The author examines the history of the Russian volunteer movement from 1824-1941, Russian citizens or immigrants fighting with foreign armies. In particular the book highlights Russian volunteers fighting in the English-Boer war (1898-1902), Paraguay-Bolivia (1932-1935), the Balkans in the late 19th century, China (1924-1940) and more.

The book contains excerpts from several classic works on the Caucasus: articles on the war from the Entsiklopedicheskii slovar' Brokgauz i efron; chapters from V A Potto's 5 volume work on the Caucasus War and finally, Tbilisi in the 1830's, from the memoirs of F F Tornau.

The reference book contains information about the famous writers of the XX century. The data organized the unique way: first goes the biographical data, then some original text and it is concluded by criticism. The presented writers are: I.Bunin, M.Gorkii, M.Sholokhov, S.Esenin, A.Blok, M.Bulgakov, A.Platonov, A.Tvardovsky, F.Abramov, V.Astaf'ev, V.Rasputin, V. Shukshin.

Author, a political activist and nationalist, contemplates about Russian history, Russian people, and the future of this country.

Elementary Level (A1) textbook.

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The author is a well-known literary critic and his book represents a cycle of the sketches showing the dramatic nature of creative destiny of the largest Russian writers, whose peak creativity was during the Soviet era. The author includes examples of their best writings. He includes discussions of Mayakovsky, Babel, Mandelshtam, Akhmatova, Sholokov, Pasternak and others. The book is written...

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