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袛械褌懈 袗褉斜邪褌邪: 3 袩褉邪褏 懈 锌械锌械谢
This novel can stand alone, though the trilogy is best read in sequence. The whole makes a Tolstoy-scale epic of Soviet life, from the idealism of youth, through the confronting of reality, to a beaten disillusion. This last volume covers the bloody decade from Stalin's Terror to the turning point of World War II in 1943. Against this depressing backdrop, however, Rybakov creates romantic tension and suspense, as the reader roots for the coming together again of Sasha, the protagonist of the earlier volumes, and his still beloved Varya. Rybakov is an old-fashioned storyteller, with a keen sense of the compelling detail.
528 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1994
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Anatoli Rybakov
27听books85听followersAnatoly Naumovich Rybakov (Russian: 袗薪邪褌芯谢懈泄 袧邪褍屑芯胁懈褔 袪褘斜邪泻芯胁; January 14, 1911 鈥� December 23, 1998) was a Soviet and Russian writer, the author of the anti-Stalinist Children of the Arbat tetralogy, novel Heavy Sand, and many popular children books including Adventures of Krosh, Dirk, Bronze Bird, etc. One of the last of his works was his memoir The Novel of Memoirs (袪芯屑邪薪-袙芯褋锌芯屑懈薪邪薪懈械) telling about all the different people (from Stalin and Yeltsin, to Okudzhava and Tendryakov) he met during his long life. Writer Maria Rybakova is his granddaughter.
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孝褗卸薪芯 械 写邪 褍斜懈械褕 谐械褉芯懈褌械 褋懈, 褋邪屑芯 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 蟹薪邪械褕, 褔械 褌械 薪褟屑邪褌 斜褗写械褖械鈥�
袧械 蟹薪邪屑 蟹邪褖芯, 薪芯 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪 芯褌褋褌褗锌胁邪 褋械褉懈芯蟹薪芯 薪邪 锌褉械写薪懈褌械 褌褉懈 褔邪褋褌懈. 袦芯卸械 斜懈, 褋谢械写 薪邪褋褌褗锌懈谢懈褌械 锌褉芯屑械薪懈 懈 褉邪蟹锌邪写邪 薪邪 褔褍写芯胁懈褖械褌芯 小小小袪, 薪邪 袪懈斜邪泻芯胁 胁械褔械 薪械 屑褍 褋械 械 胁懈卸写邪谢芯 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 胁邪卸薪芯 写邪 蟹邪胁褗褉褕懈 锌芯写芯斜邪胁邪褖芯 褋胁芯褟 械锌芯褋 褋褉械褖褍 褋褌邪谢懈薪懈蟹屑邪. 袠谢懈 泻邪泻褌芯 褔械褌芯褏 胁 褉械胁褞 蟹邪 屑械屑芯邪褉懈褌械 屑褍 - "袪芯屑邪薪-胁芯褋锌芯屑懈薪邪薪懈械", 褌芯泄 胁械褔械 械 懈屑邪谢 褋懈谢薪懈 褍谐褉懈蟹械薪懈褟, 蟹邪 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪邪褌邪 褋懈 褋谢褍卸斜邪 胁 锌芯谢蟹邪 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 芯褌胁褉邪褌懈褌械谢械薪 懈 斜械蟹褔芯胁械褔械薪 褉械卸懈屑.
袘懈谢 械 褉械邪斜懈谢懈褌懈褉邪薪, 锌褉懈械谢 械 "小褌邪谢懈薪褋泻邪 锌褉械屑懈褟", 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 褍写芯斜薪懈褔泻芯 懈 写芯斜褉械 锌谢邪褌械薪芯 褋懈 械 卸懈胁褟谢, 锌褉械写邪胁邪泄泻懈 懈写械邪谢懈褌械 褋懈 斜械蟹褍褋谢芯胁薪芯...
袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 械 锌懈褋邪薪邪 芯褌写邪胁薪邪 懈 械 械褋褌械褋褌胁械薪芯, 褔邪褋褌 芯褌 懈薪褎芯褉屑邪褑懈褟褌邪 胁 薪械褟 写邪 械 薪械胁褟褉薪邪. 袘芯谢褕械胁懈褕泻懈褌械 谢褗卸懈 褋邪 薪邪谢邪谐邪薪懈 褍锌芯褉懈褌芯 写械褋械褌泻懈 谐芯写懈薪懈 懈 薪懈泻芯泄 薪械 械 蟹邪褋褌褉邪褏芯胁邪薪 芯褌 锌芯锌邪写邪薪械 胁 泻邪锌邪薪邪 懈屑!
袙褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯 械, 小褌邪谢懈薪 褍斜械写械薪 胁 褋胁芯褟 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈, 锌邪褉褌懈械薪 懈 胁芯械薪械薪 谐械薪懈泄, 写邪 械 锌褉械薪械斜褉械谐薪邪谢 懈 锌芯写褑械薪懈谢 谐芯褌胁械褖邪褌邪 褋械 褎邪褕懈褋褌泻邪 懈薪胁邪蟹懈褟. 袧芯 写邪 芯斜褟褋薪褟胁邪褌, 泻邪泻 7 屑懈谢懈芯薪薪邪褌邪 胁褗芯褉褗卸械薪邪 写芯 蟹褗斜懈 懈 斜械蟹 邪薪邪谢芯谐 胁 褋胁械褌邪 斜芯谢褕械胁懈褕泻邪 邪褉屑懈褟 薪械 斜懈谢邪 谐芯褌芯胁邪 蟹邪 胁芯泄薪邪 械 褋屑械褕薪芯.
袞褍泻芯胁 械 写邪谢械褔 芯褌 谐械薪懈邪谢械薪 锌褗谢泻芯胁芯写械褑 懈 褋褌褉邪褌械谐, 屑械褋薪懈褌械 屑褍 褖褍褉屑芯胁械 芯斜邪褔械 褋械 懈蟹锌芯谢蟹胁邪褌 懈 褋械谐邪 芯褌 褉邪褕懈褋褌懈褌械 胁 校泻褉邪泄薪邪. 效芯胁械褕泻懈褟褌 卸懈胁芯褌 械 胁褋械 褌邪泻邪 斜械蟹 蟹薪邪褔械薪懈械 蟹邪 泻芯屑邪薪写胁邪褖懈褌械鈥�
袛芯 写薪械褋 薪械 蟹薪邪械屑, 泻芯谢泻芯 屑懈谢懈芯薪邪 褋邪 卸械褉褌胁懈褌械 薪邪 小小小袪 胁褗胁 袙小袙. 袗褉褏懈胁懈褌械 褋邪 褋褌褉芯谐芯 蟹邪褋械泻褉械褌械薪懈, 邪 褑懈褎褉懈褌械 胁邪褉懈褉邪褌 芯褌 35 写芯 47 屑懈谢懈芯薪邪. 袟邪 泻褗褋屑械褌 薪邪 褋胁械褌邪, 啸懈褌谢械褉 褍写褉褟 锌褉褗胁 懈 褋锌邪褋褟胁邪 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪 袝胁褉芯锌邪 懈 锌芯褔褌懈 褑械谢懈褟 褋胁褟褌 芯褌 谐芯褌胁械薪邪褌邪 懈屑 芯褌 斜芯谢褕械胁懈泻懈褌械 卸械褋褌芯泻邪 褍褔邪褋褌.
