“Uncle Styopa” (1936) is a poem by Sergei Mikhalkov, which is the first of three works about the main character. The trilogy includes “Uncle Styopa – Policeman” and “Uncle Styopa and Yegor”.

The main character, Stepan Stapanov, lived near the Ilyich outpost in house 28/1. Due to his very large stature, he was nicknamed Kalancha. When Styopa returned from work, everyone saw him from afar. He had to look at the market for boots or shoes of size 45 and very wide pants. But all the clothes he tries on come apart at the seams. Stepa's tall height made it easy to look into the yard through any fence. In the dining room he ate a double portion, and before going to bed he placed a stool under his feet. He sat and took books out of the closet. Often in the cinema Styopa was asked to sit on the floor so that he would not interfere with the viewing. He was often mistaken for an athlete, so he was allowed into the stadium without a ticket. Stepan was famous throughout the region because he often came to the rescue: he took out snagged kites that the boys were flying, and helped the short man see the parade. Everyone loved and respected him. Stepan's day began early, he took care of his hygiene and did not forget to ventilate the room.

Growth brings many inconveniences to the giant. One day he decided to ride a horse and sat on a donkey, but his legs dragged on the ground. Then people advised him to ride a camel. But Stepan almost crushed the animal, and people offered him a ride on an elephant. He decided to parachute down, but this caused laughter among the people, because the giant’s height was the same as the tower. Stepan wanted to shoot at the shooting range, but he barely squeezed into the room. And the cashier suggested that he aim from his knees, since the giant reached the targets with his hand. Stepan wanted to become unrecognizable at the carnival, but his search for a suitable mask only caused laughter at the box office, because his height immediately gave him away.

Stepan often came to the aid of people. A disaster happened on the river: a boy, Vasya Borodin, fell into the river and drowned. For Uncle Styopa, the water was knee-deep; he saved the student without difficulty. As a reward for his feat, he is offered any rewards, but Stepan refuses them. One day he stopped a locomotive because the track was washed out by rain. The driver initially mistook it for a new semaphore, but later everything became clear. And when the house was burning, the pigeons could not get out of the attic, which made the guys very upset. Styopa extended his hand, opened the window and saved the birds. For such an act, he was offered to become a firefighter, but he refused, because he dreamed of serving in the navy.

After a medical examination, doctors determined that Stepan was in excellent health, but his height prevented him from serving in tank crews, infantry, and aviation. But he was accepted into the navy. There was no news from Stepan for a whole year. One day he returned to his home on 28/1 and promised to tell the guys many stories about his service on the battleship Marat. Since then, Uncle Styopa has been nicknamed Mayak.

“Uncle Styopa” is a fairy tale, which from the very beginning takes the child reader to the border of the real and the unreal. The hero of the work, a very real citizen, at the same time amazes the child’s imagination with the fact that he is “the most important giant.” A noble, kind strongman-giant, saving a drowning man, getting a kite for the kids, preventing a train crash, raising kids at the parade that they could “see the country’s army”, he is a true friend of the children.

Uncle Styopa is the embodiment of a child's dream of everyday feat. Kind, cheerful and extraordinary

The hero came to poetry for children. He is not just tall, but most importantly, he has a high spirit. V. Mayakovsky urged children to grow up to be “true strongmen.” So is Uncle Styopa. And if at first he bears the nickname Kalancha, then at the end of the poem he is already called Mayak. Mikhalkov found many funny opportunities to, first of all, show the exorbitant, truly fabulous growth of his hero in a number of funny, wittily invented episodes. Before the eyes of the amazed reader, the hero becomes taller and taller with each episode, as if every good deed gives Uncle Styopa the opportunity to grow both physically and, most importantly, morally.

And naturally,

That in the finale Uncle Styopa becomes a hero-sailor, a defender of the Motherland: the author pedagogically wisely showed the children the combination of heroism with high humanity. This poem echoes many of S. Marshak’s heroes - both with Kuzma the fireman, who appeared in literature for children a good ten years earlier, and with the “unknown hero” about whom the ballad was written three years later. It is known that Marshak helped the aspiring children's poet Mikhalkov to express the idea of ​​​​this work as best as possible.

