Chtenia 33: Military Stories

About this book

The Russian borderlands – Ukraine, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Eastern Europe – have been making headlines for the past view decades... yet they have been making the "headlines" in Russian literature for at least the past few centuries.We explore this theme with some of the finest Russian writers, from Tolstoy, Lermontov and Lomonosov, to Babel, Petrov and Alexievich. From Sofony of Ryazan, writing about glories of Rus' in the 14th century, to Babchenko writing about the horrors of modern war in the Caucasus.This is a powerful, meaningful, impressive collection.