"袙 薪懈褌芯 械写薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪 褋褉械写 褉褍褋薪邪褑懈褌械 薪械 械 懈屑邪谢芯 懈蟹屑械薪薪懈褑懈." 馃槀馃ぁ
袗斜褋芯谢褞褌薪芯 薪械胁褟褉薪芯 - 薪邪写 2 屑懈谢懈芯薪邪 褋褗胁械褌褋泻懈 谐褉邪卸写邪薪懈 邪泻褌懈胁薪芯 胁芯褞胁邪褌 褋褉械褖褍 小小小袪. 袩芯胁械褔械褌芯 芯褋褗蟹薪邪褌芯 懈 斜械蟹 褋褌褉邪褏.
袧邪写褟胁邪谢懈 褋邪 褋械 屑邪褋芯胁芯 褋褗胁械褌褋泻懈褌械 谢褞写械, 褔械 褋谢械写 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪 褖械 薪邪褋褌褗锌褟褌 锌褉芯屑械薪懈. 啸芯褉邪褌邪 薪械 褋邪 谐谢褍锌邪胁懈 芯褌 胁褔械褉邪鈥�
袦芯褟褌邪 芯褑械薪泻邪 - 3,5*.
笑懈褌邪褌懈:
"袪褍褋薪邪泻褗褌 芯斜懈褔邪 写邪 褋械 锌芯懈蟹褎褍泻邪, 褌芯胁邪 屑褍 械 胁 泻褉褗胁褌邪 鈥� 褌邪泻邪 泻芯屑锌械薪褋懈褉邪 胁械泻芯胁薪邪褌邪 褋懈 懈蟹芯褋褌邪薪邪谢芯褋褌, 薪懈褖械褌邪 懈 褉芯斜褋褌胁芯."
"袛褍屑懈褌械 鈥炐垦€械写邪薪鈥� 懈 鈥炐垦€械写邪褌械谢鈥� 懈屑邪褌 械写懈薪 泻芯褉械薪."
"袘谢褞写芯谢懈蟹械褑褗褌 谢邪蟹懈 胁 泻褉邪泻邪褌邪 薪邪 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉褟 褋懈, 邪 锌芯 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉褋泻邪 蟹邪锌芯胁械写 锌褉械斜懈胁邪 写褉褍谐 斜谢褞写芯谢懈蟹械褑 褋 泻邪屑褕懈泻."
袧械 蟹薪邪屑 蟹邪褖芯, 薪芯 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪 芯褌褋褌褗锌胁邪 褋械褉懈芯蟹薪芯 薪邪 锌褉械写薪懈褌械 褌褉懈 褔邪褋褌懈. 袦芯卸械 斜懈, 褋谢械写 薪邪褋褌褗锌懈谢懈褌械 锌褉芯屑械薪懈 懈 褉邪蟹锌邪写邪 薪邪 褔褍写芯胁懈褖械褌芯 小小小袪, 薪邪 袪懈斜邪泻芯胁 胁械褔械 薪械 屑褍 褋械 械 胁懈卸写邪谢芯 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 胁邪卸薪芯 写邪 蟹邪胁褗褉褕懈 锌芯写芯斜邪胁邪褖芯 褋胁芯褟 械锌芯褋 褋褉械褖褍 褋褌邪谢懈薪懈蟹屑邪. 袠谢懈 泻邪泻褌芯 褔械褌芯褏 胁 褉械胁褞 蟹邪 屑械屑芯邪褉懈褌械 屑褍 - "袪芯屑邪薪-胁芯褋锌芯屑懈薪邪薪懈械", 褌芯泄 胁械褔械 械 懈屑邪谢 褋懈谢薪懈 褍谐褉懈蟹械薪懈褟, 蟹邪 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪邪褌邪 褋懈 褋谢褍卸斜邪 胁 锌芯谢蟹邪 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 芯褌胁褉邪褌懈褌械谢械薪 懈 斜械蟹褔芯胁械褔械薪 褉械卸懈屑.
袘懈谢 械 褉械邪斜懈谢懈褌懈褉邪薪, 锌褉懈械谢 械 "小褌邪谢懈薪褋泻邪 锌褉械屑懈褟", 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 褍写芯斜薪懈褔泻芯 懈 写芯斜褉械 锌谢邪褌械薪芯 褋懈 械 卸懈胁褟谢, 锌褉械写邪胁邪泄泻懈 懈写械邪谢懈褌械 褋懈 斜械蟹褍褋谢芯胁薪芯...
袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 械 锌懈褋邪薪邪 芯褌写邪胁薪邪 懈 械 械褋褌械褋褌胁械薪芯, 褔邪褋褌 芯褌 懈薪褎芯褉屑邪褑懈褟褌邪 胁 薪械褟 写邪 械 薪械胁褟褉薪邪. 袘芯谢褕械胁懈褕泻懈褌械 谢褗卸懈 褋邪 薪邪谢邪谐邪薪懈 褍锌芯褉懈褌芯 写械褋械褌泻懈 谐芯写懈薪懈 懈 薪懈泻芯泄 薪械 械 蟹邪褋褌褉邪褏芯胁邪薪 芯褌 锌芯锌邪写邪薪械 胁 泻邪锌邪薪邪 懈屑!
袙褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯 械, 小褌邪谢懈薪 褍斜械写械薪 胁 褋胁芯褟 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈, 锌邪褉褌懈械薪 懈 胁芯械薪械薪 谐械薪懈泄, 写邪 械 锌褉械薪械斜褉械谐薪邪谢 懈 锌芯写褑械薪懈谢 谐芯褌胁械褖邪褌邪 褋械 褎邪褕懈褋褌泻邪 懈薪胁邪蟹懈褟. 袧芯 写邪 芯斜褟褋薪褟胁邪褌, 泻邪泻 7 屑懈谢懈芯薪薪邪褌邪 胁褗芯褉褗卸械薪邪 写芯 蟹褗斜懈 懈 斜械蟹 邪薪邪谢芯谐 胁 褋胁械褌邪 斜芯谢褕械胁懈褕泻邪 邪褉屑懈褟 薪械 斜懈谢邪 谐芯褌芯胁邪 蟹邪 胁芯泄薪邪 械 褋屑械褕薪芯.
袞褍泻芯胁 械 写邪谢械褔 芯褌 谐械薪懈邪谢械薪 锌褗谢泻芯胁芯写械褑 懈 褋褌褉邪褌械谐, 屑械褋薪懈褌械 屑褍 褖褍褉屑芯胁械 芯斜邪褔械 褋械 懈蟹锌芯谢蟹胁邪褌 懈 褋械谐邪 芯褌 褉邪褕懈褋褌懈褌械 胁 校泻褉邪泄薪邪. 效芯胁械褕泻懈褟褌 卸懈胁芯褌 械 胁褋械 褌邪泻邪 斜械蟹 蟹薪邪褔械薪懈械 蟹邪 泻芯屑邪薪写胁邪褖懈褌械鈥�
袛芯 写薪械褋 薪械 蟹薪邪械屑, 泻芯谢泻芯 屑懈谢懈芯薪邪 褋邪 卸械褉褌胁懈褌械 薪邪 小小小袪 胁褗胁 袙小袙. 袗褉褏懈胁懈褌械 褋邪 褋褌褉芯谐芯 蟹邪褋械泻褉械褌械薪懈, 邪 褑懈褎褉懈褌械 胁邪褉懈褉邪褌 芯褌 35 写芯 47 屑懈谢懈芯薪邪. 袟邪 泻褗褋屑械褌 薪邪 褋胁械褌邪, 啸懈褌谢械褉 褍写褉褟 锌褉褗胁 懈 褋锌邪褋褟胁邪 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪 袝胁褉芯锌邪 懈 锌芯褔褌懈 褑械谢懈褟 褋胁褟褌 芯褌 谐芯褌胁械薪邪褌邪 懈屑 芯褌 斜芯谢褕械胁懈泻懈褌械 卸械褋褌芯泻邪 褍褔邪褋褌.
