Studia Litterarum Studia Litterarum 2500-4247 IWL RAS https://doi.org/10.22455/2500-4247-2022-7-4-142-155 Research Article Articles The Story “In the Summer of 190*” by Alexander Beklemishev is a Literary Hoax by Samuel Kissin (Muni) Ani Petrs red@studlit.ru December 25, 2022 2022 October 07, 2021 The article is devoted to the literary hoax of Samuel Kissin (Muni) (1885–1916), a poet, critic and translator. Based on the material of the memoirs of contemporaries (in particular, V. Khodasevich), archival sources and comments on them the article examines the history, goals and reasons of the hoax created by Kissin — Alexander Beklemishev, on whose behalf S. Kissin wrote poetry and prose, and more than that — in which he tried to reincarnate. The basis of the A. Beklemishev’s novel “In the Summer of 190*” (1907–1908) is “Goliadkin inside out,” the story of the displacement of one person by another from his body, told in the first person. The author of the article pays special attention to the subject organization of the story, the peculiarities of the voices of the authors-narrators, their correlation with each other. Also she highlights The main themes and motifs of the novel and draws parallels between the characters of A. Beklemishev (S. Kissin) and the characters of F. Dostoevsky. In conclusion the article states that the main feature of literary hoax is the construction of another author’s instance. literary hoax S. Kissin (Muny) Alexandr Beklemishev the novella “In the Summer of 190* year ” duality authors instance subject organization of the text Copyright © 2026, IWL RAS 2026 1. 1 Andreeva, I. “‛Ogromnoi rifmoi sviazalo nas…’ (K istorii otnoshenii Khodasevicha i Muni)” [“‛A Huge Rhyme Connected Us...’. (To the History of the Relationship between Khodasevich and Muni”]. De visu, no. 2. 1993, pp. 24–41. (In Russ.) 2. 2 Andreeva, I. Pis’ma V.A. Khodasevicha B.A. Sadovskomu (1906, 1912–1920) [Letters of V.A. Khodasevich to B.A. Sadovsky (1906, 1912–1920)]. Michigan, Ardis Publ., 1983. 102 p. (In Russ.) 3. 3 Andreeva, I. “Svidanie ‛u zvezdy’.” [“Date ‛At the Star’.”]. Kissin, Samuil (Muni). Legkoe bremia. Stikhi i proza. Perepiska s V.F. Khodasevichem [A Light Burden. Poems and Prose. Correspondence with V.F. Khodasevich]. Moscow, Avgust Publ., 1999, pp. 259–384. (In Russ.) 4. 4 Kantor, V.K. “Tema dvoinika v zapadnoi i russkoi kul’ture” [“The Theme of the Double in Western and Russian Culture”]. Liubov k dvoiniku. Mif i real’nost’ russkoi kultury. Ocherki [Love for a Double. Myth and Reality of Russian Culture. Essays]. Moscow, Nauchno-politicheskaia kniga Publ., 2013, pp. 266–269. (In Russ.) 5. 5 Meerson, O. Personalizm kak poetika: Literaturnyi mir glazami ego obitatelei [Personalism as Poetics: The Literary World through the Eyes of its Inhabitants]. St. Petersburg, Pushkin House Publ., 2009. 432 p. (In Russ.) 6. 6 Os’mukhina, O. Avtorskaia maska v russkoi proze 1760–1830-kh gg. [The Author’s Mask in Russian Prose of the 1760s–1830s: PhD Dissertation]. Saransk, 2009. 495 p. (In Russ.)