Works of Soviet Literature summarized for those unable or too lazy to read them in the original.
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AITMATOV, CHINGIZ Short Aitmatov biography. From SovLit.com. The Art of Chingiz Aitmatov's Stories. Detailed discussion of "Jamila". by Iraj Bashiri. Chingiz Aitmatov: A Captive Mind? Examines the relationship between Aitmatov's literary career and the Soviet state and literary establishment. By Halim Kara (Indiana University). Aitmatov Bibliography. From Hokkaido University. Music in Chingiz Aitmatov's Prose. "In a Past Life, I Was a Wolf." Interview with Aitmatov from 2003. In Russian. Look at the Issyk-Kul from Brussels. Interview with Aitmatov (2000). In Russian. Recollections of Meetings with Aitmatov. by SGI Ikeda Chingiz Aitmatov as a Mirror of the Russian Dream. by V. Tuchkov. In Russian. How Chingiz Aitmatov Tried--in the mid-1980s--to Get the Soviet Union Ready for the 21st Century. In Russian. Chinggis Aitmatov And The Geopolitics Of Kyrgyzstan. by Nick Megoran. From Eurasianet.org. Short Aitmatov Biography. In Uzbek. Vladimir Putin Sucks up to Aitmatov. From Pravda.ru. AKHMATOVA, ANNA Jill Dybka's Akhmatova Page. Her history, poems, images, video clips, and links. Akhmatova Biography. Another Akhmatova Biography. The Last Rose: Biography and Poetry of Anna Akhmatova. by Michael David Coffey Akhmatova Poems in English Translations. Over 25 Akhmatova poems in English Translation. Akhmatova Texts. In Russian. Akhmatova Remembers Blok. In Russian. Twelve Meetings with Anna Akhmatova. by Natan Gotkhart. In Russian. Anna Akhmatova Museum at Fountain House, St. Petersburg. In English and Russian. Temple of Anna Akhmatova. Life, Poetry, Links, Images. The Akhmatova Project. A movement-based theatre piece inspired by the life and writing of Akhmatova AKSYONOV, VASSILY "Victory" by Vassily Aksyonov. A short story about chess and life...with exaggerations! From SovLit.com. Two Audio Interviews with Vassily Aksyonov. Aksyonov discusses his novels "Island of the Crimea" and "The Burn", censorship, translation, and other topics. From Wired for Books. ALESHIN, SAMUIL Short Aleshin biography. From SovLit.com. Aleshin's Thaw-era play "Alone". Detailed plot summary by SovLit.com. ASTAFIEV, VIKTOR Tribute to Astafiev on his 75th Birthday. From Russian Cultural Navigator. "The Cursed and the Slain" (aka "The Damned and the Dead"). An excerpt from Astafiev's novel in English translation. Hostility to Astafiev. Astafiev attacked in 1993 for his book Jolly Soldier. On-line Astafiev Texts. In Russian. Interview with Astafiev. From 2000. In Russian. BABEL, ISAAK Short Babel biography. From SovLit.com. Babel's "Death of Dolgushov." Entire text in English. From SovLit.com. Gregory Freidin's Isaac Babel Page. Includes a chronology, critical biography, photos, essays, "Babel and Nietzsche", translation of "At the Station", and more. Notes on Babel's 105th Birthday. From the Russian Cultural Navigator. Triumphant Merriment of Issak Babel. by David Remnick. Meeting with Babel's Widow. In Russian. Babel on the Radio. Discussion concerning publication of 2002 English translation of Babel's complete works. Participants include Babel's daughter Natalie, translator Peter Constantine, and writer Cynthia Ozick. From KCRW radio(www.kcrw.com). In Real-Audio. Isaak Babel - On-Line Texts. From the Moshkow Library. Includes "Red Cavalry" and "Odessa" stories. In Russian. More Isaak Babel On-Line Texts. From the Klassika.ru. In Russian. Four Stories by Babel read in English. Audio files of readings of "Gedali", "The King", "My First Goose", and "The Rabbi's Son". "Isaak Babel": A Film by Jack Janssen. A short review. Babel Biography in Spanish. From the Communist Party of Spain. Homage for Isaac Babel. By Doris Lessing. Review of the Complete Works of Isaac Babel. By Francine Prose in Harper's Magazine. At His Side: The Last Years of Isaac Babel. Short review of the book by A. N. Pirozhkova. "Benya Krik", the Film. Short advertisement. Links to Russian sites on Babel. A whole heap of them. Isaak Babel: A Genuine Life and Artistic Tricks. by Vadim Kovsky. Published in 2002 in Voprosy Literatury. In Russian. BELIAYEV, ALEKSANDR Short Beliyaev biography. From SovLit.com. BELY, ANDREI Short Bely biography. From SovLit.com. Bely poems in Russian. Bely poems in English. "The World of the Novel Petersburg. by Eva Maliti, Slovak Academy of Sciences. In English. "An Astral Novel - Reflections regarding A. Bely's Petersburg. by N. Berdyaev. Glossalolia by Andrei Bely. The complete text in Russian as well as an English translation by Thomas R. Beyer, Jr., with extensive annotations and explanations. Also includes a link to an essay on Glossalolia's significance. "Why I Became a Symbolist" by A. Bely. From the Russian Virtual Library. In Russian. White in Bely's "Petersburg". A student essay. Vladislav Khdosevich Remembers Andrei Bely. In Russian. Short Articles on Bely by Kuzmin, Zamyatin, and Ehrenburg. In Russian. Dictionary and Review of Bely's Neologisms. In Russian. Andrei Bely on Blok. In Russian. Aleksandr Blok and Andrei Bely - An Intersection of Fates. By Ella Krichevskaya. In Russkii Vestnik. In Russian. The Plastic Gesture in the Prose of Andrei Bely. By O.N. Maslennikova. In Russian. Moscow and the "Moscow" of Andrei Bely. Review of a collection of articles about Bely. In Russian. Interview with Boris Ostanin concerning the Andrei Bely Prize in Literature. From Toronto Slavic Quarterly. In Russian. The Andrei Bely Apartment-Museum, Moscow. In Russian. Bely in Berlin. Nice photo of Bely. BEZYMENSKY, A.I. Short Bezymensky biography. From SovLit.com. Bezymensky's "To October". The text in English, French, German, and transliterated Russian. Lots of nice pictures, too. BLOK, ALEKSANDR Short Blok biography. From SovLit.com. The (almost) Complete Works of Blok. From the Public Electronic Library. In Russian. Lots of Blok poems. From Stikhiya. In Russian. "The Twelve" and thirteen other Blok poems in English. Five Blok poems in English. Blok poems in French. Blok poems in German. More Blok poems in German. Blok poem in Catalan. Blok biography and poem in Italian. The Literary Debut of Aleksandr Blok. by M.F. Murianov. From Philologica. Akhmatova Remembers Blok. In Russian. "Dvoinik". The text in Russian with text notes in English. Blok Texts. In Russian and in French. "The night, the street..." and "A maiden was singing in a church". In English. Translated by A. Sitnitsky. Verses to A Beautiful Lady. In English. Translated by Lynn Harvey and Aya Makarova. Forty + Blok Poems in English. In English. Translated by Yevgeny Bonver. Blok on Poe. Review by Blok of Russian version of works of Edgar Allen Poe. Blok's Death. Reminiscences of the poet's passing. In Russian. The Insight of Aleksandr Blok. By R. Banchukov. In Russian. Andrei Bely on Blok. In Russian. Aleksandr Blok and Andrei Bely - An Intersection of Fates. By Ella Krichevskaya. In Russkii Vestnik. In Russian. The Tragic Utopia of Aleksandr Blok. By I. Gurvich. In Russian. BONDAREV, YURI Bondarev's war novel "Hot Snow". Detailed plot summary by SovLit.com. An artillery battery at Stalingrad fights against cold, hunger, and encirclement. Some soldiers are heros, others come unglued; all are in some way flawed. "Friendly