"袙 薪懈褌芯 械写薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪 褋褉械写 褉褍褋薪邪褑懈褌械 薪械 械 懈屑邪谢芯 懈蟹屑械薪薪懈褑懈." 馃槀馃ぁ
袗斜褋芯谢褞褌薪芯 薪械胁褟褉薪芯 - 薪邪写 2 屑懈谢懈芯薪邪 褋褗胁械褌褋泻懈 谐褉邪卸写邪薪懈 邪泻褌懈胁薪芯 胁芯褞胁邪褌 褋褉械褖褍 小小小袪. 袩芯胁械褔械褌芯 芯褋褗蟹薪邪褌芯 懈 斜械蟹 褋褌褉邪褏.
袧邪写褟胁邪谢懈 褋邪 褋械 屑邪褋芯胁芯 褋褗胁械褌褋泻懈褌械 谢褞写械, 褔械 褋谢械写 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪 褖械 薪邪褋褌褗锌褟褌 锌褉芯屑械薪懈. 啸芯褉邪褌邪 薪械 褋邪 谐谢褍锌邪胁懈 芯褌 胁褔械褉邪鈥�
袦芯褟褌邪 芯褑械薪泻邪 - 3,5*.
笑懈褌邪褌懈:
"袪褍褋薪邪泻褗褌 芯斜懈褔邪 写邪 褋械 锌芯懈蟹褎褍泻邪, 褌芯胁邪 屑褍 械 胁 泻褉褗胁褌邪 鈥� 褌邪泻邪 泻芯屑锌械薪褋懈褉邪 胁械泻芯胁薪邪褌邪 褋懈 懈蟹芯褋褌邪薪邪谢芯褋褌, 薪懈褖械褌邪 懈 褉芯斜褋褌胁芯."
"袛褍屑懈褌械 鈥炐垦€械写邪薪鈥� 懈 鈥炐垦€械写邪褌械谢鈥� 懈屑邪褌 械写懈薪 泻芯褉械薪."
"袘谢褞写芯谢懈蟹械褑褗褌 谢邪蟹懈 胁 泻褉邪泻邪褌邪 薪邪 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉褟 褋懈, 邪 锌芯 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉褋泻邪 蟹邪锌芯胁械写 锌褉械斜懈胁邪 写褉褍谐 斜谢褞写芯谢懈蟹械褑 褋 泻邪屑褕懈泻."
December 5, 2012
Anatoli Rybakov's Arbat Trilogy is probably the most detailed look at Stalin's Purges and the "Great Patriotic War" (World War Two) that followed immediately upon its heels. I have now read all three volumes: Children of the Arbat, Fear, and Dust and Ashes. I find them to be probably the most sustained look at a society that is both fearful of being caught up in the NKVD's meshes and yet determined to last through the horrors that await them.
This is not a series for people who like neat, happy endings. Some really nice people die under grim conditions. Although the books do not spend any time in the Gulags, what was happening in Moscow and along the long three-thousand-mile front that formed the war against the invading Germans was bad enough.
I will not quickly forget about a dozen of the characters, whose careers I followed from their youthful follies in the old Arbat section of Moscow, characters like Sasha Pankratov, Varya, Lena, Gleb, Shamov the Chekhist, and a host of others. Among the characters are some more famous names: Stalin, Yezhov, Beria, Zhukov, and Vasilevsky.
I took more than four years to read the 1,500-odd pages of the trilogy, but it was worth it. Rybakov is a traditional novelist -- no postmodern touches -- but he writes a story that is, I firmly believe, true to history and to the character of the Russian people.
If you are not put off by lengthy reads, I recommend Rybakov to you. His Arbat trilogy is well worth any time and effort you put into it.
This is not a series for people who like neat, happy endings. Some really nice people die under grim conditions. Although the books do not spend any time in the Gulags, what was happening in Moscow and along the long three-thousand-mile front that formed the war against the invading Germans was bad enough.
I will not quickly forget about a dozen of the characters, whose careers I followed from their youthful follies in the old Arbat section of Moscow, characters like Sasha Pankratov, Varya, Lena, Gleb, Shamov the Chekhist, and a host of others. Among the characters are some more famous names: Stalin, Yezhov, Beria, Zhukov, and Vasilevsky.
I took more than four years to read the 1,500-odd pages of the trilogy, but it was worth it. Rybakov is a traditional novelist -- no postmodern touches -- but he writes a story that is, I firmly believe, true to history and to the character of the Russian people.
If you are not put off by lengthy reads, I recommend Rybakov to you. His Arbat trilogy is well worth any time and effort you put into it.
March 23, 2024
袙 褌邪蟹懈 锌芯褋谢械写薪邪 (褔械褌胁褗褉褌邪) 褔邪褋褌 鈥溞斝笛喰把傂� 薪邪 袗褉斜邪褌鈥� - 锌褗褉胁芯褌芯 褋褗胁械褌褋泻芯 锌芯泻芯谢械薪懈械, 锌芯蟹薪邪胁邪褖芯 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪芯 锌褉邪胁懈谢邪褌邪 薪邪 袩邪褉褌懈褟褌邪 懈 谢芯蟹褍薪谐懈褌械 薪邪 小褌邪谢懈薪, 斜械蟹 褟褋薪懈 褋锌芯屑械薪懈 蟹邪 胁褉械屑械褌芯 锌褉械写懈 1917 谐. 懈 斜械蟹 薪懈泻邪泻胁懈 锌芯蟹薪邪薪懈褟 蟹邪 褋胁械褌邪 懈蟹胁褗薪 小小小袪 懈 锌褉芯锌邪谐邪薪写邪褌邪 - 写邪胁邪 屑薪芯谐芯 卸械褉褌胁懈 泻邪泻褌芯 胁 褔懈褋褌泻懈褌械 薪邪 袚芯谢械屑懈褟 孝械褉芯褉, 褌邪泻邪 懈 胁 屑械褋芯屑械谢邪褔泻邪褌邪 薪邪 胁褌芯褉邪褌邪 褋胁械褌芯胁薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪.
袪懈斜邪泻芯胁 芯褌薪芯胁芯 芯褔械褉褌邪胁邪 屑邪褖邪斜薪芯 锌谢邪褌薪芯 薪邪 褋褗胁械褌褋泻邪 袪褍褋懈褟 胁 锌械褉懈芯写邪 1937 - 1943 谐., 薪邪 褎芯薪邪 薪邪 蟹邪写邪胁邪褖邪褌邪 褋械 胁芯泄薪邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 小褌邪谢懈薪 褋褔懈褌邪 蟹邪 薪械胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪邪. 袩芯褉褌褉械褌褗褌 薪邪 械写薪芯 锌邪褉邪薪芯懈褔薪芯, 锌褉懈屑懈褉械薪芯, 懈蟹锌谢邪褕械薪芯 懈 胁褋械 锌邪泻 褋褗写褗褉卸邪褖芯 屑邪谢泻芯 卸懈胁懈 泻谢械褌泻懈 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯 褋械 写芯锌褗谢胁邪 褋 薪芯胁懈 懈 薪芯胁懈 褌褉邪谐懈褔薪懈 薪褞邪薪褋懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋邪 褟褋薪邪 写懈邪谐薪芯蟹邪 懈 锌褉械写褍锌褉械卸写械薪懈械 蟹邪 斜褗写械褖械褌芯. 袣褗褋屑械褌谢懈懈 薪褟屑邪 - 谢懈褕邪胁邪褕 褋械 懈谢懈 芯褌 褔芯胁械褔薪芯褋褌, 懈谢懈 芯褌 卸懈胁芯褌.
