Poor rich

In the classical literature “new Russian” is a figure, if not strictly negative, then in any case very suspicious

The non -Russian origin of Andrei Stolz - “New Russian” from the novel by I.A. Goncharova “Oblomov” (1859) is evidence that energy, businessiness and pragmatic view of the world, according to the author, are completely alien to the Russian nature. Millionaire breeder Sergei Privalov from Privalovskiy Millions D.N. Mama Sibiryak (1883) is an exalted and noble person, and therefore wealth is an endless source of complexes and suffering for him. In the first half of the book, he tries to sue his condition with insidious rivals, and in the second he is tormented by his conscience about the sinfulness of entrepreneurial activity as such.

"New Russian" Ermola Lopakhin in the "Cherry Garden" A.P. Chekhov (1904), maybe good, but some kind of very dry and not sensitive to the beautiful. His main concern is his own benefit, he does not understand the impulses and throwing of the intellectual soul.

The numerous “new Russians” - Nepmans bred by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov in the novels “Twelve Chairs” and “Golden Calf” (1928-1931) should cause a grin at best, and at a worst disgust. In this regard, the underground millionaire Alexander Koreiko is especially characteristic, the very existence of which contradicts the basic principles of new proletarian morality.

The gold miner Prokhor Gromov, the main “New Russian” in the novel by Vyacheslav Shishkov “Gryvyumrek” (1933), is a person is highly gloomy, overwhelmed by dark passions and base desires. A genuine drug for Prokhor was gold, which first deprived the pretty guy of all human features.