fire" takes a toll. Counterintelligence unjustly suspects a competent general of harboring traitorous intentions. Suggestions are made that Stalin is less than perfect. And through it all, the men fight among themselves to win the love of the alluring medical instructor Zoya! BUBENNOV, MIKHAIL S. Bubennov's novel "Immortality". Detailed plot summary by SovLit.com. Short biography of Mikhail Bubennov. From SovLit.com. BUDANTSEV, SERGEI F. Short Budantsev biography. From SovLit.com. Budantsev's novel "Locusts". Detailed plot summary by SovLit.com. Review of Budantsev's novel "Locusts" as published in 1927. In Russian. BULGAKOV, MIKHAIL Three Kopecks. Short, satiric sketch by M.Bulgakov. From SovLit.com. Short Bulgakov biography. From SovLit.com. "The White Guard" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Mikhail Bulgakov Remembers Gudok. Excerpt from an unfinished manuscript by Bulgakov in which he recalls his work at the newspaper Gudok. He calls the work there "odious" and "a nightmare"; the sketches he wrote for the paper he describes as full of "stereotypes" and "coarseness". From Sovlit.com Bulgakov On-Line Texts. Mainly in Russian. "Master and Margarita" and "Heart of a Dog" also offered in English. From the Moshkow Library. Bulgakov Encyclopedia. All things Bulgakov. In Russian. Mikhail Bulgakov's Master & Margarita: Extensive web-based annotation to Bulgakov's classic novel. Includes maps, timeline, characters and more. Bulgakov's "Master and Margarita": Why Critics Can't Agree on What It Means. By Olga Gurevich. From the Slavic and East European Language Research Center. A PDF File. A Bulgakov Bibliography.: By K. Konchakovska and B. Yasinsky, Library of Congress. Bulgakov's Letter to the Soviet Government: Written in 1930, it got Bulgakov a personal phone call from Stalin. Mikhail Bulgakov Society of North America. Manuscripts Don't Burn: An essay on "The Master and Margarita". Faust in "The Master and Margarita": By Anita McCreath, University of South Africa. Relation of Good and Evil in "The Master and Margarita". By Kirill Molokov. In Russian. Collection of 15 Critical Articles on Bulgakov. Presented by Slovesnik. In Russian. Healthy Blasphemy in Rushdie and Bulgakov. By Gerald Lucas. Bacchae and The Master and Margarita. By Kevin Moss. PDF file. Masking the Supernatural and the Secret Police in The Master and Margarita. By Kevin Moss. PDF file. "Parallel Fates in the Mirrors of History". Marina Cherkashina's notes on Bulgakov and more. In Russian. Bulgakov Museum in Kiev. Photos, articles, links. In Russian. Bulgakov Museum in Kiev. Official museum brochure in English. Translated by Richard Davis and Olga Melnik. Bulgakov Museum in Moscow. In Russian. Bulgakov site of Vs. Sakharov. Documents, stories, memoirs, letters, diaries, as well as denounciations, police agent reports, etc., from the Kremlin archives. In Russian. Life and Works of M. Bulgakov. In Czech. Biography of M.A. Bulgakov. In Hungarian. Another Biography of M.A. Bulgakov. Includes some good photos. In Polish. Swedish Bulgakov Site. In Swedish. Master and Margarita. The text in Esperanto. BULYCHEV, KIR Short Bulychev biography. From SovLit.com. Bulychev's "Abduction of the Sorcerer" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Kir Bulychev - On-Line Texts. From the Moshkow Library. In Russian. Official Kir Bulychev Web Page. A short biography; bibliography; the author answers questions; etc. In English and Russian. BYKOV, VASILI Obituary Tribute to Vasili Bykov. by V.Kardin. From New Times. CHERNYONOK, MIKHAIL Short Chernyonok biography. From SovLit.com. Chernyonok's "Losing Bet" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. "Chernyonok Made a `Losing Bet' And Won". Short portrait of Chernyonok from Novosti V Novosibirske. In Russian. Short Interview with Chernyonok. From Golos. In Russian. Complete Text of Three Chernyonok Novels. From Domashnaya Elektronnaya Biblioteka. In Russian. Chernyonok's "Pri Zagadochnikh Obstoyatelstvakh". Complete on-line text. In Russian. Chernyonok's "Tochki Peresecheniya". Complete on-line text. In Russian. CHUKOVSKY, KORNEI Chukovsky's "Dr. Aibolit". The Text in English. (Mistranslated as "Doctor Powderpill"). From Marxists.org. DAVYDOV, YURI Short Biography of Yuri Davydov. From Russian Pen Centre. DOBYCHIN, LEONID IVANOVICH Quotation and Allusion in L. Dobychin's Gorod N. by Mary Nichols. DUDINTSEV, VLADIMIR Short Dudintsev biography. From SovLit.com. Dudintsev's "Not By Bread Alone" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Dudintsev's "Mad Boy" (Beshenii Mal'chishka) - Complete Text in Russian. From SovLit.com. Three Interviews with Dudintsev. In Russian. "Beliye Odezhdi". The Text - In Russian. "Not By Bread Alone". The Text - In Russian. "The Problem of Active Opposition to Evil in Dudintsev's White Clothes". A short essay. In Russian. DUMBADZE, NODAR "Blood Knot" by Dumbadze. The text in English. From SovLit.com. DZHABAEV, DZHAMBUL Dzambul, Bard of Socialist Kazakhstan. Texts, biographical information, photos, and other information on Dzhambul. From Cyber-USSR. EFREMOV, IVAN Efremov Biography. From Russkaya Fantastika. In Russian. EHRENBURG, ILYA Short Ehrenburg biography. From SovLit.com. Ehrenburg's novel "The Thaw". Detailed plot summary by SovLit.com. "Ehrenburg Blasts Conservatives at 2nd Congress of Soviet Writers!" Text of Ehrenburg's speech to 2nd Congress of Soviet Writers. With the Thaw in Soviet literature under attack, Ehrenburg fights back. From SovLit.com. "Freedom or Death!" Short agitational article by Ehrenburg written in the first weeks of the war against Nazi Germany. "The Soviet people shall never, never, never become slaves!" From SovLit.com. "His genre is words that act."Konstantin Fedin praises the work of Ilya Ehrenburg. From SovLit.com. "Julio Jurenito." The Text - In Russian. From the Moshkow Library. "Kill!" Text of article by Ehrenburg appearing in Krasnaya Zvezda on 24 July 1942. "If you haven't killed at least one German today, your day has been wasted." In Russian. "The Justificatino of Hate" Text of an anti-Nazi article by Ehrenburg from 1942. Tangled Loyalties. New York Times' review of biography of Ehrenburg by Joshua Rubenstein. "The Great Purge." How Ehrenburg escaped arrest and trial during the purges of 1937-1939. Excerpt from "Tangled Loyalties", Joshua Rubenstein's biography of Ehrenburg. "Ilya Ehrenburg on Russian Poets and Poetry." Article by Aleksandr Rubashkin. In Russian. Concerning "The Life and Death of Nikolai Kurbov". A response to accusations of counter-revolutionary slander made in Na Postu against Ehrenburg's 1923 novel. In Russian. Ehrenburg Biography in Spanish. "Los racistas norteamericanos". 