LIFE DWELLS: THEMES OF DEATH AND IMMORTALITY IN RUSSIAN POETRY

This article analyses one of the most important topics of Russian literature ? the topic of death. This topic, like no other, brightly shows a paschal joyful attitude of Russian people as its main mental state since the times of Christianization, as deep conscious faith in immortality of the soul, hope and belief of penitent sinners in God's mercy and blessed afterlife; at the same time active love for mortal life on the one hand and striving for immortal love, light of heaven on the other hand; the courage of the nation and its outstanding representatives to live and choose the path of life according to the evangelical teaching.