„OТЕЦ РУССКОЙ БЮРОКРАТИИ” В РОМАНЕ М.Е. САЛТЫКОВА-ЩЕДРИНА ИСТОРИЯ ОДНОГО ГОРОДА

Abstract

The article is devoted to the Russian bureaucracy as presented in the historical and fantastic narration of M. Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a City" and the prob-lem of prototypes of the books’ protagonist. Depending on real historic figures offered as a prototype of Ugryum-Burcheyev, the meaning of the book, which can be perceived either as a cruel parody or as a warning book, changes decisively.