Alexander Alfredovich Bek (Russian: 袗谢械泻褋邪薪写褉 袗谢褜褎褉械写芯胁懈褔 袘械泻; 3 January 1903 [O.S. 21 December 1902] 鈥� 2 November 1972), sometimes transliterated from the Russian Cyrillic as Aleksandr Bek or Anglicized to Alexander Beck, was a Soviet novelist and writer.
Alexander Bek was born on 3 January 1903. The son of a physician employed by the Imperial Russian Army, Bek received an upbringing in his native city of Saratov, where he attended a Realschule.
Following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the outbreak of the Russian Civil War between the Red and White movements, he joined the Bolsheviks' Red Army as a sixteen-year old volunteer and began contributing articles to the army's divisional newspaper in 1919. His first novel, Kurako, completed in honor of the outstanding Soviet metallurgical worker Mikhail Kurako and set down following the impressions left on Bek after a visit to the town of Kuznetsk, was published in 1934. Several other works in the style of socialist realism were written during the 1930s. Bek returned for duty in the Soviet Army during World War II, in which he witnessed the Soviet defense of Moscow in 1941 and served as a war correspondent. He produced one of his life's most famous works, Volokolamsk Highway (芦袙芯谢芯泻芯谢邪屑褋泻芯械 褕芯褋褋械禄), in 1944, depicting the heroism of Moscow鈥檚 defenders. He witnessed the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II in Berlin the following year.
The more famous of Bek's 1950s and 1960s works included the Several Days (芦袧械褋泻芯谢褜泻芯 写薪械泄禄) and General Panfilov's Reserve (芦袪械蟹械褉胁 谐械薪械褉邪谢邪 袩邪薪褎懈谢芯胁邪禄), both of which appeared in 1960, as well as the 1956 Talent (The Life of Berezhkov) (芦孝邪谢邪薪褌 (袞懈蟹薪褜 袘械褉械卸泻芯胁邪)禄), which appeared in English as Berezhkov - The Story Of An Inventor and was based on the real life of a specialist involved in the Soviet automobile industry.
Bek's 1965 novel The New Appointment was written as a roman 脿 clef centered around Soviet politician Ivan Tevosian, who under Joseph Stalin's period as head of the Soviet Union had been appointed to play a key role in heading the Soviet metallurgical production. Despite the initial announcement of the book's publication in the pages of Novy Mir, the novel was not published in the Soviet Union until the 1986 鈥搃n large part as a result of the protests of Tevosian's widow, who complained that the work unfairly discussed the more private aspects of her late husband's life. Accordingly, The New Appointment first appeared in Frankfurt am Main in 1972.
bek bize s谋ra d谋艧谋 bir karakter anlat谋yor: baurdcan. onun komutan olarak ya艧ad谋臒谋 bask谋y谋, i莽indeki gelgitleri, omzundaki a臒谋rl谋臒谋 hissetmemek m眉mk眉n de臒il. beni as谋l etkileyense, askerleriyle kurdu臒u ba臒 oldu. baurdcan sava艧谋 yaln谋zca kazan谋lmas谋 gereken bir m眉cadele olarak g枚rm眉yor, yan谋nda olan insanlar谋n kaderini de y眉re臒inde ta艧谋yor. bu y眉zden bazen bir komutandan 莽ok bir dost gibi, bir karde艧 gibi duruyor kar艧谋m谋zda.
bek, sanki her sat谋rda bizi sava艧谋n karanl谋k taraf谋na bakmaya de臒il de, o karanl谋臒谋n i莽indeki k眉莽眉k ama inat莽谋 谋艧谋臒谋 fark etmeye 莽a臒谋r谋yor. baurdcan da o 谋艧谋臒谋n ta kendisi bence..
Must admit, I expected lots of Soviet propaganda of the period in this book, and found next to none. The book is as realistic as it can get in details, conversations, people's experiences. It gave me shivers to live through what they lived through. Truly can I call myself a proud Kazakh, a compatriot of heroes like Baurzhan Momyshuly.