1948 Article by Ehrenburg. In Spanish. How "The Black Book" by Ehrenburg was published". From the introduction to the book written by Irina Ehrenburg, the author's daughter. ESENIN, SERGEI Short Esenin biography. From SovLit.com. The Sergei Esenin Page: Annotated texts, Esenin's short autobiography, and audio files of readings of some poems, including one by Esenin himself. Extensive analysis of "Cherniy Chelovek". (In Russian) Electronic Library of Sergei Esenin Page: Complete selection of texts. (In Russian) "Ne Zhaleiu, ne zavu...": Esenin's poem "Ne Zhaleiu, ne zavu" sung by Nadezhda Kadisheva Sergei Esenin: My mother is the motherland! I am a Bolshevik! In Russian. Sonya Tolstoy: Granddaughter of Lev Tolstoy and Wife of Sergei Esenin. Photos and essay. In Russian. Overview of Esenin. From Communist Party of Spain (reconstituted). In Spanish. Picture of Esenin's Grave. FADEEV, ALEKSANDR A. Short Fadeev biography. From SovLit.com. Fadeev's "Young Guard" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Fadeev's "The Rout" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. "Razgrom". The complete text on-line. In Russian. FEDIN, KONSTANTIN A. Short Fedin biography. From SovLit.com Fedin's "Cities and Years" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Konstantin Fedin on the State of Soviet Literature, 1957. Short excerpt from an interview in which Fedin comments on the "invigoration" of Soviet literature and its renewed willingness to present the conflicts and ugliness of life. From SovLit.com. "His genre is words that act." Konstantin Fedin praises the work of Ilya Ehrenburg. From SovLit.com. FEDOSEEV, GRIGORI Poslednii Koster. "The Last Campfire". Fedoseev's final novel. The text, in Russian. On Fedoseev's 100th Birthday. In Russian. FORSH, OLGA Short Forsh biography. From SovLit.com. Rusalochka-Rotozeechka. "The Scatterbrained Mermaid". A fairy-tale by Forsh. The text, in Russian. FURMANOV, DMITRI Short Furmanov biography. From SovLit.com. Detailed Summary of Furmanov's novel "Chapaev". From SovLit.com. The Peasant Chapaev. Spontaneity is Ignorance, Consciouness is Bliss. Discusses the clash between peasant spontaneity and workers' consciousness in "Chapaev". Intellectuals and the Use of Violence. Means and Ends in "Chapaev" Summary of the 1934 film version of "Chapaev" along with notes concerning its conflicts and themes. Review of "Chapaev" from 1923. By G. Kor. In Russian. Portrait of Furmanov. On-line version of oil painting by S. Maliutin. Portrait of Chapaev. On-line version of oil painting by A. Borodin. Vasili Ivanovich, Petka, and Anka. A Chapaev parody. In Russian. Massive Collection of over 300 Chapaev jokes. In Russian. Paltry collection of 4 Chapaev jokes in English. Biography of Chapaev. In Russian. GAIDAR, ARKADY P. Short Gaidar biography. From SovLit.com. Gaidar's "Tale of the Military Secret" - Complete text. In English and Russian. From SovLit.com. Gaidar's "Dym v Lesu" ("Smoke in the Forest") - Complete text. In Russian. The Death of Gaidar. Reporter's investigation casts doubt on official version of Gaidar's death. In Russian. Arkady Gaidar's Military Secret. Evidence of excesses commited by Gaidar in the Civil War as well as his subsequent depression and psychological problems. By Natalya Olkhova in Tikhookeanskaya Zvezda. In Russian. GAMZATOV, RASUL GAMZATOVICH Short Gamzatov biography. From SovLit.com. Selection of Gamzatov Poems. From Stikhiya. In Russian. Some More Gamzatov Poems. In Russian. "Zavist" by Gamzatov. In Russian. "Beregite Druzei" by Gamzatov. In Russian. "Cranes" by Gamzatov. In English. Translated by Peter Tempest. "My Poem, Yet, Wasn't by Me Bred" by Gamzatov. In English. Translated by Yevgeny Bonver Gamzatov in Spanish. "Tres Deseos" ("Three Wishes") In Spanish. Interview with Gamzatov (Age 76). From Vechernaya Makhakala. In Russian. Gamzatov Parodies and Anecdotes. In Russian. Gamzatov Drinking Quotes. Access page then search for "Gamzatov". Parody of Gamzatov. In Russian. Gromov Sings Gamzatov. MP3 file of Stanislav Gromov singing Gamzatov's Tolko Ty and other songs. Gamzatov Songs in Real Audio. Real Audio files of song versions of Gamzatov's Tolko o Rodine and Pesnya o Gluptsakh i Mudretsax. GERASIMOV, MIKHAIL "Marcelle". Short story by "Smithy" writer Mikhail Gerasimov in English translation. A young French Communist woman agitates among French sailors, who are hungry for her words. The sea itself seethes as if in revolutionary struggle. GLADKOV, FYODOR Short Gladkov biography. From SovLit.com. Gladkov's "Cement" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Uncivil War: Fyodor Gladkov & The Smithy vs. RAPP. Account of an underhanded attempt by RAPP to subvert Party policy by liquidating all rival literary organizations, including Gladkov's Smithy. From SovLit.com. GORKY, MAKSIM Short Gorky biography. From SovLit.com. Gorky's "Fat-Faced Passions" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. "Twenty-Six Men and a Girl" by M. Gorky. The text translated by Emily Jakowleff and Dora B. Montefiore. "Creatures That Once Were Men" by M. Gorky. The text from University of Maryland. "Through Russia" by M. Gorky. The text from the Gutenberg Project. Reminiscences of L.N. Tolstoy by M. Gorky. From the Tolstoy Library. Gorky's "Song of the Storm Petrel". The Text in English. From the University of Virginia. Short texts by M. Gorky. From the Mad Cybrarian. Craftsmen of Culture. Passage by Gorky about the new Soviet Literature in 1935. The Peoples Library of Maksim Gorky. Texts, articles, photos, and other information. In Russian. State Museum of Gorky. The houses Gorky lives in, literary and thematic exhibitions, readings, etc. In Russian. English version coming someday. Gorky - On-line Texts. From the Moshkow Libary. In Russian. "Foma Gordeev" - On-line Text. From E-Kniga. In Russian. Poems by M. Gorky. In Russian. Gorky's Impressions of the Circus. From Marxists.org. Gorky on Lenin. Letter from Lenin to Gorky. An airplane named Maksim Gorky. The ANT-20. Valentine Serov's oil portrait of Gorky. Done in 1905. Maksim Gorky Dies At Moscow Villa. Reporting on Gorky's death as it appeared in the New York Time on 19 June 1936. GRANIN, DANIIL Short Granin biography. From SovLit.com. Granin's Thaw-era novel "Those Who Seek". Detailed plot summary by SovLit.com. Bibliography of Granin's works. From Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center. Interview with Granin. Concerning his novel Strakh, kotorii bloshe strakha" ("A Fear Greater Than Fear") and the legacy of Stalin. In Russian. Granin presents his new novel "Evenings with Peter The Great". From Russian Cultural Navigator. GRIN, ALEKSANDR Grin's "Begushchaya po Volnam". The on-line text. In Russian. GROSSMAN, VASILI S. Short Grossman biography. From SovLit.com. "In The War." War-time fiction by Grossman. A loner tank-driver slowly comes to feel and realize the strength and value of comradeship with his fellow tank- crew members. Translated by Andrew Glikin-Gusinsky. From SovLit.com. "In The Country." Short story by Grossman, written in 1953. Snow, an axe, terror, and a bluebirld. Translated by Andrew Glikin-Gusinsky. From SovLit.com. "The Resident." Short story by Grossman, written in 1960. Concerning rehabilitation: Does anyone really care? Translated by Andrew Glikin-Gusinsky. From SovLit.com. "In The Main Line of Attack." A war-time article by Grossman, written in the trenches of Stalingrad. In English. From SovLit.com. Portrait of Vasily Grossman. by Robert Chandler, translator of "Life and Fate". From Prospect magazine. Unsung Genius Among Great Modern Russian Novelists: Tribute to Vasili Grossman. By Simon Pirani. From the Jewish Chronicle. Review of Grossman's Life and Fate. by Nancy Sherman. Vasili Grossman: How World War II Turned a Soviet Loyalist into a Dissident.. By Lara Vapnyar. Grossman's Fate.. By Tom Teicholz. GUMILEV, NIKOLAI S. Short