Savin Ivan

His father was a Finn, mother - Greek woman in the clan of which were also Russian and Moldavian. After graduating from high school, he went as a volunteer in the cavalry army of General Denikin in 1919-21 and fought in Belgorod ulan on the Don, Kuban and the Crimea. Four of his brothers, the White Guard were killed during the Civil War: two were killed in the fighting, the two were shot in the Crimea. Their death Savin said deeply lyrical poems. After the defeat of the Volunteer Army ill with typhus Savin was unable to evacuate from the Crimean port with the troops of General Wrangel. In Dzhankojsky railway hospital he was taken prisoner by the Reds. After 2 years of captivity he escaped in Petrograd, and thanks to Finnish origin to obtain permission to travel to Finland. In Helsingfors he had to do manual labor. Hobbies Savin dedicated literature, wrote poetry, prose, articles, published in the emigre periodicals. In emigration immediately took Savina, appreciating his talent and his strong political beliefs, can not be doubted that the outcome of the Russian Revolution in Russia is tragic. The creative legacy of 'the poet's White Dream' (the so-called Savina criticism) is small, it reflects only a 5-year period of his life overseas: 1922-27. In 1926 came the only collection of poetry Savin 'amulet'. 2-e, expanded edition of 'amulets' came out in the U.S. in 1958, and to the 60 anniversary of the death of a widow with. L. Sulimovskiy-Savin published book 'Only One Life. 1922-1927 '(1988), have included poetry and prose, reprinted from the emigre periodicals 1920.

Savina is considered one of the most beloved authors of the first emigration. Poetry and Prose Savina autobiographical theme of love and united to pre-revolutionary Russia: the battle for her loss and her longing for her in a strange land. For creativity Savina characteristics of Romanticism, and in love lyrics found impressionistic line with Blok and mood and symbolism (the eyes, rings, wine). Most critics wrote about citizenship Savin and his tragic life and early death. Neither poetry nor prose Savin did not open new paths, but he managed with the utmost sincerity to express feelings of loyalty and duty, heroism and pathos of his kinship with Gumilev. In the obituary of Savine 'Our poet' And. Bunin wrote that 'the face of the White Warrior is the god of Russia and participations to the saints'.