Russia Washed in Blood (eBook)
402 Seiten
Anthem Press (Verlag)
978-1-78527-486-2 (ISBN)
This book is the first English translation of a vivid fictionalised account of the Russian Civil War of 1918–1921 by a gifted writer, Artyom Vesyoly, who made it his mission to record the full horror of the events of that period. For his failure to recognise the ‘leading organisational role’ of the Communist Party, he was executed in Stalin’s Great Purge.
Russia Washed in Blood, first published in full in 1932, is the longest and best-known work by Nikolai Kochkurov (1899–1938), who wrote under the pen-name Artyom Vesyoly. The novel, more a series of extended episodes than a connected narrative with a plot and a hero, is a vivid fictionalised account of the events from the viewpoint of the ordinary soldier. The title of the novel came to symbolise the tragic history of Russia in the 20th century.
The novel’s main theme is the relation between freedom and dictatorship, reflecting a view that the cruelty which comes with elemental freedom destroys that freedom and prepares the ground for dictatorship. Vesyoly’s writings belong to the literature of moral resistance to Stalinism. For his failure to recognise the ‘leading organisational role’ of the Communist Party he would be executed in Stalin’s Great Purge.
Born in Samara, on the banks of the Volga, the son of a waterside worker, Artyom Vesyoly was the first member of his family to learn to read and write. He took part in the Civil War of 1918–1921 on the Red side, and at its conclusion, began a prolific literary career. Vesyoly took as his main theme the horrific events he had witnessed and participated in during the fierce fighting in Southern Russia between the contending forces – Red, White, Cossack, anarchist and others – and the effects of these on the participants and unfortunate civilians caught between them.
lt;p>Artyom Vesyoly (1899–1938) was a prominent Russian writer of the early Soviet period, executed in the Great Purge for his ‘incorrect’ depiction of the revolution and civil war, and posthumously rehabilitated in 1956.
Kevin Windle is an emeritus fellow at the Australian National University, translator, and historian of the early Russian community in Australia.
Elena Govor, granddaughter of Artyom Vesyoly, is an Australian historian specialising in the history of Russian-Australian contacts.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.8.2020 |
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Reihe/Serie | Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies | Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies |
Einführung | Elena Govor, Kevin Windle |
Übersetzer | Kevin Windle |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 150 x 150 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur |
ISBN-10 | 1-78527-486-4 / 1785274864 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78527-486-2 / 9781785274862 |
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