-Otro producto de su 茅poca, lugar y circunstancias.-
G茅nero. Novela hist贸rica (a su manera, eso s铆).
Lo que nos cuenta. El autor busca, dos a帽os despu茅s de los acontecimientos que desea conocer m谩s en profundidad, testimonios sobre la Octava Divisi贸n de Guardias del general Panf铆lov que protagonizaron la defensa del acceso a Mosc煤 cerca de la carretera de Volokolamsk frente al ataque alem谩n durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La novela nos presenta el testimonio de uno de los protagonistas, el oficial kazako Baurdzh谩n Momish-Ul铆.
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Un libro que hasta hace poco era imposible encontrarlo impreso en M茅xico y que gracias al trabajo de la nueva administraci贸n del Fondo de Cultura Econ贸mica se encuentra disponible. Los hombres de Panf铆lov trata sobre la f贸rmula secreta a trav茅s de la cu谩l personas comunes y corrientes pudieron hacerle frente a los nazis, con su temida guerra rel谩mpago, para evitar la toma de Rusia y propinar a los alemanes la derrota m谩s humillante de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Este libro es un relato que forma parte de otro libro del mismo autor y que se llama 'La carretera a Volokolamsk', que a煤n no tiene reimpresi贸n en M茅xico y es dif铆cil y costoso encontrar impreso. Si tienen oportunidad compren la edici贸n impresa de Los hombres de Panf铆lov.
Bir sava艧 klasi臒i. Moskova 枚nlerine kadar ilerleyen Alman ordular谋n谋 durdurmaya 莽al谋艧an bir Sovyet tugay谋n谋n hikayesi. Cok iyi yaz谋lm谋艧, T眉rk莽e terc眉mesi de olduk莽a iyi. Sava艧谋n psikolojik ve ideolojik y枚n眉ne tuttu臒u 谋艧谋k da ayr谋ca takdire deger. 陌kinci kez okudum.
Compr茅 el libro por dos euros en un puesto de vest铆bulo en un centro comercial. Era miscel谩nea: recetarios de cocina, colecciones del litograf铆as, insufribles vol煤menes de auto-ayuda. Sin embargo, el s铆mbolo de la estrella del Ej茅rcito Rojo, con su hoz y su martillo en la portada, captur贸 mi atenci贸n. Saqu茅 el m贸vil para wikipediar al autor: . Reputado escritor sovi茅tico, cuya obra m谩s reconocida es precisamente la que ten铆a entre mis manos: . Obviamente, lo compr茅.
Inmediatamente di una cata: prosa sencilla, espartana; sin descripciones, s贸lo di谩logos directos. Lo esperado en un militar. As铆 que dej茅 el libro para cuando necesitara un descanso literario. Y justamente, despu茅s de Arg眉elles, tom茅 un libro de filosof铆a y no pude pasar de la quinta p谩gina. Era momento de un descanso, de leer al camarada 袗谢械泻褋邪虂薪写褉 袘械泻.
No obstante, la edici贸n result贸 horrorosa, un insulto, con erratas p谩gina s铆 y p谩gina tambi茅n. Pero mi prurito pudo pasar por alto aquello, bast谩ndome el domingo pasado y la tarde de ayer martes para acabarlo. De esos libros que atrapan y te hacen decir "otro cap铆tulo y paro".
La novela cuenta, en primera persona, las experiencias de durante la en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Aunque la historia comienza, como todas las historias de acci贸n, desde que , el general responsable de la defensa de Mosc煤, recluta al kazako Baurdzh谩n, como jefe de un batall贸n inexistente, y le ordena formarlo, entrenarlo, endurecerlo y aguardar a la batalla.
