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Abstract:

The present book is devoted to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, and presents a panorama of one of the most fateful and heroic stages in the life of our country, captured in historical documents and reflected in the artistic word. The authors of the articles, philologists and historians, leading scholars and young researchers, aim to find new approaches to the topic of “the Great Patriotic War and literature”, and restore the historical and literary context of works created during the war and about the war. They introduce archival materials and sources which are not widely known into academic circulation. The problems of studying the history of the Battle of Stalingrad, which became a turning point in the Great Patriotic War, and its reflection in documents and literary texts are considered. Special attention is paid to literature and journalism of the war years. The feat of resisting fascism is shown through the perception of writers and philosophers of Soviet Russia, and the Russian diaspora and European cultural figures. One of the sections is devoted to the biography and work of M.A. Sholokhov during the war period. It shows how the moral and spiritual experience of the Great Patriotic War is represented in Russian and other national literatures of the second half of the 20th century. The problems and poetics of lieutenant prose, the peculiarities of the development of the theme “A man at war” at the present stage are considered. The book is addressed to literary critics, historians, educators, as well as a wide range of readers.

Keywords: the Great Patriotic War, the theme of war in literature and history, the Battle of Stalingrad, literature and journalism of 1941–1945, the creative activity of M.A. Sholokhov during the war period, archival documents, diaries, transcripts, memoirs.

CONTENTS

From the Editorial Board 

The Battle of Stalingrad: Literature and History

Natalia V. Kornienko. The Battle of Stalingrad: History and Literature

Galina N. Vorontsova. “The Dark Days of Hitler’s Army”: The Theme of the Battle of Stalingrad in the Journalism of A.N. Tolstoy 

Еlena A. Papkova. Stalingrad Pages of Vsevolod Ivanov’s Diary

Inessa N. Korzhova. The Image of the Fighting Stalingrad (Based on the Material of the Central Newspapers of 1942–1943) 

Elena V. Antonova. Victor Nekrasov. “On the Edge of the Earth” — “Stalingrad” — “Front-line Stalingrad”: From the First Reviews to the Stalin Prize 

Vasily S. Khristoforov. The Battle of Stalingrad in the Assessments of Participants and Eyewitnesses: According to the Documents of Soviet Intelligence and Counterintelligence 

Konstantin S. Drozdov. Commission on the History of the Great Patriotic War of the USSR Academy of Sciences: Activities for Documenting the Battle of Stalingrad

Olga V. Osina. The Feat of Creation: The Restoration of Stalingrad After the War 

Аlexey A. Pautkin. The Interrupted Dialogue. The Battle on the Volga in the Unfinished Novel by V.S. Pikul 

Literature and Journalism of the War Years

Vera N. Terekhina. V.V. Mayakovsky: “I Know the Bell of Words...” (from “ROSTA Windows” to “TASS Windows”)

Dmitry D. Nikolaev. Pathetics and Satire in the Poetry of the Great Patriotic War (“Pravda”, 1941–1943–1945) 

Vladislav Yu. Sviridov. Satirical Poetry in the “Krokodil” Magazine During the Great Patriotic War

Inessa N. Korzhova. “Why Should I Venture to Describe to Soldiers in the Line…”: Disputes About Poetry in the Union of Soviet Writers (1941–1945)

Konstantin A. Nikulin. A Conversation with Father: Echoes of Revolutionary Romantic Poetry in the Works of Vsevolod Bagritsky

Tatyana Y. Pisareva. “Your Glory Is Above Words”: An Unpublished Chistopol Collection of War Poetry 

Lyubov A. Sidorova. The Great Patriotic War in the Poems of Soviet Front-line Historians 

Alena M. Sarbasheva-Guzieva. “We Were a Great Force in Battles That Have No Equals…” (About the Balkan Poets and Writers Who Participated in the Great Patriotic War)

Elena V. Antonova. Magazine “Znamya” Under the Editorship of E.N. Mikhailova (Autumn 1941 – 1st Half of 1944) 

