The autograph of Lermontov's poem "From under the mysterious, cold half mask... "did not reach us, the motives and details of its creation remain still not clarified. The real work is designed to fill this gap. Traditionally, it is believed that the poem is inspired by Lermontov's meeting with an unknown lady in a masquerade. Meanwhile, the mask does not mean a ballroom attribute that hides a face, but a person closed from those around the spiritual world. The mask therefore turns out to be only a half mask, which keeps the secrets of the soul of the heroine of the poem, which does not exist in reality. However, her poetic image arose under the impression of the meeting that took place in reality. On the eve of Lermontov's departure to the Caucasus, he had a conversation with A.S. Pushkin's widow - Natalia Nikolaevna. The details of the conversation reported by her to her daughter from her second marriage - A.P. Arapova, we find in the memoirs of the latter. The comparison of the details of the conversation presented in them, as well as the characteristics of Natalia Nikolaevna's mental disposition and state, transmitted by herself in one of the letters, make it possible to detect echoes of the conversation in the poem "From under the mysterious, cold half mask…". Lermontov initially prejudiced Pushkin's widow, considering her guilty of the death of her husband, but in the process of the conversation, the true mental qualities of Natalia Nikolaevna were revealed to him, who reacted with deep sympathy to the poet. Gradually, the unity of the souls of the interlocutors took place, which was reflected in the poem. The date of the meeting allows you to clarify the chronological framework for writing the poem
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