And something happened that was somewhat unusual for a literary work: at the numerous requests of the guys, the poet wrote two more poetic stories about his hero: “Uncle Styopa is a policeman” and “Uncle Styopa and Yegor.” True, the change of profession and the appearance of his son changed little in the character of Uncle Styopa, little new was introduced into his character, moreover, for most modern children, the “first” Uncle Styopa, a young, magically growing giant, has a special charm. The significance and relevance of the themes of Mikhalkov’s works is associated with the poet’s keen sense of modernity, with his understanding of civic duty to his people.

In the poem “True for Children,” the lyrical hero addresses Soviet children with a passionate word of denunciation of fascism, creating anger in the souls of the children against the invaders. The poet's voice sounds excited when he reveals to his little readers the atrocities of the fascists, their dirty thoughts and criminal deeds.

In the poem “Ten-Year-Old Man,” Mikhalkov spoke about the fate of a boy who miraculously escaped after the brutal extermination of an entire village by the Nazis.

The heroes of essays in verse were often teenagers and children who, during the difficult years of the war, stood at the machines in factories and worked equally with adults. Mikhalkov wrote a poetic essay dedicated to 14-year-old artisan Danila Kuzmich Smirnov:

Turn on the switch! Ready? - Ready! And I saw Smirnov at work. ... And I, a man above average height, suddenly felt like a dwarf!

After the war, Mikhalkov continued to work in the genre of poetic essays and journalism. Journalism in verse is a complex and subtle art. It requires a direct and open appeal to the reader. Its agitation must be combined with utmost sincerity and sincerity. But it is not without reason that A. Fadeev, at the very beginning of Mikhalkov’s career, gave him an apt description: “Mikhalkov is a poet with a very natural voice, which is very important for a poet who writes for children.”

This naturalness of tone, the organic understanding of the child allowed Mikhalkov to write books of the journalistic genre for children - “A Conversation with My Son”, “In the Museum of V.I. Lenin” and others. If “Fairy tale for children” is a chronicle of the events of our lives, starting from the first days of Hitler’s invasion and ending with the victory holiday and post-war construction, then “Conversation with my son” is close in theme to the poem “Fairy tale” by Marshak - both are journalistic a story about the past and present of our Motherland.

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Sergei Mikhalkov is one of the most wonderful children's authors. Among his works one can single out one great and good one - “Uncle Styopa”.

The book about the kind Uncle Styopa appeared with us a year ago. Published by the excellent book publishing house "Samovar" - with good illustrations, with a table of contents, with page numbering - everything is as it should be in the design of a book.

The main character of this work is the well-known Uncle Styopa, whom everyone knows - both children and adults. The story begins from the place where this citizen lived - at the Ilyich outpost. He was loved and respected by everyone for his stature and good deeds. It is told what clothes he wore, how much he ate, how he slept. The fact that Uncle Styopa led a healthy lifestyle - he got up early, opened the window wide in the morning, did exercises, brushed his teeth.

Here is Uncle Styopa jumping from a parachute, here he is shooting at a shooting range. Once he even saved a drowning boy without taking anything in return for his action. He is completely selfless.

Here we see Uncle Styopa on the railway, he replaced the semaphore and stood with his hand raised to inform the driver that the further tracks were washed out by rain. He does a lot of good deeds.

During a fire, he saves pigeons by releasing them from their cage. Everyone is grateful to him for his brave and selfless act.

Then Uncle Styopa passes a medical examination and goes to serve in the navy. Upon returning to his native land, he chooses the profession of a policeman. All the hooligans are afraid of him. With his height, a lot is available to him - he repaired a broken traffic light or helped a lost boy find his mother.

Uncle Styopa saves an old woman who floated away on an ice floe in the spring. He actively takes part in speed skating competitions. He loves his profession very much and finds it very important.

