«Жомини да Жомини!..» О значениях крылатой фразы Дениса Давыдова

The article analyzes reminiscences from D.V. Davydov’s poem «The Song of an Old Hussar» (1817) in the Russian literature of the XIXth–XXth centuries. A special attention is paid to the popular expression «“Jomini and Jomini!” And no half a word about vodka».