The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar is a Russian drama directed by Sergei Vinokurov. The news of the victory of Russia over Persia in 1829, as a triumphant, brings to the capital Alexander Griboyedov. He enthusiastically applauds the whole of Petersburg, the tsar favorably receives the diplomat. . . The author of “Woe from Wit” is awarded the Order of Anna of the 2nd degree with diamonds and four thousand chervonets. But Griboyedov is in disarray: after the Decembrists’ case, inspiration leaves the writer,
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