biography of Gumilev. From Britannica.com. Another short biography of Gumilev. From Friends & Partners. Gumilev poems in English translation. From Yevgeny Bonver. More Gumilev poems in English translation. Gumilev Electronic Library. Extensive collection of Gumilev poems, plays, prose, articles, letters, and photos. In Russian. Gumilev poems in Russian. From Friends and Partners. In Russian. Nikolai Gumilev page. Poems, letters, remembrances of Gumilev, photos, links. In Russian. ILF, ILYA & PETROV, EVGENY Short biography of Ilf and Petrov. From SovLit.com. Ilf and Petrov's "Interplanetary Chess Congress" - Complete Text in English. Funniest piece of chess humor ever written. From SovLit.com. Ilf and Petrov's short story "Conversations At Tea" - Complete Text in English. Touches on a generation gap between an Old Bolshevik and his 12-year-old son, arising from the excessively "revolutionary" education the boy is receiving at school. Fortunately, the Central Committee steps in just in time with a back-to-basics decree, thereby saving a hapless 8-year-old from being worked over politically. The story also takes a swipe at politically correct but inane poetry as was often celebrated by super-orthodox literary goups such as RAPP. From SovLit.com. "Twelve Chairs", 1927 Version. Original version, containing material censored and never before published. One-third longer than the standard text. More fun for everyone. Many Ilf & Petrov texts on-line. From Chitalnii Zal. In Russian. "The Twelve Chairs" - Complete text in English. From Moshkow's Library. "The Golden Calf". Draft of a new English translation. A work in progress. Donations gladly accepted. Ilf and Petrov Tour America. A collection of photographs taken by Ilf during his trip to the U.S.A. in 1935, accompanied by text from Ilf and Petrov's travelogue, "One-Storied America." From the University of Michigan. More photos from Ilf and Petrov's America Trip. The "Twelve Chairs" Quiz. Who said what? On Ilya Ilf's 100th Birthday. Photos, notes on Ilf's life, and text of the Ilf story Povelitel' Evreev. In Russian. Ilf & Petrov: Running Along The Razor's Edge. Suspicious anecdote about Petrov writing letters to himself and getting an unexpected reply from an unknown person in New Zealand. Also general opinings on Ostap Bender. In Russian. ISKANDER, FAZIL Fazil Iskander Biography. Bio and a few stories. In Russian. From Khronos. Fazil Iskander - Regular. Normal-size biography. In Russian. Fazil Iskander - Short. Brief biography. In Polish. Fazil Iskander - Extra short. Very brief biography and photo. In Norwegian. Large Selection of the Prose of Fazil Iskander. In Russian (mainly) and English. From the Moshkow Library. On-Line Texts. Ten or so stories. In Russian. From Zhurnalnii Zal. Iskander's "Sandro Iz Chegema". The on-line text. In Russian. Iskander's "Kroliki i Udavi". The on-line text. In Russian. From Freebooks. Iskander's "Zhil Starik s Svoeiu Starushkoi", "Avtoritet", and "Malchik i Voina". The on-line texts. In Russian. From the Russian PEN Centre. Iskander's "Forbidden Fruit". The on-line text. In English. Translated by Sonia Melnikova. Notes on Iskander's 70th Birthday. From Russian Cultural Navigator. Interview with Iskander. From "Argumenti i Fakti". In Russian. Something Good Awaits Russia - 1999 Interview with Iskander. From "Demokraticheskii Vybor". In Russian. Screenplays by Iskander. Three short summaries. In Russian. KATAEV, VALENTIN Short Kataev biography. From SovLit.com. Kataev's "Son of the Regiment" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Kataev's story "Rainbow-Flower. The complete text in English, with illustrations. Kataev's novel "A White Sail Gleams. The complete text in English, from Maksim Moshkow's Library. "Almaznii Moi Venets" and "Beleet Parus Odinovkii" - On-line Texts. From the Moshkow Libary. In Russian. KAVERIN, VENIAMIN Short Kaverin biography. From SovLit.com. Kaverin in His Own Words. Excerpts from Kaverin's autobiographical sketches. In Russian. KAZAKOV, YURI "Osen V Dubovikh Lesov" - On-line Text. From Anton Nikiforov and Olga Nikitina. In Russian. Yuri Nagibin on Yuri Kazakov. Fragment from Nagibin's diary. In Russian. KHARMS, DANIIL Short Kharms biography. From SovLit.com. Kharm's short play "Pushkin and Gogol" - Complete Text in English. From SovLit.com. Kharm's children's poem "Ivan Ivanych Samovar" - Complete Text in English. From SovLit.com. Kharm's poem "The Constancy of Dirt and Joy." - Complete Text in English. Translated by Matvei Yankelevich. Complete Works of Daniil Kharms in Russian; Selected Words in English, and German. Includes short biography and essasy on Kharms. Prepared by Serge Winitzki. Daniil Kharms:The text of many of his works in Russian and English. A few Kharms poems and short stories. In Russian. One Source for Kharms's "Anecdotes From the Life of Pushkin". The Influence of Veresaev's Pushkin v Zhizni on Kharms. By Oleg Lekmanov. In Russian. OBERIU: Russian Absurdism of the 1930s. Historic and critical overview of Kharms, Vvedensky, and other members of the OBERIU. By Eugene Ostashevsky. Published in "New American Writing.". KHLEBNIKOV, VELIMIR Klebnikov - Biography, Theories and Texts in Russian and English. A Slap in the Face of Public Taste. Manifesto by Klebnikov, Mayakovsky, Burliuk, and Kruchenykh. Chairman of the Earthly Globe. Poems and autobiography by Klebnikov. In Russian. Short biography of Khlebnikov. In Russian. Biography of Khlebnikov from Russian Virtual Library. In Russian. A Few Words about Khlebnikov by Evgeni Evtushenko. In Russian. Some Klebnikov poems. From Stikhiya. In Russian. A few Khlebnikov poems. Presented by Alik Gotlib. In Russian. Some Khlebnikov on-line texts. From the Moshkow Library. In Russian. More Khlebnikov on-line texts. From the Russian Virtual Library. In Russian. KIRSANOV, SEMYON Short Kirsanov biography. From SovLit.com. Kirsanov's "The First of May". The text in English, French, German, and transliterated Russian. Lots of nice pictures, too. Poems of Semyon Kirsanov:The text of some of his poems in Russian. KOZAKOV, MIKHAIL E. Short Kozakov biography. From SovLit.com. KRYMOV, YURI S. Short Krymov biography. From SovLit.com. Krymov's "The Tanker Derbent" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. LAVRENYOV, BORIS Short Lavrenyov biography. From SovLit.com. Lavrenyov's "The Forty-First" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Article on Lavrenyov's wife. From House on the Embankment. In Russian. LEONOV, LEONID Short Leonov biography. From Khronos. In Russian. Leonid Leonov - Biography and Criticism. From enotes.com. In Russian. Very short Leonov biography. In Russian. LIBEDINSKY, YURI N. Short Libedinsky biography. From SovLit.com. Libedinsky's "A Week" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Three articles by Libedinsky. "On the Question of the Personality of the Artist"; "Classes and Groups"; and "Themes Awaiting Authors". In Russian LYASHKO, NIKOLAI "Iron Silence." Short story by N. Lyashko from 1924. Deals with the painful scab of stagnation which has come to cover a factory...a factory where workers once suffered under the whip...a factory which crucified workers on its spinning metal gears in ghastly industrial accidents...a factory which gave workers shelter as they studied