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# Tatyana Savina on Griboyedov, Secret Societies and “Woe from Wit”
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/ochen-interesnye-razmyshleniia-o-griboedove-i-tainykh-obshchestvakh-byl-li-on-dekabristom-chto-mozhno-skazat-o-ego-otnoshenii-k-protivostoianiiu-starogo-i-novogo-kak-eto-otrazheno-v-gor/
- Published: 2020-10-18T17:00:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:07:46.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Observations, Society, People

Some very interesting [reflections](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7LOEESFLIw&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2ATCkXAgqnTZc88R8iZ4KRt9fjFvrKm5eP0vb4r1KggSmsr4Bx1ea9v5c&ref=theparnassian.com) on Griboyedov and secret societies: was he a Decembrist, and what can be said of his attitude to the clash between old and new, as reflected in "Woe from Wit"? They come from a [series of talks](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLORJ%5FVt57G3vt26dB5IHiqeheaVvZqJ1K&ref=theparnassian.com) by Tatyana Savina on Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov, posted on a little-known YouTube channel. I consider it excellent material, and quite undeservedly neglected: please listen to Savina instead of Chernigovskaya.