On the pages of this book we see all the main moments from the life of Uncle Styopa - one of them is the marriage and birth of his son Yegor, a very strong and strong boy. Next, Mikhalkov tells us about Uncle Styopa’s son, Yegor, he, like his father, adheres to a healthy lifestyle, he is strong beyond his age and goes in for sports, weightlifting, and takes prizes. The father is proud of his son.

Egor becomes an adult, he chooses the profession of an astronaut, and his father has become an elderly veteran, but he continues to lead an active lifestyle, is still friends with children, does not sit on a bench and does not play dominoes. He is still the same cheerful and kind person. He instructs Petya Rybkin, who suddenly started smoking, on the true and good path. He is everywhere with the kids - both at the zoo and at the stadium.

Uncle Styopa is going to Paris to look at the Eiffel Tower.
And upon his return, he unexpectedly fell ill - the children treated him as best they could - some brought jam, some made tea...

Then his son Yegor tells him the good news that Uncle Styopa is becoming a grandfather. At the end, Sergei Mikhalkov makes a kind of generalization, a conclusion after everything he has read - that Uncle Styopa will always live and is ready to help anyone in trouble.

And, indeed, the book about Uncle Styopa will always be popular, at any time. This kind and very instructive book should serve as an example of a good citizen, a person who is ready to come to the aid of another in difficult times. A wonderful book should become one of the most important books for every child.

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The main character, Stepan Stapanov, lived near the Ilyich outpost in house 28/1. Due to his very large stature, he was nicknamed Kalancha. When Styopa returned from work, everyone saw him from afar. He had to look at the market for boots or shoes of size 45 and very wide pants. But all the clothes he tries on come apart at the seams. Stepa's tall height made it easy to look into the yard through any fence. In the dining room he ate a double portion, and before going to bed he placed a stool under his feet. He sat and took books out of the closet. Often in the cinema Styopa was asked to sit on the floor so that he would not interfere with the viewing. He was often mistaken for an athlete, so he was allowed into the stadium without a ticket. Stepan was famous throughout the region because he often came to the rescue: he took out snagged kites that the boys were flying, and helped the short man see the parade. Everyone loved and respected him. Stepan's day began early, he took care of his hygiene and did not forget to ventilate the room.

Growth brings many inconveniences to the giant. One day he decided to ride a horse and sat on a donkey, but his legs dragged on the ground. Then people advised him to ride a camel. But Stepan almost crushed the animal, and people offered him a ride on an elephant. He decided to parachute down, but this caused laughter among the people, because the giant’s height was the same as the tower. Stepan wanted to shoot at the shooting range, but he barely squeezed into the room. And the cashier suggested that he aim from his knees, since the giant reached the targets with his hand. Stepan wanted to become unrecognizable at the carnival, but his search for a suitable mask only caused laughter at the box office, because his height immediately gave him away.

Stepan often came to the aid of people. A disaster happened on the river: a boy, Vasya Borodin, fell into the river and drowned. For Uncle Styopa, the water was knee-deep; he saved the student without difficulty. As a reward for his feat, he is offered any rewards, but Stepan refuses them. One day he stopped a locomotive because the track was washed out by rain. The driver initially mistook it for a new semaphore, but later everything became clear. And when the house was burning, the pigeons could not get out of the attic, which made the guys very upset. Styopa extended his hand, opened the window and saved the birds. For such an act, he was offered to become a firefighter, but he refused, because he dreamed of serving in the navy.

After a medical examination, doctors determined that Stepan was in excellent health, but his height prevented him from serving in tank crews, infantry, and aviation. But he was accepted into the navy. There was no news from Stepan for a whole year. One day he returned to his home on 28/1 and promised to tell the guys many stories about his service on the battleship Marat. Since then, Uncle Styopa has been nicknamed Mayak.

Uncle Styopa embodies the dreams of little readers about such an adult hero with whom they are happy to meet, make friends, go for a walk or travel together. The elders are strong and powerful. The child has no doubt that elders can cope with the most difficult and dangerous tasks. And then Uncle Styopa appears - a strong, cheerful, kind giant - and proves that this is so. He uses his height and strength to benefit people: he stops a train on a track washed out by rain and thereby prevents a train accident, and bravely fights a fire. And he indulges in boyish undertakings with complete enthusiasm: he will put one kid on his shoulders so that he can see the “country’s army” at the parade, he will give another a ride, and for a third he will remove a paper kite that is caught on telephone wires. Stepan saves a drowning schoolboy from imminent death, and not only because he, Uncle Stepan, is almost knee-deep in all the deep places, but because he is truly a heroic guy.