the revolutionary truth and fought battles with strike-breaking Cossacks. Now the factory lies abandoned and crumbling, dismantled piece by piece by pilferers and looters. Workers long to take up the hammer again, but Party officials get nothing done. "On the Tasks of the Writer-Worker." Essay by Nikolai Lyashko, describing the tasks and dangers facing the writer-worker in 1920. From the Smithy journal Kuznitsa. MANDELSTAM, OSIP Mandelstam Poems - the Texts. In Russian. MARKOV, GEORGI M. Short Markov biography. From SovLit.com. Markov's "Siberia" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. MAYAKOVSKY, VLADIMIR Mayakovsky on Futurism. Short letter by Mayakovsky from 1922 covering the history and essence of Futurism. From SovLit.com. The LEF Program. Three manifesto/essays from the inaugural issue [March 1923] of Mayakovsky's literary jouranl LEF. "What is LEF Fighting For" traces the history of Futurism and describes its current tasks. "Whom Does LEF Tear Into?" identifies LEF's enemies. "Whom Does LEF Warn?" warns Futurists and others against complacency. From SovLit.com. Short Mayakovsky biography. From SovLit.com. Mayakovsky's "The Bedbug" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Mayakovsky biography. From Victor Terras, "Handbook of Russian Literature". Another Mayakovsky biography. Mayakovsky biography from Wikipedia. Short autobiography by Mayakovsky. In Russian. Mayakovsky at RussianPoetry.net. Texts, translations, time-line, and audio files. Many Mayakovsky poems from Stikhiya. In Russian. A few Mayakovsky poems. In Russian. Mayakovsky's "Violin." In English and Russian. Translation by Maya Jouravel. 12 Mayakovsky Poems in English Translation. From the archives of Marxists.org Mayakovsky Poems in Russian (mainly) and English (a few). From Friends & Partners. A Slap in the Face of Public Taste. Manifesto by Mayakovaky, Klebnikov, Burliuk, and Kruchenykh. Mayakovsky And His Circle. Texts in English and Russian. Sound Files. Movie Stills & Synopses. Links. Mayakovsky's Room. Texts (Russian & English), Plays, Cinema, Links, Sound Files, Pictures, Letters. Links. Mayakovsky - Bilingual Page. Several poems presented side-by-side in Russian and English. Also sound files of readings of the poems. Mayakovsky in Russian, English, and MP3. From University of Pennsylvania. Portraits of Mayakovsky. An exhibit sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art. Mayakovsky in Love and Death. Radio show from WBUR, Boston. Mayakovsky.narod.ru. A Russian Mayakovsky page. Poems, plays, photos, chronology, etc. etc. In Russian. Mayakovsky - Vsyo vsem. Another Russian Mayakovsky page. Notes to poems and plays, memoirs of contemporaries, etc. In Russian. Vl. Mayakovsky. A collection of poems and photos. In Russian. State Museum of Mayakovsky. In English and Russian. Hour-long audio lecture on Mayakovsky and his works. In English, in Real Audio format. On-line exhibit of V.V. Mayakovsky. Photos and info. Presented by Howard Schickler Fine Art. Review and critque of Mayakovsky's "Bedbug". "Mayakovsky vs. the Collective", "Communism and Futurism", etc. Overview of Mayakovsky. From Communist Party of Spain (reconstituted). In Spanish. Mayakovsky, Meyerhold, and "The Bedbug." Sketches and photos from Meyerhold's 1929 production of "The Bedbug." Mayakovsky's "Moscow in Flames" - a history and review by A. Fevralsky. Originally published in 1967. Presented by Marxists.org. "I am a poet, and this is what makes me interesting." Notes on Mayakovsky's 150th Birthday. From Russian Cultural Navigator. Mayakovsky is Dying. A short play by Boris Ioselevich. In Russian. Mayakovsky's Grave. MIKHALKOV, SERGEI Mikhalkov's "I Want To Go Home" - a detailed summary. From SovLit.com. Short Mikhalkov biography. From SovLit.com. NAGIBIN, YURI Short Nagibin biography. From SovLit.com. Nagibin's Thaw-era blockbuster story "Light in the Window." The text, in English, from SovLit.com. Nagibin's story "My First and Most Beloved Friend." The text, in English, from SovLit.com. Nagibin's Rasskaz Sinevo Lyagushonka ("Story of the Blue Frog"). The text, in Russian. Nagibin's Voina s Chernovo Khoda ("War From the Back Door"). The text, in Russian. "Without a National Spirituality, We Cannot Save Russia." 1994 conversation with Nagibin on the post-Communist fate of Russia. Nagibin on Yuri Kazakov. Fragment from Nagibin's diary. In Russian. Nagibin on Andrei Platonov's funeral. Fragment from Nagibin's diary from 1951. In Russian. "I Wish I Wrote More" - Tribute on Nagibin's 80-th Birthday. From Russian Cultural Navigator. "Death of Nagibin". A rather unflattering review of Nagibin's "Diary" by Viktor Toporov. In Russian. Solzhenitsyn Blasts Nagibin. Article by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn attacking Nagibin as either ignorant or two-faced, an obedient lap-dog of the Central Committee and Cheka. In Russian. Juri Nagibin looming". Estonian Nagibin Page. In Estonian. Essay on Nagibin's "Winter Oak". Written by someone hostile to the story and who only vaugely understands what the story is about. Nagibin Filmography. Listing of all 27 films for which Nagibin wrote the screenplay, as well as short summaries of the plots. In Russian. Testament of Yuri Nagibin. Review of Nagibin's "Darkness at the End of the Tunnel." In Russian. NEKRASOV, VIKTOR. Short Nekrasov biography. From the Library of A. Belousenko. In Russian. Very short Nekrasov biography. From Zhurnal'nii Zal. In Russian. Selection of Nekrasov texts. From the Moshkow Library. In Russian. NEVEROV, ALEKSANDR Short Neverov biography. From SovLit.com. "Tashkent, City of Grain". The text, in Russian. Little Stories (Malenkiye Rasskazy). The text, in Russian. NIKITIN, NIKOLAI N. Very short Nikitin biography. From SovLit.com. OKUDZHAVA, BULAT Short biography of Bulat Okudzhava. From SovLit.com. Words and Music of Bulat Okudzhava. Lyrics of six songs (in Russian and in English translation) and MP3 files of Bulat singing the works. From Sovlit.com Short Okudzhava biography. Focuses exclusively on his music, not writing. From Little Russia. Iskusstvo Kroiki i Zhitya ("The Art of Cloth-Cutting and Life") by Okudzhava. Text of story in Russian in PDF format. Okudzhava's "Unexpected Joy". The on-line text. In English. Translated by Sonia Melnikova. Vast collection of Okudzhava poetry. In Russian, from Stikhiya. Okudzhava poetry in English. Translated by Tanya Wolfson. "Prayer of Francois Villon" by Okudzhava. In Russian with English translation by Maya Jouravel. Okudzhava poetry and lyrics. In Russian. Songs of Okudzhava. In MP3 format for your listening pleasure. More songs of Okudzhava. In Real Audio for your listening pleasure. Painting of Okudzhava. By Igor Obrosov. OLESHA, YURI Short Olesha biography. From SovLit.com. "Envy" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. "Three Fat Men" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. "The Cherry Seed" - Complete text in English. From SovLit.com. Envy. The text in Russian. Olesha on Mayakovsky. Three Fat Brothers Chess. Chess variant based on Olesha's "Three Fat Men." OSTROVSKY, NIKOLAI A. Short Ostrovsky biography. From SovLit.com. PANOVA, VERA Russian Women Writers Presents Vera Panova. Biography, bibliography, and some commentary. PANTELEEV, ALEKSI Panteleev's "The