-Gorodishche. A book with Mikhalkov’s poems also came with us to these Volga regions.

In the evenings, at the smokehouse, I read with my new friends:

In one lane

We were at home.

In one of the houses

Once upon a time there lived a stubborn Thomas...

My life has developed in such a way that I will never part with the work of Sergei Vladimirovich; for fifty years now I have been drawing pictures for his books.

I always draw with pleasure, since his humor and boundless invention are very close and understandable to me.

Victor CHIZHIKOV, artist,

member of the journal's editorial board

"Murzilka"

The site published poems by Sergei Mikhalkov “Trained Dogs”, “Kittens”, “Puppies”, “Woodpecker”, “White Poems”.

Works by Sergei Mikhalkov “It’s Your Own Blame”, “All Year Round” and “True Friends” from the magazine “Murzilka” 1962 (10th issue) and 2007 (3rd issue).

It's your own fault

The Hare and the Hare built themselves a small house in the forest. Everything around was tidied up, cleared and swept. All that remains is to remove the large stone from the road.

Let's push ourselves and drag him somewhere aside! - suggested the Hare.

Come on! - answered the Hare. - Let him lie where he lay! Whoever needs it will bypass it!

And the stone remained lying near the porch.

One day the Hare was running home from the garden. I forgot that there was a stone on the road, tripped over it and bloodied my nose.

“Let’s remove the stone,” Zaichnha suggested again. - Look how you crashed.

There was a hunt! - answered the Hare. “I’ll start messing with him!”

Another time, the Hare was carrying a pan of hot cabbage soup. I stared at the Hare, who was sitting at the table, knocking on the table with a spoon, and forgot about the stone. She flew into him, spilled cabbage soup, and was scalded herself. Woe, and nothing more!

Come on, Hare, let's remove this damn stone! - the Hare begged. “There’s no chance someone will break their head because of him.”

Let him lie where he lies! - answered the stubborn Hare.

Once the Hare and the Hare invited their old friend Mikhail Ivanovich Toptygin to a festive pie.

“I’ll come,” Mikhail Ivanovich promised. “The pie is yours, and the honey will be mine.”

On the appointed day, the hares came out onto the porch to greet the dear guest. They see: Mikhail Ivanovich is in a hurry, pressing a large tub of honey to his chest with both paws, not looking at his feet.

The Hare and the Hare's paws waved:

Stone! Stone!

The Bear did not understand that the hares were shouting to him from the porch, why they were waving their paws, and as fast as he could he ran into a stone. And he ran into him so much that he turned over his head and landed with his whole body straight into the hare’s house. He broke the jar of honey and destroyed the house.

The Bear grabbed his head. Hares cry from grief.

Why cry? The sleigh is to blame!

Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov- Soviet Russian writer, poet, fabulist, playwright, war correspondent, author of hymn texts Soviet Union and anthem Russian Federation, Chairman of the Writers' Union of the RSFSR. Mikhalkov became most famous for his works for children.

Born on February 28 (March 13), 1913 in Moscow in the family of an employee, “one of the founders of Soviet industrial poultry farming.”
The father instilled in his son a love of Russian literature, introduced him to the poems of Mayakovsky, Bedny, Yesenin, the influence of whose poetry affected the childhood and youthful poetic experiences of young Mikhalkov.
He spent his school years in Pyatigorsk, graduating from high school in 1930.
Mikhalkov's first poem "The Road" was published in the magazine "On the Rise" (Rostov-on-Don) in 1928. In the same year, he was enrolled in the author's active of the Terek Association of Proletarian Writers (TAPP), and his poems were often published on the pages of the Pyatigorsk newspaper Terek.
In 1930 he moved to Moscow and within three years worked as a laborer at the Moskvoretskaya weaving and finishing factory. He took part in a geological exploration expedition to Eastern Kazakhstan and the Volga. Mikhalkov's poems were increasingly published in the capital's press and broadcast on the radio. Since 1933, it became possible to live only on literary earnings. Mikhalkov belonged to the association of young writers at the Ogonyok magazine.
In 1935-1937 he studied at the Literary Institute. M. Gorky.
In 1935, Mikhalkov published a poem for children, “Three Citizens,” in the Pioneer magazine. It was followed by other children's poems: "The Cheerful Tourist", "Stubborn Foma", "My Friend and I", "Uncle Styopa", included in the first book of poems by S. Mikhalkov (1936). Acquaintance, friendly criticism, and then creative friendship with the writers Fadeev, Marshak and Chukovsky finally determined Mikhalkov’s literary fate.
In 1939, he was drafted into the Red Army and participated in the liberation of Western Ukraine, first trying his hand at the front-line press as a war correspondent, in which capacity he worked throughout the entire period of World War II.
While continuing to work in the army press, he did not forget his little reader: he wrote poems for kids and school-aged children: "True for Children", "Pioneer Parcel", "Map", "Mother" and etc.
One of the oldest masters of Russian literature, A. Tolstoy, gave Mikhalkov the idea to turn to fables, and the very first fables he wrote received Tolstoy’s approval. The newspaper Pravda published The Fox and the Beaver. Then came "Hare in Hop", "Two Friends", "Current Repairs" and many others (Mikhalkov wrote about two hundred fables).
He wrote plays for children's theaters: "Special Assignment" (1945), "Red Tie" (1946), "I Want to Go Home" (1949), "Sombrero" (1957) etc., as well as plays for adults. He is the author of a number of scripts for both feature films and animated films.
In collaboration with the military journalist G.A. Ureklyan (who wrote under the pseudonym G. El-Registan), in 1943 he created the text of the new Anthem of the USSR (2nd edition - 1977, 3rd - 2000, as the Anthem of Russia).
Since 1962, Sergei Mikhalkov has been the organizer and Chief Editor satirical film magazine "Wick".
In 1970-1990 he headed the Union of Writers of the USSR. Mikhalkov was a laureate of Lenin and four State Prizes.
Published in 2006 A new book Sergei Mikhalkov from the series "Anthology of satire and humor in Russia in the 21st century."
In 2008, the writer was awarded the Order of St. Apostle Andrew the First-Called "for his outstanding contribution to the development of Russian literature, many years of creative and social activity."
From his first marriage, Mikhalkov has two sons - Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky and Nikita Mikhalkov, both famous film directors.
Sergei Mikhalkov died on August 27, 2009, at the age of 97.