En s贸lo tres meses reclut贸 al batall贸n en , . Baurdzh谩n, a quien sus soldados llaman Aksakal, que en kazako significa "barba gris", que es la forma como se dirigen al m谩s viejo del clan, nos cuenta los retos que tuvo que sortear para impartir instrucci贸n militar a grupo de reclutas sin experiencia ni vocaci贸n de armas. Nos comparte lo que hizo para hacer de ellos una maquina de guerra. Al final segu铆an 贸rdenes sin chistar, se acostumbraron al esfuerzo sin queja. Baurdzh谩n, bajo la tutela de Panf铆lov, comprende que un soldado no debe ufanarse por morir por la madre patria, sino matar al mayor n煤mero de soldados enemigos y vivir un d铆a m谩s para repetir la haza帽a. Aunque para esto es indispensable honor y valent铆a, inevitable contradicci贸n (s铆, igual que en la ).
La segunda parte de la novela narra las batallas contra los nazis: soldados mejor equipados, mejor entrenados, con tanques Panzer, aviones de reconocimiento; batallones capaces de avanzar, en formaci贸n, cien metros por minuto: la . Pronto Baurdzh谩n reconoce que, como Jefe de Batall贸n, la guerra es un asunto psicol贸gico: en primera instancia, convencer a sus soldados que son capaces de matar a esos poderosos teutones, despojarlos del complejo de inferioridad e infundirles la confianza necesaria para que, con disciplina, creatividad y valent铆a, asesten golpes determinantes a sus atacantes. Tambi茅n, es una guerra psicol贸gica para 茅l, que debe ponerse en la piel del estratega enemigo y as铆 adelantarse a sus movimientos, aprovechando la ventaja del terreno.
El prop贸sito de en la vanguardia, no era detener el ataque alem谩n, sino retrasarlo, ganar tiempo para el arribo de la tropa profesional proveniente del extremo oriente. Es decir, el batall贸n de Baurdzh谩n, y el resto, emplazado a las afueras de Mosc煤, eran simple carne de ca帽贸n.
Los batallones a los flancos del de Baurdzh谩n son despedazados. Sin embargo, el suyo se mantiene firme, asestando severos golpes a la movilidad teutona, hasta recupera artiller铆a abandonada por uno de los batallones vencidos. Pero en poco tiempo son rodeados. Entonces, empleando al m谩ximo a su tropa, gracias al mero entusiasmo de las victorias obtenidas, realiza una formaci贸n en diamante para avanzar por la retaguardia del frente alem谩n, rompiendo el embolsamiento, regresando, con pocas bajas, a Volokolamsk, donde estaba instalado el cuartel de Panf铆lov.
I got this novel (out of print in the West for many years) from a foreign-language publisher in China, having been alerted to it by Rodric Braithwaite's book on the defence of Moscow in 1941. Alexander Bek, a Red Army war correspondent who witnessed the fighting, wrote it as a lightly-fictionalised account of the desperate defence of the titular highway, the direct route to Moscow and the only good road in the region, by General Ivan Panfilov's 316th Infantry Division. The story is told through the reluctant reminiscences of a Kazakh battalion commander, Baurjan Momysh-Uly, a real soldier in the Red Army who later disavowed the book as unrealistic, possibly partly to draw attention to his own books about the war. It became required reading for junior infantry officers in several armies, including the Israeli Defence Force. It's an interesting book - clearly not a novel in the true sense of the word, but also not really a convincing memoir either. Parts of it do indeed read like a training manual for infantry officers fighting in defence, others like a eulogy to General Panfilov, who was killed in the battle and makes cameo appearances in the novel as a calm, compassionate, experienced guru figure passing on his wisdom to the next generation of Soviet soldiers. The protagonist absorbs his lessons but also learns on the job from good and bad experiences as he tries various methods of slowing the German juggernaut advancing on Moscow. This is certainly fascinating, but makes the book less convincing as a memoir - the methods he "learns" include pre-emptive spoiling attacks, artillery concentration against enemy forming-up areas, ambushes, surprise counter-attacks by small detachments, and interdicting vital road junctions with fire. These were all surely familiar even to a newly-minted infantry officer from the experiences of WWI ? But other snippets, like the overconfidence of the German motorised infantry at this stage of the war, advancing in uncovered half-tracks with no skirmishers or flank cover, and the shock effect on the arrogant conquerors of stiffening resistance, have the ring of authenticity. Though the book is a paean to the heroic Red Army (and probably could never have been published otherwise), there are descriptions of courage and cowardice, compassion and cruelty, and good leadership and command errors throughout the book. So it's definitely a good read. I don't think you can get Momysh-Uly's own books any more so we shall never know how accurate this account really is. But the Red Army did save Moscow in 1941. Not "General Winter".