Coward" - Complete Text in English. Short story from 1941 which shows that greed equal cowardice and that collectivism equals courage. From SovLit.com. Panteleev's "The Alcoholic's Brother" - Complete Text in English. Short story from 1960 which illustrates that you can't believe every denunciation that you hear. From SovLit.com. PASTERNAK, BORIS A Tale of Two Telegrams. Pasternak's telegrams accepting, then rejecting the Nobel Prize for Literature. From SovLit.com. "Dr. Zhivago": A very, very, very short summary. Short Biography of Pasternak: By the Nobel Foundation. Another Short Biography of Pasternak. Pasternak On-line texts. Includes "Doctor Zhivago" and Pasternak's translation of "Hamlet". In Russian. To Boris Pilnyak from Boris Pasternak. Text of a poem. In English. Interview with Pasternak's son: In Russian. Pasternak's Letters concerning Zhivago. Pasternak on Hamlet: Pasternak's own thoughts on Shakespeare. Includes Real Audio file of Vysotsky singing Pasternak's poem "Hamlet". Pasternak and Hamlet: An essay by Eleanor Rowe. Writers Union Meeting of October 1958. How the vote was taken to kick Pasternak out of the Writers Union. In Russian. PAUSTOVSKY, KONSTANTIN G. Short Paustovsky biography. From SovLit.com. Paustovsky's "Steel Ring" - Complete text in English. From SovLit.com. Paustovsky's "Snow" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Paustovsky's "The Story of a Life". Complete text on-line. In English. Paustovsky's "Dochechka Bronya". Complete on-line text. In Russian. Paustovsky's "Pravaya Ruka". Complete on-line text. In Russian. A visit to Paustovsky's Home and Grave. PAVLENKO, PYOTR A. Short Pavlenko biography. From SovLit.com. Pavlenko's story "Shematony". The text. In Russian. PIKUL, VALENTIN A Pikul bibliography. In Russian. A cargo ship named "Valentine Pikul". A photo. PILNYAK, BORIS Short Pilnyak biography. From SovLit.com. Pilnyak's "The Volga Falls To The Caspian Sea" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. The Retroregressional Realism of Boris Pilnyak. Large section in Trotsky's essay "The Literary Fellow Travelers of the Revolution." To Boris Pilnyak from Boris Pasternak. Text of a poem. In English. Literary Silhouette of Boris Pilnyak. By A. Voronsky. In Russian. Boris Pilnyak and the City Uglich. From "Russkaya Mysl". In Russian. Boris Pilnyak: On-line texts. In Russian. PLATONOV, ANDREI Short biography of Andrei Platonov. From SovLit.com. Platonov's "The Foundation Pit" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Platonov's play "Fourteen Little Red Huts" - A new English translation by Gennadi V. Alexeyev & Dmitri G. Alexeyev. From SovLit.com. Platonov's story "The Seventh Man" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. From the Notebooks of Andrei Platonov. Material which Platonov himself wanted suppressed, liberated in 1973 by his widow and offered up for the world to read. From SovLit.com. Life and Works of Andrei Platonov. From the Literary Encyclopedia. "Inhabitant of the State": The text in English. Platonov On-Line Texts. In Russian. Danger and Deliverance: Reading Andrei Platonov. by Angela Livingstone. From the Slavonic and East European Review, July 2002. A Hundred Years of Andrei Platonov. by Barry Scherr. From the Canadian Slavonic Papers, Sept. 2003. Platonov's "Foundation Pit" and the Problem of the Soviet Proletariat. by Naomi Brewster. Monash University. Intoduction to Platonov's "Fierce and Beautiful World. by Tanya Tolstaya. "The Return" and other stories by Platonov. A review by Katherine Shonk. Review of Pushkin Theatre production of Platonov's play "Dzhan". from the Moscow Times. Andrei Platonov, Una nova llengua per a un nou mon. By R. San Vicente. In Spanish. Platonov's 100th Birthday. By Olga Bobrova. From Russian Cultural Navigator. Platonov Photo Archieve: From Ardis Books. POGODIN, NIKOLAI Short biography of Nikolai Pogodin. From SovLit.com. Pogodin's Thaw-era play "Petrarch's Sonnet". Detailed plot summary by SovLit.com. POMERANTSEV, VLADIMIR Ob iskrennosti v literature. The essay that started the Thaw in Soviet literature. Complete text. In Russian. PRISTAVKIN, ANTOLY Exceprt from Pristavkin's 1981 novel Inseparable Twins. From the Russian PEN Center. Interview with Anatoly Pristavkin. From 1998. Rasstrel by Pristavkin. Article exposing human rights abuse in Chechenya. In Russian. PROZOROVSKY, LEV V. Short Prozorovsky biography. From SovLit.com. Prozorovsky's "Hunting For The Past" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. RASPUTIN, VALENTIN What Rasputin Said. In a 1991 television interview, Rasputin condemns beauty contests and homosexuality and defends censorship. From NY Review of Books. Live and Remember. Commentary on Rasputin and his career from Russian Cultural Navigator. Short Biography of Rasputin. From Who's Who in Irkutsk. In Russian. Las Verdades de Valentin Rasputin. By Olga Sobolevskaya. In Spanish. REKEMCHUK, ALEKSANDR Short Rekemchuk biography. From SovLit.com. Rekemchuk's 1962 novel "Callow Youth" about Siberian construction workers - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. RUBTSOV, NIKOLAI Life and Poetry of Nikolai Rubtsov. Biography, Works, Commentary, Memoirs, Letters, etc. In Russian. Short Rubtsov biography. In Russian. Rubtsov's "Noch Na Rodina / Night in The Motherland". The Text in both Russian and English. Rubtsov's "V Minuty Muziki / At Moments of Music". The Text in both Russian and English. SADUR, NINA Bibliography and Feminist Analysis of Sadur's Works. By Karin Sarsenov, Lund University, Sweden. SAMADOGLU, YUSIF "Children's Game of 1946" by Yu. Samadoglu. A short story. The complete text in English and Azeri. SEIFULLINA, LYDIA The Old Woman. A short story. The complete text in English. Lydia Seifullina Remembers Mayakovsky. Short recollection of Seifullina's first sighting of Mayakovsky. From SovLit.com SEMYONOV, JULIAN Short Semyonov biography. From SovLit.com. Semyonov's spy thriller "Seventeen Moments of Spring", starring Stirlitz - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. A Man and His Name - Story of a Soviet Intellilgence Agent. By J. Semyonov. From Leninskaya Pravda, 30 March 1971. In Russian. Stirlitziada. Stirlitz jokes galore. In Russian. Remembering Julian Semyonov. By Efim Nukhmizon. In Russian. Interview with Semyonov's wife and daughter. In Russian. Stirlitz - Julian Semyonov's Political Agent. In German. SERAFIMOVICH, ALEKSANDR Short Serafimovich biography. From SovLit.com. Serafimovich's "Iron Flood" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Serafimovich's "Two Deaths" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. On-line Serafimovich texts. In Russian. The Serafimovich House-Museum. SEVAG, BARUYR Short Sevag biography and bibliography. SHESTALOV, YUVAN Yuvan Shestalov, Bard of the Mansi People. Vladimir Soloukhin comments on Mansi writer Yuvan Shestalov. SHISHKOV, VYACHESLAV Ya. Short Shishkov biography. From SovLit.com. The Shishkov Site. Excellent site offering a wealth of information on Shishkov and his works. In Russian. Remebering Shishkov - by Vladimir Nabokov. In Russian. SHKLOVSKY, VIKTOR Art as Technique. The text in English. The Formalist School of Poetry and Marxism. Trotsky's thoughts on Shklovsky and others. From "Literature and Revolution." Shklovsky on Babel. In