 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ivan Kireyevsky nomunununa wake Pyotr vakaberekerwa mumhuri ine mukurumbira ine mari yakawanda. Baba vavo vaizivikanwa nokuda kwokuvenga kusatenda kuvapo kwaMwari kweFrance nenzira yokushingaira zvokuti vaizopisa mirwi yemabhuku aVoltaire, akawanwa zvikurukuru nokuda kwechinangwa ichocho; hosha yake inouraya yakabatwa apo akanga achiporesa varwi vakakuvadzwa mukati mokupinda kweFrance muRussia. Mukomana wacho akanga achingova namatanhatu bedzi panguva yorufu rwake; akarerwa nasisi vaamai vake, Vasily Zhukovsky, namai, M-me Avdotya Yelagina, mukadzi ane pesvedzero uyo akabata salon yakaisvonaka muMoscow. Akataura kuti akanga asingafariri Petro Mukuru pamusana pemabatiro aaiita mudzimai wake Eudoxia uye mhuri yaLopukhin, iyo yaaiwirirana nayo. Kusada tsika dzechiFrench kwababa vake uye kusavimba kwaamai vake nevakuru vakuru vepashure pePetrine kungave kwakaumba maonero aKireyevsky kuRussia nenhoroondo yayo. 