Famous life · 1894
Juhan Liiv's home farm at Rupsi
Juhan Liiv, the youngest son of a poor family, grew up at Oja farm in Rupsi village near Alatskivi. In 1893 overwork brought on mental illness, and early in 1894, in a fit of confusion, he burned his manuscripts. After treatment in Tartu he came back here to his home farm, incurably ill. Life was so poor that his relatives asked the parish for poor relief. Yet these years of sickness gave his best poems. Towards the end he believed he was of royal blood, called to the Polish throne, and the son of Tsar Alexander II and Lydia Koidula. Since 1992 the farm has been the Liiv brothers' museum.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Juhan Liiv, vaese pere noorim poeg, kasvas üles Alatskivi lähedal Rupsi külas Oja talus. 1893. aastal vallandas vaimne ülepingutus tal vaimuhaiguse ja 1894. aasta alguses põletas ta meeltesegaduses oma käsikirjad. Pärast ravi Tartus tuli ta parandamatult haigena siia kodutallu tagasi. Elu oli nii vilets, et sugulased taotlesid talle vallavaese toetust. Ometi sündis just haigusaastail tema loomingu viljakaim osa. Elu lõpul arvas ta end olevat kuninglikku päritolu, kutsutud Poola troonile ning keiser Aleksander II ja Lydia Koidula poeg. 1992. aastast on talus Juhan ja Jakob Liivi muuseum.