Russian. SHOLOKHOV, MIKHAIL Biography of Mikhail Sholokov. A cradle-to-grave summary of the writer's life. "Birthmark" (1924) Sholokhov's very first short story, about the clash of a young Red commander and the wizened old leader of an anti-Soviet band of marauding Cossack brigands. The complete text in English. "Fate of a Man" (1957) Detailed summary of Sholokhov's tale about a Soviet soldier who is captured by the Nazis during the war. He loses his entire family and his will to live. After the war he slips into drunkenness and depression until a young boy gives him a new reason for living. Speech to the 2nd Congress of Soviet Writers (1954) Text of Sholokhov's speech to the 2nd Congress of Soviet Writers, in which he gives a lukewarm endorsement to the Thaw, calling most post-war literature dull and boring, but avoiding discussion of calls for more openness, honesty, and "sincerity" in Soviet literature. Speech to the 20th Congress of The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1956) Text of Sholokhov's speech to the de-Stalinizing 20th Party Congress. He blasts Soviet writers, calling most of them "dead souls". About Little Boy Harry and Big Mister Salisbury (1960) An article in which Sholokov attacks American journalist Harrison Salisbury for the meanness and stupidity of his articles on Sholovkhov's Virgin Soil Upturned. Sholokhov accuses Salisbury of metaphoric murder and urges that he be publicly flogged Sholokhov Slams Solzhenitsyn! (1967) In a letter to the Union of Writers, Sholokhov demands that dissident writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn be excluded from the Union. The reason: Solzhenitsyn is either insane or a dangerous anti-Soviet; either way, says Sholokhov, "the man cannot be trusted with a pen." Further, Sholokhov calls Solzhenitsyn's writing "feeble and foolish" and lumps him in with the Vlasovites, those Soviets who betrayed their motherland and joined the Nazis to fight against the USSR during the Great Patriotic War. Introducing Sholokhov by Aleksandr Serafimovich. The short introduction to Tales of the Don (1926), Sholokhov's first collection of stories, written by veteran Soviet-Cossack writer A. Serafimovich. "Comrade Sholokhov's stories stand out like a steppeland flower." About Sholokhov by Konstantin Fedin. "He has never side-stepped the contradictions inherent in life....Sholokhov omits nothing, he writes the whole truth." M.A. Sholokhov by C.P. Snow. "The Quiet Don is a great novel...but a mysterious and difficult one. It speaks of the bafflement of ordinary men...but under the surface there is a subjective, passionate sense of life. A tragic sense of life." An Artist Who Has Enriched The World by Yuri Bondarev. "Sholokhov never follows a straight corridor carpeted with comfortable truths. On the contrary, his target is the all-absorbing truth that is won through struggle and suffering, a truth that is rugged and unkempt and baptized in blood." The Making of "The Fate of a Soldier" by Vladimir Monakhov.. Sholokhov gives advice to filmmakers on adapting his story for the screen. "If you want to make a film out of my story...make it a bit on the boring side." A Sholokhov Photo Gallery. Photos from the life of Mikhail Sholokhov. Includes some embarrassing baby pictures. Official Sholokhov Centenary Souvenir Brochure. Information by and about Sholokhov from the SovLit.com celebration in honor of the author's centenary. Sholokhov, a short biography: From the Nobel Foundation. On-line Sholokhov texts. In Russian. SHUKSHIN, VASILY Short Shukshin biography. From SovLit.com. Shukshin's "I Want To Live" (Okhota Zhit'). Entire text in English. From SovLit.com. Shukshin's "Snowball Berry Red" (Kalina Krasnaya). A detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Shukshin Museum in Srostki. Shukshin State Memorial. SIMONOV, KONSTANTIN Simonov's novel about Stalingrad 'Days and Nights" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Short Simonov biography. From Voice of Russia. Simonov Texts On-line. Zhiviye i Mertviye ("The Living and the Dead"), Soldatami ne Rozhdaiutsya ("Soldiers Are Not Born"), and Posledneye Leto ("The Last Summer"). In Russian. Big collection of Simonov poems. From Stikhiya. In Russian. Simonov's Speech at Stalin's Funeral. The text in Russian. Simonov's poem "Wait for Me". Translated into English. Simonov's poem "Smolensk Roads". Translated into English. Simonov's poem "It happens timely to a man". Translated into English by Boris Leyvi. Simonov poem in Turkish "Konstantin Simonov Wrote". Review of notes made by Simonov on his conversations with various military personnel. In Russia. Conversation with Simonov. Short account of a visit by Simonov to Arkhangelsk in 1975. In Russia. A boat named "Konstantin Simonov". SIROTA, LIUBA The Chernobyl Poems of Liuba Sirota SOLOUKHIN, VLADIMIR Short Soloukhin biography. From SovLit.com. Soloukhin's story "A Midsummer Day's Game". Entire text in English. From SovLit.com. Remembering Vladimir Soloukhin. By illustrator Sergei Kharlamov. In Russian. Yuvan Shestalov, Bard of the Mansi People. Vladimir Soloukhin comments on Mansi writer Yuvan Shestalov. STRUGATSKY, ARKADY & BORIS Arkady & Boris Strugatsky: The official Home Page. Text of "Monday Begins on Saturday" by A. & B. Strugatsky. In English. Text of on-line interview with Boris Strugatsky from February 2000. In Russian. On-line Strugatsky texts. In Russian, English, Swedish, French, Bulgarian. Strugatsky On-line Discussion Forum. In Russian. SURKOV, ALEKSEI "Scout Pashkov." A war-era poem by Surkov translated into English. TARASOV-RODIONOV, ALEKSANDR I. Short Tarasov-Rodionov biography. From SovLit.com. A.I. Tarasov-Rodionov's "Chocolate" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. "The Classics and Class" 1923 article by Tarasov-Rodionov from Na Postu. In Russian. "Workers Spring" 1923 review by Tarasov-Rodionov of a collection young proletarian writers. In Russian. TIKHONOV, NIKOLAI Short Tikhonov biography. From SovLit.com. "Song Of A Solider On Leave" ("Pesnya Ob Otpusknom Soldate"). The text in Russian. "Ballada o Veverlee". The text in Russian. TOLSTOY, A.N. Short A.N. Tolstoy biography. From SovLit.com. A.N. Tolstoy's "Aelita". A detailed summary of one of the first Soviet science fiction novels. A soviet tinkerer-engineer and his adventurer companion build a spaceship and blast off for Mars where they dally with the local girls and incite revolution. From SovLit.com. A.N. Tolstoy's "Azure Cities" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. A.N. Tolstoy's "Snow House" - Complete text in English. From SovLit.com. Science Fiction of the Domestic. Discussion of the history, symbolism, and meaning of the 1924 film adaptation of A.N. Tolstoy's science fiction novel "Aelita". from Central Europe Review. "The Leader's Pipe, or the Exit of the Workers-Peasants Count". Article dealing with how Stalin gave A.N. Tolstoy the assignment to write "Ivan The Terrible" and the difficulties the author had in producing an acceptable play. Also includes story of how Stalin gave his very own pipe to Tolstoy. In addition, relates Tolstoy's personal theory of smoking and avoids answering the question, "Was A.N. Tolstoy an English spy?" (in Russian) "The Tale of The Golden Key or Buratino's Aventures". Summary