Final word should go to General Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov, who meets our hero again in the final chapter after the battalion has fought its way out of encirclement to rejoin the 316th closer to Moscow. The general, significantly, is waiting to greet the Chief of Staff of one of the Siberian divisions brought from the East to bolster the defence, prefiguring the final turn of the tide. With great symbolism, he makes the colonel wait whilst he listens to Momysh-Uly's account of his battalion's battles and the lessons he has absorbed from them. He confides a final lesson to his protege:
"I am sitting here and keeping {Divisional} HQ here.......I really ought to move the staff away a little, but then the regimental HQ would also move off the least bit. After that, the battalion commanders, too, would look for a more convenient place of residence. And it would all be quite legitimate, quite in accordance with regulations. But in the trenches the whisper would pass: 'HQ is withdrawing'. And the soldier would have lost his composure and his moral courage."
The real-life Panfilov was killed by artillery fire at his HQ a few weeks after this imagined conversation.
Moskova 莽arp谋艧malar谋ndaki ger莽ek olaylara dayanan roman, Aleksandr Alfredovi莽 Bek' in efsanevi Kazak komutan Baurdcan Momi艧-Uli ile yap谋lan r枚portaja dayan谋yor.
Roman sert bir komutan谋 yazar谋n Moskova sava艧lar谋n谋 anlatmaya ikna etmesiyle ba艧l谋yor. Komutan Baurdcan Momi艧-Uli sert g枚r眉n眉艧眉ne ra臒men, yazardan, sava艧taki insan谋, korkan, endi艧elenen, sevinen y枚nleriyle yazmayacaksa hi莽 yazmamasini istiyor. Momi艧-Uli'yi bir sava艧 makinesinden 枚te t眉m y枚nleriyle ger莽ek bir insan olarak da g枚r眉yoruz.
Momi艧-Uli' nin Sava艧 kariyeri asl谋nda bir top莽u su谋bay谋 olan Momi艧-Uli piyade s谋n谋f谋na girmek i莽in g枚n眉ll眉 olmas谋yla ba艧l谋yor. Momi艧-Uli'yi s谋k s谋k i莽inden geldi臒i Orta Asya steplerini 枚zlerken g枚r眉yoruz. Stepleri sevdi臒ini "艦ehir insan谋n duygular谋n谋 k枚reltiyor, stepte ise her 艧eyi duyumsars谋n, step 枚zg眉rl眉kt眉r" diye anlat谋yor.
Momi艧-Uli duygusal yan谋n谋n fark谋nda da olsa sert kararlar谋 uygulamak zorunda hissediyor ve uyguluyor. Bu kararlar 莽o臒u zaman vicdani ile sert bir 莽at谋艧ma yaratsa da askerli臒in o so臒uk, sert mant谋臒谋n谋 kendine de kabul ettirerek "mecburen" uyguluyor. 陌zinsiz geri 莽ekilen askerler ya d眉艧man 眉zerine tek ba艧谋na g枚nderiliyor ya da kur艧una diziliyor. Bu olaylar谋n sonunda izinsiz geri 莽ekilen subaylar kendilerinin cezaland谋r谋lmalar谋n谋 ister d眉zeye geliyor !