Lyaysan Sh. Galieva. Magazine “Soviet Literature” During the Great Patriotic War

Ekaterina D. Generalova. Chronicle of Everyday Life in the “Diary of the Last War” by A.N. Afinogenov (July 1 – October 15, 1941) 

Elena V. Antonova. Аbout the First Collection of А. Platonov’s Stories from the War Time

Elizaveta S. Apalkova. The Word as Overcoming the Metaphysics of War in S.D. Krzhizhanovsky’s Essays about Moscow 

Elena Yu. Knorre. “Resurrection from Numbers”: The Motif of Spiritual Victory in M.M. Prishvin’s Diaries of 1941–1945 

Elena M. Trubilova. Germany in Fedin’s Life and Work: From 1914 to 1945 

Еlena A. Papkova. Vsevolod Ivanov’s Novel “The Taking of Berlin”: Contexts of History

Еkaterina A. Esenina, Еlena A. Papkova. “…Trying to Find Bold, Fiery, Punishing Words…”: The Nuremberg Diary of Vsevolod Ivanov

Peace and War in Mikhail Sholokhov’s Works (on the 120^th Anniversary of His Birth)

Yury A. Dvoryashin. The Soldier’s Truth of Life in the Fate and Work of M. Sholokhov 

Galina N. Vorontsova. “...Promises to be a Major Achievement of Soviet Literature”: the First Responses to the Publication of Chapters from Mikhail Sholokhov’s Novel “They Fought for Their Motherland” 

Daria S. Moskovskaya. M.A. Sholokhov’s War and Peace in English-Language and European Reflection (in 1920s–1960s) 

Sergey A. Vasilyev. Essays and Articles by M.A. Sholokhov in the 1940s: Issues of Textual Criticism, Language, Style 

Elena A. Tyurina. From Hatred to Love: The Theme of Prisoners of War in Mikhail Sholokhov’s “The Science of Hatred” and “The Fate of a Man” 

Liudmila B. Savenkova. The Verbs voyevat’, srazhat’sya, bit’sya as Markers of Understanding War on the Pages of the Novel “They Fought for Their Motherland”

Ekaterina B. Karbysheva. Prototypes of the Heroes of the Novel by M.A. Sholokhov “And Quiet Flows the Don” — Participants of the Great Patriotic War

Chen Wen. The Reception of M.A. Sholokhov’s Military Prose in China During the War of Resistance of the Chinese People to the Japanese Invaders (1931–1945) 

The War: A View from Europe

Yurу A. Azarov. Russian Émigrés in the World War II and Valentin Bulgakov 

Sergey N. Morozov. The Second World War in the Life of Ivan Bunin 

Lyudmila Yu. Surovova. The Evolution of I.S. Shmelyov’s Views on the Events of the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War: “There Are Questions in My Soul: Victory Is Ours, and Not Ours... It Seems”

Alexei I. Chagin. From the Civil War to the Second World War (the War in the Poetry of the Russian Diaspora)

Marina Yu. Sorokina. The Poetic Voice of the Russian Resistance in Yugoslavia: Ilya Nikolaevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1904–1969)

Anastasia S. Aristova. Literary Tradition and Reminiscences in the Texts of A.N. Vertinsky’s Songs About the Great Patriotic War 

Tamara V. Kudryavtseva, Tatyana A. Sharypina. German Anti-Fascist Writers — Witnesses and Participants of the Great Patriotic War (on the Material of the 1940s Fiction)

Artem V. Serebrennikov. Marshal Semyon Timoshenko, Protagonist of a Poem by Sidney Keyes 

Elena D. Galtsova. Echoes of the Great Patriotic War in Tristan Tzara’s Poem “Une Route Seul Soleil”

