at brought himso much pain and suffering. Mad Evgeny there they found.../ His cold corpse inthat same-self ground.(Pushkin 130) Evgeny eventually became the model forthe suffering little man of subsequent Russian fiction- pursued by natural andhistorical forces beyond his comprehension, let alone his control.(Billington332) Although the flood managed to destroy Evgenys life, it only momentarilyset back Petersburg, for the city, although damaged, remained long after thedeath of the little man. Petersburg was unnatural in its existence, because of thisability. The human aspect of the city did not exist; its indestructible yet,murderous ability was regarded as evil to all of the little men of Russia. The littleman represents the Russian people and the culture and values of Old Russia.With the death of Evgeny, so comes the death of Old Russia. With this passingof the old system of values and culture, comes Westernized and unnaturalRussia. In The Bronze Horseman Peter, embodied through the BronzeHorseman created the image of the poem as of the city and destiny;(Bayley128) his city and he victimize, abandon, exploit, terrorize, and kill the little manin Evgeny, and all the little men of Russia....
