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of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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  • Classification – name: Literary studies
  • Format: Hardback
  • Dimensions: 60 х 90 1/16
  • Pages: 768 p.
  • Publisher: A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IWL RAS Publ.)
  • Rights – description: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 (СС BY-ND)
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  • Language of the publication: Russian
  • Type of document: Monograph
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0845-5
  • EDN:

    https://elibrary.ru/DNSZJX

  • ISBN: 978-5-9208-0845-5
  • Year of publication: 2026
  • Place of publication: Moscow
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  • Ex. editor: Natalya V. Kornienko
  • Andrey Platonov’s “Country of Philosophers”: Unanswered Questions, vol. 10, ed. by N.V. Kornienko, comp. N.V. Umryukhina. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2026. 768 p., ill. (In Russian) https://doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0845-5

Information about ex. editor:

Natalia V. Kornienko, DSc in Philology, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of Research, Head of the Department of Modern Russian Literature and Literature of the Russian Abroad, А.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya 25 a, 121069 Moscow, Russia

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Abstract:  

The 10th anniversary issue is based on the articles of the participants of the International Scientific Conference dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the birth of A.P. Platonov, as well as new materials discovered during the archival research of the writer’s legacy. The works of leading Russian and foreign researchers cover a wide range of issues related to Platonov’s creative work, including contemporary research on Platonov’s artistic world and the Russian literature of the Soviet era. The book is relevant not only for philologists, but also for the wide circle of readers and admirers of Platonov’s work.

Keywords: Andrey Platonov, biography, contexts of oeuvre, text analysis, text history, language of the era, comments, archive

CONTENTS


From the Editor

 

I. CONTEXTS OF EXAMINATION AND UNDERSTANDING

 

Chandler R. 50 YEARS WITH PLATONOV
Moskovskaya D.S. IS ANDREY PLATONOV A PROLETARIAN WRITER? ON THE PROBLEM OF DEFINING KEYWORDS OF THE SOVIET ERA.
Barsht K.A. ANDREY PLATONOV, NIKOLA TESLA AND THE WORLD ENERGY REVOLUTION 
Papkova Е.A. PLATONOV AND PROLETARIAN WRITTERS
Emme-Kreile S.A. DUALISM OF THE IMAGE OF THE SUN IN “CHEVENGUR” AS A REFLECTION OF NIKOLAI FEDOROV’S PHILOSOPHY
Hodel R. THE DESTRUCTION OF CHEVENGUR
Fedorov A.V. PUSHKIN AS A CONTEMPORARY: ANDREY PLATONOV’S ANNIVERSARY ARTICLES IN A HISTORICAL AND LITERARY PERSPECTIVE
Koznova I.E. “MILITARY SECRET” BY ANDREY PLATONOV
Poddubtsev R.A. THE DEATH OF HEROES AND THE IMMORTALITY OF THE FEAT: THE PROBLEM OF THE ENDING IN STORY “SPIRITUALIZED PEOPLE” 
Boeva G.N. “MEEK RUSSIAN GENIUS”: RECEPTION OF ANDREY PLATONOV’S PROSE IN THE DIARIES OF G.I. ALEKSEEV
Chervyakova L.V. ANDREY PLATONOV’S AND ASAR EPPEL’S “MEADOW MASTERS”
Soldatkina Y.V. A. PLATONOV’S IDEAS AND IMAGES IN THE LATEST RUSSIANLANGUAGE PROSE: ISSUES OF LITERARY CONTINUITY
Nonaka S., Zhao D. JAPANESE STUDENTS READ STORIES BY A. PLATONOV: THE EXPERIENCE OF DIALOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
Liu Yue. ON THE STUDY OF A. PLATONOV’S WORKS IN CHINA 

II. TEXT ANALYSIS. HISTORY OF THE TEXT. COMMENTS

Dmitrovskaya M.A. THE BIRTH OF A CARPENTER FROM THE SPIRIT OF TECHNICS: “THE ORIGIN OF THE MASTER” (“CHEVENGUR” BY A. PLATONOV)
Puglia M. THE TRAGEDY OF “THE LOCKS OF EPIFAN”: ON THE INABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AND UNDERSTAND
Savelzon I.W. IMAGES-CONCEPTS OF “LABOR” AND “TECHNOLOGY” IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE ARTISTIC WORLD OF A. PLATONOV 
Günther H. ABSURD STRUCTURES IN THE NOVEL “THE FOUNDATION PIT” 
Shumkov D.O. THE IMAGE OF NASTYA AND THE IDEOLOGICAL LAYERS OF THE NOVEL “THE FOUNDATION PIT” 
Borisov B.N. THE CHRONOTOPE OF THE PLOT SITUATION OF A FEAST IN THE WORKS OF A. PLATONOV OF THE 1930s
Kornienko N.V. “HAPPY MOSCOW”: INCOMPLETABLE vs. INCOMPLETED 
Kostylev A.О. “DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION”: THE NOVEL “HAPPY MOSCOW”
Duzhina N.I. “THE MACEDONIAN OFFICER”: THE HISTORY OF THE TEXT, CONTEXTS OF STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING
Osipenko M.V. DRAMA FROM MODERN LIFE: UNKNOWN PLAY BY PLATONOV (1939)
Antonova E.V. DATING OF PLATONOV’S STORIES FROM THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1930s (Based on the results of work on Volume VI, book 1,
of the Academic Collected Works)

III. BIOGRAPHY. CHRONICLE. ARCHIVE

Kornienko N.V. AN UNPUBLISHED REVIEW OF THE STORY “FOR THE FUTURE”. ON THE HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A. PLATONOV AND E. USIEVICH
Duzhina N.I. THE SHORT NOVEL “SOUL” (DZHAN) AS PART OF THE “TWO FIVE-YEAR PLANS” PROJECT 
Antonova E.V. GURVICH AGAINST PLATONOV: ON THE HISTORY OF THE ARTICLE “ANDREY PLATONOV” 
Osipenko M.V. THE IMAGE OF L.M. KAGANOVICH IN SOVIET LITERATURE AND IN THE WORKS OF A. PLATONOV 
Antonova E.V. ABOUT ATTEMPTS TO PUBLISH THE STORY “IN THE MIDNIGHT SKY” IN 1939–1941
Antonova E.V. COMMENTS ON THE HISTORY OF EDITORIAL AND PUBLISHING PREPARATION OF PLATONOV’S BOOKS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1930s.
Umryukhina N.V. A. PLATONOV IN THE USSR LITERARY FUND’S DOCUMENTS
Klementiev R.E. CINEMA IN PLATONOV’S CREATIVE BIOGRAPHY IN 1941 
Aleinikov O.Yu. TESTIMONIES AND FATES OF “COMRADES IN ARMS.” FROM А. PLATONOV’S CONVERSATIONS WITH SOLDIERS OF THE FIRST POLISH ARMY 
Levchenko T.V. THE FIRST CRITICAL-BIOGRAPHICAL ARTICLE ABOUT ANDREY PLATONOV BY F.M. LEVIN: TOWARDS THE HISTORY OF THE TEXT
Umryukhina N.V. “THE READER’S REFLECTIONS” 30 YEARS LATER: TO THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST (POSTHUMOUS) EDITION OF PLATONOV’S BOOK 

IV. IN MEMORIAM


Aleinikov O.Yu., Аzizova S.V. TАMARA ALEXANDROVNA NIKONOVA 
Abbreviations
Printed editions of A.P. Platonov’s works 
Name Index