In Uncle Styopa We are attracted by responsiveness and determination, always ready to come to the rescue of those who are in trouble. And to the same extent, he is attracted by his almost childish spontaneity, his cheerful quirk, his mischief, his friendship with the kids from all the neighboring yards. For them, it is a real children's holiday, as Belinsky wanted the hero of children's books to be. And since Uncle Styopa has already won the strong sympathy of readers, we can say with confidence that even this, casually dropped, boring “instruction:

Uncle Styopa never forgot to brush his teeth, -

in Mikhalkov’s poems it will not seem boring or intrusive, and your little brother will even accept it with delight if he really intends to imitate Uncle Styopa in everything.

And let's celebrate with you another characteristic feature of the portrait drawn by Sergei Mikhalkov. Uncle Styopa more than once gives reasons for jokes and ridicule. You can cheerfully make fun of him - this is not at all forbidden - well, at least at that moment when “a man sits in the saddle, dragging his feet along the ground,” or when Uncle Styopa, having finally found clothes of unprecedented width, sinfully pulls them on in half. myself. But the tailor's work still immediately comes apart at the seams. But will these and other funny stories prevent us from sincerely admiring Uncle Styopa’s courage, his courageous actions, his resourcefulness?

The writer Lev Kassil once said very correctly that the funny and the heroic in Mikhalkov’s book always change places. This is the peculiarity of “Uncle Styopa” - here one thing is not a hindrance to the other. What was funny in previous stanzas turns into honorable signs of strength in subsequent stanzas. Seeing Stepan's head over the fence, the dogs began to bark furiously, thinking that it was a thief. But, thanks to his height, Uncle Styopa reached the deepest place in the river to save the drowning boy Vasya Borodin. And the people on the shore unanimously honored Uncle Styopa for his act. Mikhalkov remains faithful to this principle of combining seriousness with humor throughout the entire poem. When a fire breaks out in an alley and people see pigeons fighting in the attic in a burning house,

• Uncle Styopa from the sidewalk
• Reaches up to the attic
• Through the fire and smoke of the fire
• His hand reaches out.

On his own The episode might perhaps even seem somewhat sweet if the poet’s sense of humor had suddenly abandoned him. But this did not happen. Mikhalkov himself is not going to be touched and protects his reader from tenderness. Uncle Styopa

• ...The window opens,
• They fly out of the window
• Eighteen doves
• And behind them is a sparrow.

Whether you want it or not, and then you can’t help but smile! Mikhalkov once said about this kind of poetic discoveries that there are lines that appeared in an ideal form - “born in a shirt.” But, the poet added, they appeared because the lines next to them were redone a thousand times. So, a writer who sincerely loves his hero will not be afraid to include irony and humor in his relationship with him. In the eyes of readers, a joke (without at all overshadowing the main thing and without in any way diminishing the dignity of a person) only helps to make the image of the hero even more alive and more voluminous, eliminating dull edification. Who wants to be friends with dull, unsmiling people!

What kind of nicknames? People didn’t come up with “Tower” or “Calancha” for Uncle Styopa. But among them there is something serious and serious: “Lighthouse”. And such a nickname must be earned and justified. They won’t give it in vain - for height alone, for example. And Mikhalkov, working on his poem, made sure that, from version to version, Uncle Styopa more and more better justified the honorable comparison with a lighthouse. At one time, Mayakovsky wrote a book about a lighthouse for children.

• My little book calls out:
• Children, be like a lighthouse! Everyone,
• who cannot swim at night,
• Light the road with fire.

Mikhalkov's book addresses the children with the same cry: to be like a lighthouse, like their friend Uncle Styopa, because this kind giant really, like a lighthouse, helps illuminate the way for people.