孝褍泻 芯斜邪褔械 褋褞卸械褌褗褌 褋褟泻邪褕 械 薪邪斜褗褉蟹芯 薪邪褏胁褗褉谢褟薪邪 褋褗泻褉邪褌械薪邪 褔械褉薪芯胁邪 褋 褌芯褔泻懈 蟹邪 斜褗写械褖 褉芯屑邪薪, 邪 薪械 械 褋邪屑懈褟褌 褉芯屑邪薪. 袦薪芯谐芯 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟 褋邪 褋斜懈褌懈 锌芯写 褎芯褉屑邪褌 薪邪 芯斜懈泻薪芯胁械薪 褏褉芯薪芯谢芯谐懈褔械薪 褋锌懈褋褗泻, 斜械蟹 蟹邪写褗谢斜邪胁邪薪械, 斜械蟹 薪褞邪薪褋懈, 邪 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褑械谢褟褌 写邪 褋械 懈蟹褉械写懈 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯 薪邪泄-屑薪芯谐芯. 袨褌薪芯胁芯 褋械 薪邪屑械褋胁邪 薪械谢械锌懈褟褌, 懈蟹泻褍褋褌胁械薪 懈 谐褍斜械褖 胁褉械屑械 鈥溠€芯屑邪薪褋鈥� 屑械卸写褍 小邪褕邪 懈 袙邪褉褟, 泻芯泄褌芯 薪邪 锌褉邪泻褌懈泻邪 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 薪械 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪, 薪芯 袪懈斜邪泻芯胁 锌芯 薪械锌芯薪褟褌薪懈 锌褉懈褔懈薪懈 械 蟹邪锌褗薪邪谢 薪邪 褌邪蟹懈 褋邪薪褌懈屑械薪褌邪谢薪邪 谐谢褍锌芯褋褌. 袥懈薪懈褟褌邪 褋褗褋 小邪褕邪 械 褔懈褋褌邪 褋泻褍泻邪. 效邪褋褌 芯褌 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢懈褌械 谐械褉芯懈, 褋 泻芯懈褌芯 褋屑械 胁褗褉胁械谢懈 褉械写芯屑 胁 锌褉械写薪懈褌械 褔邪褋褌懈, 褋褗褖芯 械写胁邪 褋械 屑褟褉胁邪褌 泻邪褌芯 胁械褋褌懈褌械谢懈 薪邪 斜械蟹泻芯薪械褔薪懈褌械 褋锌懈褋褗褑懈 褋 胁邪卸薪懈 懈褋褌芯褉懈褔械褋泻懈 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟, 泻芯懈褌芯 锌褉械褍屑芯褉褟胁邪褌, 邪 芯褌 褏邪褉邪泻褌械褉懈褌械 薪械 械 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢芯 屑薪芯谐芯, 泻褗屑 泻芯械褌芯 褔懈褌邪褌械谢褟褌 写邪 懈蟹锌懈褌胁邪 褋懈屑锌邪褌懈褟 懈谢懈 邪薪褌懈锌邪褌懈褟. 袣褉邪褟褌 锌褗泻 械 锌芯褌褉械褋胁邪褖芯 薪械谢械锌, 锌芯写褏芯写褟褖 蟹邪 褋邪锌褍薪械薪邪 芯锌械褉邪 蟹邪 褋泻褍褔邪械褖懈 写芯屑邪泻懈薪懈, 薪芯 袪懈斜邪泻芯胁 褟胁薪芯 械 斜褗褉蟹邪谢 写邪 蟹邪胁褗褉褕懈 械锌芯褋邪, 斜械蟹 写邪 芯褋褌邪胁褟 胁褉邪褌懈褔泻懈 蟹邪 斜褗写械褖懈 锌褉芯写褗谢卸械薪懈褟.
袙褋械 锌邪泻 褋懈 蟹邪褋谢褍卸邪胁邪 薪邪泄-屑邪谢泻芯褌芯 泻邪褌芯 懈褋褌芯褉懈褔械褋泻邪 谐褉邪屑芯褌薪芯褋褌 懈 褌褗卸薪芯 锌褉械写褍锌褉械卸写械薪懈械. 袧褍卸薪芯 械 薪芯胁芯 褉芯写薪芯 懈蟹写邪薪懈械.
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鈻讹笍 笑懈褌邪褌懈:
鈿欙笍 馃嚪馃嚭鈥溞捬嬔€芯褋谢懈 薪芯胁褘械 锌芯泻芯谢械薪懈褟, 薪械 蟹薪邪褞褖懈械 懈 薪械 卸械谢邪褞褖懈械 蟹薪邪褌褜 薪懈泻邪泻芯泄 懈薪芯泄 懈写械懈, 泻褉芯屑械 锌褉懈胁懈褌芯泄 懈屑 褋 写械褌褋褌胁邪, 锌芯泻芯谢械薪懈褟, 写谢褟 泻芯褌芯褉褘褏 褋芯胁械褌褋泻芯械 谐芯褋褍写邪褉褋褌胁芯 鈥� 褋邪屑芯械 谢褍褔褕械械, 褋邪屑芯械 褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁芯械, 懈写械邪谢褜薪芯械, 邪 胁褋械 芯褋褌邪谢褜薪褘械 鈥� 薪械褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁褘械 懈 胁褉邪卸写械斜薪褘械, 芯薪懈 薪械 卸械谢邪褞褌 蟹薪邪褌褜 薪懈泻邪泻芯谐芯 懈薪芯谐芯 芯斜褉邪蟹邪 卸懈蟹薪懈, 泻褉芯屑械 褋芯胁械褌褋泻芯谐芯.鈥�
馃嚙馃嚞鈥澬樞费€邪褋薪邪褏邪 薪芯胁懈 锌芯泻芯谢械薪懈褟, 泻芯懈褌芯 薪械 蟹薪邪械褏邪 懈 薪械 懈褋泻邪褏邪 写邪 蟹薪邪褟褌 薪懈泻邪泻胁邪 写褉褍谐邪 懈写械褟 芯褋胁械薪 胁薪褍褕械薪邪褌邪 懈屑 芯褌 写械褌懈薪褋褌胁芯, 锌芯泻芯谢械薪懈褟, 蟹邪 泻芯懈褌芯 褋褗胁械褌褋泻邪褌邪 写褗褉卸邪胁邪 械 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉邪褌邪, 薪邪泄-褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁邪褌邪, 懈写械邪谢薪邪褌邪, 邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢懈 褋邪 薪械褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁懈 懈 胁褉邪卸写械斜薪懈, 褌械 薪械 懈褋泻邪褌 写邪 蟹薪邪褟褌 薪懈泻邪泻褗胁 写褉褍谐 薪邪褔懈薪 薪邪 卸懈胁芯褌 芯褋胁械薪 褋褗胁械褌褋泻懈褟.鈥�
鈿欙笍鈥溞叫敌沸靶残秆佇感夹狙佈傃� 薪械 写邪械褌褋褟 泻械屑-褌芯, 薪械蟹邪胁懈褋懈屑褘屑 褔械谢芯胁械泻 褋褌邪薪芯胁懈褌褋褟 褋邪屑, 鈥�
鈿欙笍鈥溞氀傂�-褌芯 褋泻邪蟹邪谢: 褉械胁芯谢褞褑懈褞 薪邪褔懈薪邪褞褌 懈写械邪谢懈褋褌褘, 蟹邪泻邪薪褔懈胁邪褞褌 锌芯写谢械褑褘, 泻芯褌芯褉褘械 褝褌懈褏 懈写械邪谢懈褋褌芯胁 懈褋褌褉械斜谢褟褞褌.鈥�
鈿欙笍鈥溞溞靶叫秆� 胁械谢懈褔懈褟 鈥� 褝褌芯 泻芯谐写邪 屑邪薪懈褟 械褋褌褜, 邪 胁械谢懈褔懈褟 薪械褌鈥�
鈿欙笍鈥�- 袪邪褋褋褌褉械谢褟褌褜?! 袣邪泻邪褟 卸械 褝褌芯 写械屑芯泻褉邪褌懈褟?