of Tolstoy's children's tale. The Aleksei Tolstoy crater. A crater on Mars is named after A.N. Tolstoy. See and read all about it. TRIFONOV, YURI Short biography of Yuri Trifonov. From SovLit.com. Marking Trifonov's 75th Birthday. From Russian Cultural Navigator. Category of Time. Another article on Trifonov's 75th Birthday. From Nezavisimaya Gazeta. In Russian. "Overturned House" by Irina Ginzburg. Article on Trifonov and his famous house. From Novaya Gazeta. In Russian. Uskolzaiushchii Trifonov. Article by Evgenii Sklovsky on the first international conference on Trifonov. From Russkii Zhurnal. In Russian. Dom na Naberezhnoi (House on the Embankment). Website dedicated to the history of the famous apartment building featured in Trifonov's novel of the same name. Mainly Russian, some English. TSVETAEVA, MARINA Short Tsvetaeva biography. From SovLit.com. Marina Tsvetaeva - Poetry and more. About 50 poems by Tsvetaeva in Russian and in English translation by Andrey Kneller. Also includes Tsvetaeva biography, bibliography, and other information. Marina Tsvetaeva Home Page: By Laura Brown. Includes biography, descriptions, poems by and about Tsetaeva, music, and other interesting tid-bits. The World of Marina Tsvetaeva. Tsvetaeva's prose, poetry, letters; photos; remembrances of Tsvetaeva by Akhmatova, Balmont, Erenburg, and other notables; and a large collections of mp3 files of Tsvetaeva's songs put to music. In Russian. Tsvetaeva: Facts from her life and analysis of her significance. Taking Monologism Seriously: Bakhtin and Tsetaeva's "The Pied Piper". By Catherine Ciepiela. Engaging Sexual Demons in Marina Tstvetaeva's "Devil": The Body and The Genesis of The Woman Poet. By Pamela Chester. TVARDOVSKY, ALEKSANDR Short Tvardovsky biography. From SovLit.com. Vasili Tyorkin. Bilingual Russian-English version of two chapters from Tvardovsky's war-ear folk classic: Tyorkin Wounded and The Accordion. From SovLit.com. Tvardovsky Axed! Discussion of the reasons why Tvardovsky was fired as chief editor of Novy Mir in 1954. Includes the complete text of "On The Mistakes of Novy Mir", the article in Literaturnaya Gazeta which announced the sacking. From SovLit.com. More Tyorkin. Excerpts from Tvardovsky's comic war-ear folk epic. In English. Bivouac and Death and the Soldier. "Tyorkin Na Tom Svete." The text, in Russian. VASILYEV, BORIS LVOVICH Vasilyev Texts. Includes "Zori Zdes Tikhiye" and "Zavtra Byla Voina". From the Moshkow library. In Russian. Interview with Vasilyev. In Russian. VERESAEV, VIKENTY V. Short Veresaev biography. From SovLit.com. Veresaev's novel "Sisters" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Khdozhnik Zhizni. Veresaev's commentary on L.N. Tolstoy. In Russian. Veresaev's Pushkin v Zhizni. The text. In Russian. One Source for Kharms's "Anecdotes From the Life of Pushkin". The Influence of Veresaev's Pushkin v Zhizni on Kharms. By Oleg Lekmanov. In Russian. Passage from, Veresaev's "V Tupike". From Krasnaya Nov, 1922. In Russian. Two more passages from, Veresaev's "V Tupike". From Krasnaya Nov, 1922. In Russian. Veresaev's "Zvezda". The text, in Russian. "To Aphrodite". Veresaev's translation from the ancient Greek of Homer's ode. In Russian. Veresaev and L.N. Tolstoy. In Russian. Almost Curious - Review of Veresaev's 1924 book "How To Write". Reviewer P. Neznamov heaps scorn on Veresaev's views. From "Lef", 1925. In Russian. The House Museum of V.V. Veresaev. In English and Russian. Domik Veresaev. Description of the time Veresaev spent in Donetsk both writing and fighting cholera. In Russian. "V. Versaev". A short commentary by Prof. Jose Goldim. In Portuguese. Monument to V. Versaev. In Tula, Russia. VOINOVICH, VLADIMIR Short Voinovich biography. From SovLit.com. Voinovich's "The Amazing Adventures of the Soldier Ivan Chonkin" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. The Art Gallery of Vladimir Voinovich. Features texts and paintings by Voinovich. VVEDENSKY, ALEKSANDR "Kuprianov and Natasha" by A. Vvedensky. The text in English. Translated by Eugene Ostashevsky. Poetry as Apophasis; or Vvedensky in Love. by Thomas Epstein. Examination of the poetry, language, and thought of Vvedensky. "What results is not so much a synthesis of this trinity, but rather a collision of meanings in which silence triumphs over voice, non-sense over meaning, fragmentation over unity." PDF file. OBERIU: Russian Absurdism of the 1930s. Historic and critical overview of Kharms, Vvedensky, and other members of the OBERIU. By Eugene Ostashevsky. Published in "New American Writing.". Short Vvedensky biography and some translated poems. From Old Poetry. In English. Short Vvedensky biography. In Russian. Photos of Vvedensky. From Ardis Picture Archives. VYSOTSKY, VLADIMIR "Hey, Driver" by Vysotsky. Bilingual Russian-English version of the poem. From SovLit.com YASHIN, ALEKSANDR Short Biographay of Aleksandr Yashin. From SovLit.com. "Levers" by A. Yashin. The complete translated text in English. YEVTUSHENKO, YEVGENY Yevgeny Yevtushenko: A short biography. Zima Station: Includes Yevtushenko poetry archive, links, and message board. Interview with Y. Yevtushenko: From National Security Archive. CNN Interview Yevtushenko: A Day In The Life of Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Yevtushenko in Canada. A Few Words about Khlebnikov by Yevgeni Yevtushenko. In Russian. ZAGREBELNY, PAVLO Zagrebelny's "From the Point of View of Eternity" - Detailed plot summary. From SovLit.com. Zagrebelny's "Roxsolana" - The complete text. In Ukrainian. Zagrebelny's "Pivdenii Komfort" - The complete text. In Ukrainian. Interview with Zagrebelny from the "Kiev Telegraph". In Ukrainian. Short interview with Zagrebelny. In Ukrainian. ZALYGIN, SERGEI Biography of Sergei Zalygin. In Russian. ZAMYATIN, EVGENY Short Zamyatin biography. From SovLit.com. Zamyatin's "The Lion" - Complete text in English. Short story in which a shy fire fighter from Ryazan, in an attempt to win the affections of Leningrad's first female police officer, takes on the role of a drunken lion. From SovLit.com. Zamyatin's "Pictures" - Complete text in English. Short story in which the narrator tests and taunt's a child's perception of reality. From SovLit.com. On-line Zamyatin texts. In Russian. Zamyatin - A Distopian Writer: Essays and opinion. Lecture Notes on Zamyatin's "We", Part One; and Part Two. From Stanford University. Zamyatin's Letter to Stalin. Study of a Soviet Heretic. Analysis of the importance of heresy in Zamyatin's work. Zamyatin & "WE": From the Atheneum. Zamyatin: The Essential, the Superfluous, and Textual Noise: From Michael Beehler. Shastakovich, Zamyatin, Goldstein, and "The Bolt": A hoax unmasked. Kafka and Zamyatin on Oppression and Tyranny: By Bryan Register. The Importance of Mathematics in Zamyatin's "WE". Religioius Themes in Zamyatin's "WE". Short Article on Andrei Bely written by Zamyatin. In Russian. Zamyatin, Thermodynamics, and Entropy. An article in "Novy Mir". In Russian. Literary Silhouette of Zamyatin. By A. Voronsky. In Russian. Letters of Boris Grigoriev to Zamyatin. Published in "Znamya". In Russian. Zamyatin Museum in Lebedyan. In Russian. Zamyatin FanSpace. Quotes, bibliography & links. From Monadnock Review. ZORIN, LEONID Zorin's Thaw-era play "Guests". Detailed plot summa |