Komutan谋n taburu, sivillerden kuruluyor ancak zamanla sava艧ta pi艧iyor ve direni艧 g眉c眉 y眉ksek bir tabur haline geliyor. Askerler sadece g眉莽l眉 ve mekanize Alman ordusu ile de臒il, a莽l谋kla, so臒ukla ve uykusuzlukla da m眉cadele ediyorlar. Sald谋r谋 kar艧谋s谋nda, taburu olu艧turan b枚l眉kler birbirlerinden ayr谋 d眉艧se de kendi ba艧lar谋na d眉艧man taarruzuna direnen k眉莽眉k direni艧 h眉creleri olu艧turuyor. Kar艧谋 sald谋r谋larla y眉ksek 枚zg眉venli Alman sava艧 makinesini gafil avl谋yor. Momi艧 Uli' yi bu 莽arp谋艧malar谋n yo臒un oldu臒u d枚nemde kendisinin inisiyatif al谋p kafas谋nda soru i艧aretleri de olsa yap谋lmas谋 gerekeni yaparken, ba臒lant谋s谋 kopmu艧 b枚l眉kler aras谋nda haberle艧me i莽in at谋 ile ko艧u艧tururken g枚r眉yoruz.
Baurdcan Momi艧- Uli 眉nl眉 general Panfilov'dan sadece askerli臒in sanat谋n谋 de臒il psikolojik yan谋n谋 da 枚臒reniyor. General Almanlar谋n 眉nl眉 "Blitzkrieg" stratejisini bizim Kurtulu艧 Sava艧谋ndan da bildi臒imiz "Hatt-谋 m眉dafaa yoktur, sath-谋 m眉dafaa vard谋r" stratejisi ile bo艧a 莽谋kar谋yor. Alan savunmas谋na odaklanan savunma ordusu 莽ok kay谋p verse de yedek kuvvetlerin geli艧ine kadar Moskova'ya giden ana yol olan Volokolamsk 艦osesi'ni tutmay谋 ba艧ar谋yor. Panfilov her bir 莽at谋艧may谋 tek tek detaylar谋yla dinliyor, haritada a莽谋kl谋yor ve "sava艧ta askerlerden 枚臒renirsin" prensibini uyguluyor.
Anlay谋艧l谋 bir baba fig眉r眉 olan General Panfilov savunman谋n son g眉n眉nde bir 艧arapnel par莽as谋 ile yaralan谋p hayat谋n谋 kaybediyor. Generalin Moskova 枚nlerinde Nazi ordusuna ge莽it vermeyen t眉meni, 眉st眉n ba艧ar谋lar谋ndan dolay谋 Gvardia (Muhaf谋z) ni艧an谋n谋 al谋yor.
Tamamen ger莽ek olaylara dayanan roman tarihsel olaylar谋n d眉zyaz谋 s谋k谋c谋l谋臒谋nda olmas谋 gerekmedi臒ini kant谋lar nitelikte.
Momi艧-Uli'nin bug眉n Alma-Ata' daki heykeli o g眉nlerden bizleri selamlar gibi...
Impresionante este libro. No lo conoc铆a y eso que es bastante famoso en el mundo militar y no me extra帽a.
Tras tantos y tantos a帽os de "propaganda" norteamericana con su visi贸n de la segunda guerra mundial y la ocultaci贸n de d贸nde se desarroll贸 la verdadera derrota nazi, en el frente este (Hollywood ha hecho un gran trabajo haciendo que muchos hayamos crecido sin conocer esta parte de la historia), da gusto leer la visi贸n de esta guerra desde el "alma" rusa.
Tambi茅n me ha gustado much铆simo compararlo con el magn铆fico libro d贸nde descubr铆 la batalla de Stalingrado pero (obviamente por la riqueza de documentaci贸n) desde el punto de vista alem谩n.
Es un libro imprescindible para todo aqu茅l que quiera conocer el esp铆ritu ruso, y c贸mo aprendieron a derrotar a la blitzkrieg alemana a base de un hero铆smo y conocimiento de la guerra moderna muy superior al que le atribu铆an los alemanes.
Tambi茅n se deja observar el conocido desprecio alem谩n por los rusos y su consideraci贸n como una raza inferior. Muchas de las acciones m谩s sorprendentes del libro se desarrollan gracias al arrojo de Baurzhan Momyshuly que sigue las ense帽anzas del general Panfilov, pero tambi茅n a la falta de anticipaci贸n de los generales alemanes, que estoy seguro, fueron sorprendidos por un adversario que no consideraban tan sagaz, osado e inteligente.
Muy buen libro, y altamente realista (sin propaganda)