鈥� 袛芯褉芯谐褍褕邪! 孝邪泻 胁械写褜 胁 薪邪褕械泄 褋褌褉邪薪械 胁褋械 薪邪 褉邪褋褋褌褉械谢械 写械褉卸懈褌褋褟: 懈 写懈泻褌邪褌褍褉邪, 懈 写械屑芯泻褉邪褌懈褟.鈥�
鈿欙笍鈥溞澬把€芯写 谢褞斜懈褌 锌芯斜械写褘 懈 薪械 谢褞斜懈褌 锌芯褉邪卸械薪懈泄, 锌芯屑薪懈褌 褌芯谢褜泻芯 褋胁芯懈 锌芯斜械写褘 懈 薪械 卸械谢邪械褌 锌芯屑薪懈褌褜 锌芯褉邪卸械薪懈泄. 鈥�
February 22, 2024
袩芯 锌褉邪胁写械 谢褍褔褕械械 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈械, 泻芯褌芯褉芯械 芯褋褌邪胁懈谢芯 褍 屑械薪褟 胁 锌邪屑褟褌懈 谐谢褍斜芯泻懈泄 褋谢械写. 袛芯 锌芯褋谢械写薪械谐芯 屑芯屑械薪褌邪 薪邪写械褟谢邪褋褜 薪邪 褏褝锌锌懈 褝薪写. 袧械 胁褘褕谢芯, 薪械 锌芯谢褍褔懈谢芯褋褜. "鈥撔⒀� 锌褉懈褕械谢, 小邪褕邪..." 袩褉懈褕械谢. 袙芯褌 褌芯谢褜泻芯 锌芯蟹写薪芯. 小械褉写褑械 褉邪蟹褉褘胁邪械褌褋褟. 协褌芯 褌芯 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈械, 锌芯褋谢械 褔褌械薪懈褟 泻芯褌芯褉芯谐芯 褌械斜械 褏芯褔械褌褋褟 锌褉芯泻谢褟褋褌褜 胁械褋褜 屑懈褉 蟹邪 薪械褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁芯褋褌褜. 袧芯 胁械写褜 芯薪芯 懈 写芯谢卸薪芯 斜褘褌褜 褌邪泻懈屑, 懈薪邪褔械 芯薪芯 斜褘谢芯 斜褘 斜械褋褋屑褘褋谢械薪薪褘屑. 袨薪芯 写芯谢卸薪芯 斜褘谢芯 芯褌褉邪蟹懈褌褜 胁褋褞 谐芯褉械褔褜, 褌褟卸械褋褌褜 懈 薪械褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁芯褋褌褜 褌芯谐芯 胁褉械屑械薪懈. 袠 褋 褝褌懈屑 蟹邪写邪薪懈械屑 芯薪芯 褋锌褉邪胁懈谢芯褋褜. 孝胁械褉写邪褟 5. 小锌邪褋懈斜芯 邪胁褌芯褉褍 蟹邪 褋芯蟹写邪薪懈械 褌邪泻芯谐芯 褕械写械胁褉邪.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 16, 2013
One of best books I read this year. I would compare it with Ken Follett "Fall of Giants" and "Winter of the world", but Rybakov managed to show all tragedies of 20th century much deeper and more colorful. If you like Follett, you must read all three Rybakov's books. After these books you will understand Russians better and you will start respect them more.
April 29, 2012
I read a review about Children of the Arbat trilogy on New York Times.It reads as follows;
鈥淒epicting Stalin has proved a problem for Russian writers. The portraits tend to be distorted by hostility -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's portrait in "The First Circle" -- or are rendered with grotesque comedy by writers like Vladimir Voinovich or Andrei Sinyavsky, who get closer to Stalin's madness but miss the man. Mr. Rybakov's Stalin -- realistic, believable when on the stage of history (especially good when kibitzing with the German Foreign Minister, von Ribbentrop) -- is most vivid in throwaway moments:鈥�
How a great analysis this is in a simple short paragraph. Rybakov gives you a superb insight into the Stalinist Soviet Russia without demonizing Stalin. He actually demonizes those who turned an arrogant man into a tyrant out of fear of sycophancy. He does not refrain from calling Sholokhov a flunky, labeling Eisenstein as a sycophant supporter and Gorky an ordinary tramp. He even questions the integrity of Pasternak because he couldn鈥檛 stand pressure. An artist should not yield pressures, should not feel obliged to praise the regime and should write in the name of the helpless against the tyrant. He should be oppositionalist, he should go beyond the usual tirades of the day and say something new.
The first book was an amazing treat except for the monologues of Stalin. The second book is a bit more focused on Stalin than Sasha's friends. I must admit I had missed some characters like Lena. I was not expecting a tragic end for the concluding volume.It be imprinted on my mind.
P.S. There is a short description of the military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland.Rybakov perfectly shows that Soviet losses on the front were so heavy because of the strength of the Soviet Red army crippled by Stalin's Great Purge of 1937. Those who are interested in the history of the period should see the Finnish Film The Winter War (Talvisota)
鈥淒epicting Stalin has proved a problem for Russian writers. The portraits tend to be distorted by hostility -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's portrait in "The First Circle" -- or are rendered with grotesque comedy by writers like Vladimir Voinovich or Andrei Sinyavsky, who get closer to Stalin's madness but miss the man. Mr. Rybakov's Stalin -- realistic, believable when on the stage of history (especially good when kibitzing with the German Foreign Minister, von Ribbentrop) -- is most vivid in throwaway moments:鈥�
How a great analysis this is in a simple short paragraph. Rybakov gives you a superb insight into the Stalinist Soviet Russia without demonizing Stalin. He actually demonizes those who turned an arrogant man into a tyrant out of fear of sycophancy. He does not refrain from calling Sholokhov a flunky, labeling Eisenstein as a sycophant supporter and Gorky an ordinary tramp. He even questions the integrity of Pasternak because he couldn鈥檛 stand pressure. An artist should not yield pressures, should not feel obliged to praise the regime and should write in the name of the helpless against the tyrant. He should be oppositionalist, he should go beyond the usual tirades of the day and say something new.
The first book was an amazing treat except for the monologues of Stalin. The second book is a bit more focused on Stalin than Sasha's friends. I must admit I had missed some characters like Lena. I was not expecting a tragic end for the concluding volume.It be imprinted on my mind.
P.S. There is a short description of the military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland.Rybakov perfectly shows that Soviet losses on the front were so heavy because of the strength of the Soviet Red army crippled by Stalin's Great Purge of 1937. Those who are interested in the history of the period should see the Finnish Film The Winter War (Talvisota)
December 17, 2012
Year 1937 can always come back. If you are careless enough...
June 21, 2014
蟹邪褏胁邪褌褘胁邪褞褖械, 薪芯 芯褔械薪褜-芯褔械薪褜 谐褉褍褋褌薪芯. 袗泻褌褍邪谢褜薪褘械 写谢褟 褋械谐芯写薪褟褕薪械谐芯 写薪褟 褑懈褌邪褌褘 屑芯卸薪芯 胁褘锌懈褋褘胁邪褌褜 锌邪褔泻邪屑懈.
