On fate and/or providence in Pushkin’s short story ‘The blizzard’
... the functioning of the traditional plot are considered against the background of the interrelation and interdependence between fate, chance, and free will. In a Christian reading, the attitudes of the main characters of the three works to God's providence explain the motives behind their actions, the further course of events, and the endings of the works.
Vasilyev, S. А., 2008. “Metel” or “Myatel”? On the title of the story of A. S. Pushkin. Nauchnyi zhurnal Russkaya rech' ...