In this essay, the author analyses the religious aspects in the works of Küchelbecker. Küchelbecker's poems, some of which praise God, illustrate the evolution of the author's religious thinking. Most poems about God concerned religious holidays. These poems belong to Russian spiritual-religious literature of the 19th century. Some of the poems use elements of texts from the Bible and are akin to prayers.
Gulag is not only a prison for different social groups in Russian history but also a world where spiritual and religious thoughts have developed. In this essay, the author describes numerous poems by Gulag prisoners. Several are prayers to God for help and the possibility to escape from a critical situation. The prisoners do not pray to God only, but also to Holy Mary and guardian angels. besides these, the religious poems provide a powerful digest of Stalinist times.
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