August 9, 2016
袦薪芯谐芯 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪邪,泻邪泻褌芯 懈 锌褉械写懈褕薪懈褌械 写胁械! 小褌褉邪褏芯褌械薪 蟹邪胁褗褉褕械泻 薪邪 褌褉懈谢芯谐懈褟褌邪 !
October 19, 2021
袨褔械薪褜 锌芯薪褉邪胁懈谢邪褋褜. 袥褞斜谢褞 褌邪泻懈械. 啸褍写芯卸械褋褌胁械薪薪邪褟 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪 懈 锌邪褉邪谢谢械谢褜薪芯 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟..袚褉褍褋褌薪邪褟. 袣芯薪械褑 褌邪泻芯泄, 锌谢邪泻邪谢邪. 小懈谢褜薪邪褟 懈 褋褌芯褟褖邪褟 锌褉芯褔褌械薪懈褟 泻薪懈谐邪!
May 17, 2023
probably one of the most underhyped russian series books
January 19, 2021
Het is nog niet te vaak voorgekomen dat ik zo'n nood heb gehad om te blijven lezen, 5 sterren voor de tetralogie die zowel aangrijpt als onderwijst
January 27, 2018
The final part of a trilogy, this novel moves from near the end of Stalin鈥檚 Great Terror, through to the turning point of the Great Patriotic War, focusing on Sasha Pankratov, the rounded hero who needs to prove himself after political problems in the late-1930s, in a sweeping saga with a rather clich茅d troubled romance. It鈥檚 stilted and a little too leisurely-paced in places but the background events are enough to carry the narrative.
August 10, 2011
效懈褌邪褌褜 胁褋褞 褌褉懈谢芯谐懈褞. 袪械泻芯屑械薪写褍械褌褋褟 泻褌芯 懈薪褌械褉懈褋褍械褌褋褟 懈褋褌芯褉懈械泄 褋褋褋褉. 效懈褌邪械褌褋褟 芯褔薪褜 谢械谐泻芯, 锌褉芯褔械谢 薪邪 芯写薪芯屑 写褘褏邪薪懈懈 胁 芯褌锌褍褋泻械. 袙懈写薪芯 褔褌芯 邪胁褌芯褉 芯褔械薪褜 褏芯褉芯褕芯 锌褉芯褔褍胁褋褌胁芯胁邪谢 芯锌懈褋褘胁邪械屑褘泄 锌械褉懈芯写. 袠蟹谢芯卸械薪懈械 锌芯褋谢械写芯胁邪褌械谢褜薪芯械. 袣褍谢褜褌 谢懈褔薪芯褋褌懈 小褌邪谢懈薪邪 懈 胁褋械谐芯 锌芯谢懈褌. 邪锌锌邪褉邪褌邪 褌芯谐芯 胁褉械屑械薪懈 邪 褌邪泻 卸械 芯斜胁褔薪芯谐芯 薪邪褉芯写邪 芯锌懈褋邪薪 锌芯写褉芯斜薪芯 懈 泻褉邪褋芯褔薪芯.
July 1, 2018
To chyba najs艂absza cz臋艣膰 ca艂ej try/tetralogii, a przynajmniej takie odnios艂am wra偶enie. Mo偶e dlatego, 偶e czyta艂am j膮 na wy艣cigi, 偶eby zd膮偶y膰 przed up艂ywem terminu w bibliotece. W ka偶dym razie, "najs艂absza" absolutnie nie oznacza "z艂a". Nadal czyta艂o mi si臋 to dobrze, cho膰 przyznaj臋 - druga po艂owa ksi膮偶ki, ta dotycz膮ca wojny, by艂a dla mnie zbyt chaotyczna, a akcja posuwa艂a si臋 zbyt szybko. Mo偶e to te偶 kwestia narodowa/kulturowa? Ja gubi艂am si臋 w tych frontach i dywizjach, a Rosjanie pewnie nie maj膮 z tym wi臋kszego problemu.
Niespecjalnie podoba mi si臋 te偶 to, 偶e o losach wi臋kszo艣ci bohater贸w nie dowiadujemy si臋 niczego pewnego; ich w膮tki po prostu w pewnym momencie si臋 urywaj膮. C贸偶 - tak to sobie autor wymy艣li艂 i nie jestem tym specjalnie zaskoczona - ju偶 same "Dzieci Arbatu" nie mia艂y "porz膮dnego" zako艅czenia, mimo 偶e wtedy Rybakow nie wiedzia艂 jeszcze, czy uda mu si臋 napisa膰 kolejne tomy serii - ale jednak wol臋 zako艅czenia bardziej domkni臋te. Czeka艂am na jaki艣 przeb艂ysk dziejowej sprawiedliwo艣ci (), a tu nic.
W ka偶dym razie: bardzo ciekawa seria, na kt贸r膮 wpad艂am zupe艂nym przypadkiem, bez jakichkolwiek oczekiwa艅, wi臋c bardzo pozytywnie mnie zaskoczy艂a. B臋d臋 musia艂a cz臋艣ciej podbiera膰 mamie z p贸艂ek losowe ksi膮偶ki ^^.
Niespecjalnie podoba mi si臋 te偶 to, 偶e o losach wi臋kszo艣ci bohater贸w nie dowiadujemy si臋 niczego pewnego; ich w膮tki po prostu w pewnym momencie si臋 urywaj膮. C贸偶 - tak to sobie autor wymy艣li艂 i nie jestem tym specjalnie zaskoczona - ju偶 same "Dzieci Arbatu" nie mia艂y "porz膮dnego" zako艅czenia, mimo 偶e wtedy Rybakow nie wiedzia艂 jeszcze, czy uda mu si臋 napisa膰 kolejne tomy serii - ale jednak wol臋 zako艅czenia bardziej domkni臋te. Czeka艂am na jaki艣 przeb艂ysk dziejowej sprawiedliwo艣ci (), a tu nic.
W ka偶dym razie: bardzo ciekawa seria, na kt贸r膮 wpad艂am zupe艂nym przypadkiem, bez jakichkolwiek oczekiwa艅, wi臋c bardzo pozytywnie mnie zaskoczy艂a. B臋d臋 musia艂a cz臋艣ciej podbiera膰 mamie z p贸艂ek losowe ksi膮偶ki ^^.
June 25, 2023
Laatst deel van rybakov deel uit. Hele mooie maar ook verdrietige ontknoping.
August 14, 2024
Jedyna ksi膮偶ka,przez kt贸r膮 tak mocno p艂aka艂am. Po zako艅czeniu tej serii czuj臋 niesamowit膮 pustk臋, ale to jest najlepsze,co mnie do tej pory spotka艂o w moim czytelniczym 偶yciu.
March 31, 2020
Have read the whole trilogy. Could not do anything else. So much so that I paid the most I have ever paid for a book, and got it from across the Atlantic, at that.
Such is the pull of the unfolding story of Sasha Pankratov, Varya, and so many other characters. Even the seemingly 'slightest' of individuals are often deftly drawn with staggering erudition and depth.
The whole series is beautifully written, with an incredible insight into the thinking and results of Stalin's actions, interest dialogue and contextual rationale.
I was SO hooked, that as I got toward the end, I kept checking the page numbers, to see how unfortunately few I had remaining...I've never done that before. I didn't want it to end...and then, I have to admit to having tears in my eyes as I closed the back cover.
An enthralling tale. A wonderful 'read'. An enlightening, thought provoking and educational experience. It made me look at the current coronavirus crisis with fresh eyes, on so many levels.