Anastasia V. Golubtsova. “Russian Myth” in War Reports by Curzio Malaparte

Anastasia G. Gacheva.“For in Our Time, History Is Being Judged...” The Second World War and the Religious and Philosophical Thought of the Russian Diaspora… (“Put’”, “Novyj Grad”, “Pravoslavnoe Delo”)

Hiroyuki Horie. Theodicy and Noumenality of History in Father Sergius Bulgakov’s Article “Reflections on the War” (1940) 

Adam K. Sawicki. The Intellectual Drama of I.A. Ilyin’s Life During the Great Patriotic War 

A Man at War in Literature: Poetics and History

Sergey R. Fedyakin. About Military Prose: The Step of Decades 

Vyacheslav A. Biguaa. The Lyrical Hero of the War Poetry: Worldview and Spiritual Connection of Generations 

Yuriy B. Orlitskiy. “I Sing You by War…”: “False” Verse Aesthetics of Boris Slutsky

Daria M. Borisova. The Image of Dachas in the Poetry of D.B. Kedrin, 1941–1945 

Tatiana A. Ponomareva. V. Panova’s Novella “Sputniki” as a Phenomenon of Military Prose the 1940s

Olga A. Bogdanova. Estate and War in the “Story of Woods” by K.G. Paustovsky

Liudmila A. Trubina. Lieutenant Prose: Contexts and Meanings 

Victoria G. Moiseeva. Criteria of Authenticity in Lieutenant Prose 

Daria M. Ledneva. The Images of the Great Patriotic War in the Prose of Yuri Kazakov and Yuri Trifonov

Aleksei N. Nikulin. Artistic Anthropology in Vasily Bykov’s Short Story “One Night” 

Alfiya I. Smirnova. Hospital Topos in War Prose by V.P. Astafyev and E.I. Nosov

Aleksei N. Nikulin. Mythological Dimension in Evgeny Nosov’s Story “Usvyatsky Helmet-Bearers”

Valeria G. Andreeva. The Image of General Guderian in the Estate of L.N. Tolstoy in the Novel by G.N. Vladimov “The General and His Army” 

Konstantin S. Drozdov. The General and His Army: The Real N.E. Chibisov in an Interview with the Mints Commission vs. the Fictional F.I. Kobrisov on the Pages of G. Vladimov’s Novel 

Venera R. Amineva. Genre Features of R. Kutuy’s Collection of Poems “I Saw That War”

Mikalai A. Kurypka. Contemporary Belarussian War Prose: Traditions and Genre Transformations 

Elizaveta. А. Safiulina. The Image of a War Hero in Nogai Prose of the Second Half of the 20th Century 

Diana Yu. Syryseva. “My Name Is...”: Representation of Memory in the Novel by H. Pobyarzhina “Valsarb” 

Yanina V. Soldatkina. Reception of the Great Patriotic War in Russian Prose of 2021–2025

The Great Patriotic War: Historical Memory and Moral Lessons

Vasily S. Khristoforov. The Role of War Correspondents in Preserving the Historical Memory of the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945): Source Studies Aspect 

Vitaly V. Tikhonov. Commission of the USSR Academy of Sciences to Draw up a Plan for the Speedy Restoration of the Estate-museum of Leo Tolstoy “Yasnaya Polyana”: Creation and Activity

Olga V. Bystrova. M. Gorky’s Legacy in the Struggle of Soviet Society Against Nazism 

Alexandra A. Golubeva. Konstantin Simonov about Love and War. The Writer’s Papers in the Collection of the State Literary Museum 

Maxim V. Skorokhodov. Candidates for the Lenin Prize in the Year of the 20^th Anniversary of the Victory: K.G. Paustovsky, K.M. Simonov, S.S. Smirnov (Based on the Materials of the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art)

Kristine H. Bejanyan, Hebina H. Manukyan. Recollections About the War in B. Okudzhava’s Lyrics (as Studied in the Armenian School) 

Elena A. Samodelova. Oral Memory Texts of the 2020s About the Great Patriotic War: Genre and Thematic Varieties