"I am said - you won the game!" Game beginning in the artistic system of G. Ivanov»

The article is discussed the creation of G. Ivanov in the aspect of creating the model of game in it. The connection of game beginning with the topic of his works and the structure of poetic world is analyzed here. The transformation of game model on different stages of creation of the poet is made in the article, for example: from traditional theatrical (Petersburg period) to absurd one ("Rayon de Rayonne") and to the child's game ("Portrait Without Likeness").