If ever there was a book, indeed series of books, that warranted a brand new edition...then this is it, and these are they ;-)
Such is the pull of the unfolding story of Sasha Pankratov, Varya, and so many other characters. Even the seemingly 'slightest' of individuals are often deftly drawn with staggering erudition and depth.
The whole series is beautifully written, with an incredible insight into the thinking and results of Stalin's actions, interest dialogue and contextual rationale.
I was SO hooked, that as I got toward the end, I kept checking the page numbers, to see how unfortunately few I had remaining...I've never done that before. I didn't want it to end...and then, I have to admit to having tears in my eyes as I closed the back cover.
An enthralling tale. A wonderful 'read'. An enlightening, thought provoking and educational experience. It made me look at the current coronavirus crisis with fresh eyes, on so many levels.
If ever there was a book, indeed series of books, that warranted a brand new edition...then this is it, and these are they ;-)
December 20, 2019
袠薪褌械褉械褋薪芯 斜褘谢芯 褍蟹薪邪褌褜 褋褍写褜斜褍 谐械褉芯械胁, 泻 泻芯褌芯褉褘屑 蟹邪 褋褌芯谢褜泻芯 泻薪懈谐 锌褉懈胁褟蟹邪谢邪褋褜. 袧芯 褋泻胁芯蟹褟褖邪褟 褔械褉械蟹 胁褋械 泻薪懈谐懈 谢褞斜芯胁薪邪褟 谢懈薪懈褟 薪械 懈薪褌械褉械褋芯胁邪谢邪. 小芯斜褘褌懈褟 袙袨袙 芯锌懈褋邪薪褘 芯褔械薪褜 褋卸邪褌芯. 袠 胁 褑械谢芯屑 褔褍胁褋褌胁芯, 褔褌芯 芯斜芯褉胁邪谢芯褋褜 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈械 薪械屑薪芯谐芯 薪械蟹邪泻芯薪褔械薪薪褘屑
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November 28, 2015
袥褍褔褕械械 懈蟹 褌芯谐芯, 褔褌芯 褟 锌褉芯褔谢邪 蟹邪 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈械 锌邪褉褍 谢械褌. 袪械写泻芯械 褋芯褔械褌邪薪懈械 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪芯谐芯 褋褞卸械褌邪 懈 芯谐褉芯屑薪芯谐芯 泻芯谢懈褔械褋褌胁邪 锌懈褖懈 写谢褟 褉邪蟹屑褘褕谢械薪懈泄.
January 9, 2018
袧械 褌邪泻芯谐芯 泻芯薪褑邪 褟 芯卸懈写邪谢
February 28, 2025
One of my favorite series of Russian novels so far, Dust and Ashes marks the conclusion of Anatoly Rybakov鈥檚 Children of the Arbat trilogy.
The novel describes how Stalin, after completing the political purges, turned to the military, eliminating many of the most experienced and capable generals鈥攖hose who had fought in the Great War. This decision left the Soviet Union critically unprepared, both in manpower and resources, when Germany inevitably turned its sights eastward. While the Soviets initially attempted to form an alliance with Hitler鈥檚 Germany, hoping it would divert the Nazi war effort to the West, it only bought them a brief respite before the German war machine set its sights on Soviet territory. The consequences were catastrophic, costing the USSR around 20 million lives鈥攐n top of the 12 million who had already perished during collectivization.
One of the most compelling aspects of this trilogy is following the same characters from childhood through the darkest years of Soviet history. The childhood friends from the Arbat each took different paths, and while some survived, most did not. No one lived through the years of Stalin untouched鈥擣ear, Dust and Ashes is a fitting representation of what Stalin鈥檚 era left behind.
Thank you, Mr. Rybakov, for this incredible series of novels.
The novel describes how Stalin, after completing the political purges, turned to the military, eliminating many of the most experienced and capable generals鈥攖hose who had fought in the Great War. This decision left the Soviet Union critically unprepared, both in manpower and resources, when Germany inevitably turned its sights eastward. While the Soviets initially attempted to form an alliance with Hitler鈥檚 Germany, hoping it would divert the Nazi war effort to the West, it only bought them a brief respite before the German war machine set its sights on Soviet territory. The consequences were catastrophic, costing the USSR around 20 million lives鈥攐n top of the 12 million who had already perished during collectivization.
One of the most compelling aspects of this trilogy is following the same characters from childhood through the darkest years of Soviet history. The childhood friends from the Arbat each took different paths, and while some survived, most did not. No one lived through the years of Stalin untouched鈥擣ear, Dust and Ashes is a fitting representation of what Stalin鈥檚 era left behind.
Thank you, Mr. Rybakov, for this incredible series of novels.
June 5, 2018
After completing the series the four stars for each book is a misnomer. Combined the series is a five star read. The last book cleans up the series. The ending is similar to Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet combined. As in Hamlet every one dies, one way or another all the Children of the Arbat die. Even those who survive the war and the end of the last book have already died inside as victims of Stalin's purges. Our two main characters die in the Kursk salient in a very Romeo and Juliet moment. A wonderful series that if you like Russian historical fiction this is a must read.
April 11, 2018
I enjoyed the Children of the Arbat trilogy, but this volume was a bit less successful as a novel because there was too little time spent on the lives of the characters and too much recounting well-known history of Soviets in WWII. Nevertheless, the melodramatic ending was satisfying, both romantic and supporting the overall theme of three novels鈥攈ow the lives of the generation of those who came of age after the Revolution were distorted and destroyed
October 30, 2023
住驻专 注爪讜诐 诪讘讞讬谞转 讛驻讬专讜讟 讜讻诪讜转 讛诪讬讚注, 诇驻注诪讬诐 讬讜转专 诪讬讚讬 诪讬讚注. 讛转讬讗讜专讬诐 砖诇 砖谞讜转 讛-30 讛讬讜 讻诇 讻讱 诪诇讗讬 讗讬诪讛, 砖转讬讗讜专讬 诪诇讞诪转 讛注讜诇诐 讛砖谞讬讬讛 讻谞专讗讛 讛讬讜 讞讬讜讜专讬诐 诇注讜诪转 讛讟专讜专 砖诇 住讟讗诇讬谉. 诇讚注转讬, 讛住驻专 讛讻讬 驻讞讜转 诪讜爪诇讞 讘讟专讬诇讜讙讬讛. 讗讘诇 讛住讜祝鈥�. 诇讗 诪讛 砖爪讬驻讬转讬, 诇讗 诪讛 砖讝讻专转讬鈥︷煒�
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袙褋械芯斜褖懈泄 褋褌褉邪褏 锌芯褉芯写懈谢 胁褋械芯斜褖褍褞 锌芯写谢芯褋褌褜
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袙褋械芯斜褖懈泄 褋褌褉邪褏 锌芯褉芯写懈谢 胁褋械芯斜褖褍褞 锌芯写谢芯褋褌褜
April 1, 2025
韦慰 蔚委蠂伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 蠈蟿伪谓 萎渭慰蠀谓 15 蠂蟻慰谓蠅谓 魏 渭慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 渭蔚委谓蔚喂 伪尉苇蠂伪蟽蟿慰. 螡喂蠅胃蔚喂蟼 伪魏蟻喂尾蠋蟼 蠈蟺蠅蟼 苇纬蟻伪蠁蔚, 胃蠀渭维渭伪喂, 蟿慰 慰蟺喂蟽胃蠈蠁蠀位位慰: 蟿慰蠀蟼 萎蟻蠅蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪喂蟽胃维谓蔚蟽伪喂 未喂魏慰蠉蟼 蟽慰蠀 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀蟼, 蟺慰谓伪蟼 渭蔚 蟿伪 尾伪蟽伪谓伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蔚尉伪胃位委蠅蟽萎 蟿慰蠀蟼. 螆谓伪 尾喂尾位委慰 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 蟽畏渭维未蔚蠄蔚.
May 25, 2019
Shedevr. Vse tri knigi.
December 2, 2023
Trilogija Deca Arbata je izuzetna. 膶itajte.
December 13, 2015
袟邪泻谢褞褔邪褞褖邪褟 泻薪懈谐邪 褌褉懈谢芯谐懈懈 "袛械褌懈 袗褉斜邪褌邪" 芯锌懈褋褘胁邪械褌 褋褍写褜斜褘 谐械褉芯械胁 胁 谐芯写褘 薪邪褔邪谢邪 袙褌芯褉芯泄 袦懈褉芯胁芯泄 袙芯泄薪褘, 邪 褌邪泻卸械 胁 锌械褉胁褘械 褌褉懈 谐芯写邪 胁芯泄薪褘 薪邪 褌械褉褉懈褌芯褉懈懈 小小小袪. 袣邪泻 懈 锌褉械写褘写褍褖懈械 写胁械 泻薪懈谐懈, "袩褉邪褏 懈 锌械锌械谢" - 芯褔械薪褜 褉械邪谢懈褋褌懈褔薪邪, 写械褌邪谢褜薪邪, 写邪卸械 写芯褋泻芯薪邪谢褜薪邪.
袣薪懈谐邪 褏芯褉芯褕芯 锌芯泻邪蟹褘胁邪械褌 懈褋褌芯褉懈褔械褋泻懈械 锌褉懈褔懈薪褘 褌芯谐芯, 锌芯褔械屑褍 小芯胁械褌褋泻懈泄 小芯褞蟹 薪械 斜褘谢 谐芯褌芯胁 泻 胁芯泄薪械 懈 锌芯褔械屑褍 褔械谢芯胁械褔械褋泻懈械 锌芯褌械褉懈 褋芯胁械褌褋泻芯谐芯 薪邪褉芯写邪 斜褘谢懈 薪邪褋褌芯谢褜泻芯 屑邪褋褕褌邪斜薪褘屑懈. 小褞褉褉械邪谢懈蟹屑 褌芯谐芯 卸械褋褌芯泻芯谐芯 胁褉械屑械薪懈 薪邪谐谢褟写薪芯 锌芯泻邪蟹邪薪 褌械屑, 泻邪泻 谐谢邪胁薪褘屑 谐械褉芯褟屑 褍写邪械褌褋褟 "写械谢邪褌褜 泻邪褉褜械褉褍" 懈 斜褘褌褜 锌褉懈蟹薪邪薪薪褘屑懈 谢褞写褜屑懈 褌芯谢褜泻芯 斜谢邪谐芯写邪褉褟 胁芯泄薪械. 袙谢褞斜谢械薪薪褘屑 懈 褉邪蟹谢褍褔械薪薪褘屑 褌芯卸械 褍写邪械褌褋褟 胁褋褌褉械褌懈褌褜褋褟 褌芯谢褜泻芯 斜谢邪谐芯写邪褉褟 胁芯泄薪械...
袩芯褋谢械写薪懈懈 褔邪褋褌懈 泻薪懈谐懈 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪褘 泻邪泻 斜褘 胁褌芯褉芯锌褟褏, 屑褘 薪械 褍蟹薪邪械屑, 褔褌芯 褋褌邪谢芯 褋芯 屑薪芯谐懈屑懈 胁褌芯褉芯褋褌械锌械薪薪褘屑懈 谐械褉芯褟屑懈, 褋褞卸械褌薪邪褟 谢懈薪懈褟 泻芯褌芯褉褘褏 褉邪蟹胁懈胁邪谢邪褋褜 薪邪 锌褉芯褌褟卸械薪懈懈 2,5 泻薪懈谐. 袧芯 泻芯薪械褑 泻薪懈谐懈 胁褋械 褝褌芯 泻芯屑锌械薪褋懈褉褍械褌. 小懈谢褜薪芯. 协屑芯褑懈芯薪邪谢褜薪芯. 孝褟卸械谢芯. 袧邪胁械褉薪芯, 胁 褌芯屑 懈 蟹邪屑褘褋械谢 邪胁褌芯褉邪 - 锌芯褋谢械 褌邪泻芯谐芯 褎懈薪邪谢邪 胁褋械 芯褋褌邪谢褜薪芯械 懈 胁褋械 芯褋褌邪谢褜薪褘械 - 褝褌芯 锌褉芯褋褌芯 泻褍谢懈褋褘...
袣薪懈谐邪 褏芯褉芯褕芯 锌芯泻邪蟹褘胁邪械褌 懈褋褌芯褉懈褔械褋泻懈械 锌褉懈褔懈薪褘 褌芯谐芯, 锌芯褔械屑褍 小芯胁械褌褋泻懈泄 小芯褞蟹 薪械 斜褘谢 谐芯褌芯胁 泻 胁芯泄薪械 懈 锌芯褔械屑褍 褔械谢芯胁械褔械褋泻懈械 锌芯褌械褉懈 褋芯胁械褌褋泻芯谐芯 薪邪褉芯写邪 斜褘谢懈 薪邪褋褌芯谢褜泻芯 屑邪褋褕褌邪斜薪褘屑懈. 小褞褉褉械邪谢懈蟹屑 褌芯谐芯 卸械褋褌芯泻芯谐芯 胁褉械屑械薪懈 薪邪谐谢褟写薪芯 锌芯泻邪蟹邪薪 褌械屑, 泻邪泻 谐谢邪胁薪褘屑 谐械褉芯褟屑 褍写邪械褌褋褟 "写械谢邪褌褜 泻邪褉褜械褉褍" 懈 斜褘褌褜 锌褉懈蟹薪邪薪薪褘屑懈 谢褞写褜屑懈 褌芯谢褜泻芯 斜谢邪谐芯写邪褉褟 胁芯泄薪械. 袙谢褞斜谢械薪薪褘屑 懈 褉邪蟹谢褍褔械薪薪褘屑 褌芯卸械 褍写邪械褌褋褟 胁褋褌褉械褌懈褌褜褋褟 褌芯谢褜泻芯 斜谢邪谐芯写邪褉褟 胁芯泄薪械...
袩芯褋谢械写薪懈懈 褔邪褋褌懈 泻薪懈谐懈 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪褘 泻邪泻 斜褘 胁褌芯褉芯锌褟褏, 屑褘 薪械 褍蟹薪邪械屑, 褔褌芯 褋褌邪谢芯 褋芯 屑薪芯谐懈屑懈 胁褌芯褉芯褋褌械锌械薪薪褘屑懈 谐械褉芯褟屑懈, 褋褞卸械褌薪邪褟 谢懈薪懈褟 泻芯褌芯褉褘褏 褉邪蟹胁懈胁邪谢邪褋褜 薪邪 锌褉芯褌褟卸械薪懈懈 2,5 泻薪懈谐. 袧芯 泻芯薪械褑 泻薪懈谐懈 胁褋械 褝褌芯 泻芯屑锌械薪褋懈褉褍械褌. 小懈谢褜薪芯. 协屑芯褑懈芯薪邪谢褜薪芯. 孝褟卸械谢芯. 袧邪胁械褉薪芯, 胁 褌芯屑 懈 蟹邪屑褘褋械谢 邪胁褌芯褉邪 - 锌芯褋谢械 褌邪泻芯谐芯 褎懈薪邪谢邪 胁褋械 芯褋褌邪谢褜薪芯械 懈 胁褋械 芯褋褌邪谢褜薪褘械 - 褝褌芯 锌褉芯褋褌芯 泻褍谢懈褋褘...
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