
- 312 pages
- English
- PDF
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About this book
Ilya Ehrenburg: Selections from People, Years, Life covers volumes of the memoirs of Ilya Ehrenburg, a Soviet writer who witnessed the major historical events both at home and abroad or of making the acquaintance of so many of the leading figures. The book describes the Russian culture of the earlier decades and several popular Russian writers and artists, including Sergei Yesenin, Vladimir Mayakovskii, Andrei Belyi, Andrei Remizov, and Vsevolod Meyerhol'd. The text also covers memoirs of Boris Pasternak Alexander Tairov, Marina Tsvetayeva, Osip Mandel'shtam, Isaak Babel', and Robert Falk. The events during the purge of Jewish culture and during the eve of World War 2 are also covered in the book. Readers and historians interested in topics about the important aspects of Soviet culture will find the book useful.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Ilya Ehrenburg Selections From People, Years, Life
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Writers and Artists, 1918
- Chapter 2. Sergei Yesenin
- Chapter 3. Vladimir Mayakovskii
- Chapter 4. Russia, 1921
- Chapter 5. The Emigration in Berlin, 1922
- Chapter 6. Andrei Belyi
- Chapter 7. Andrei Remizov
- Chapter 8. The New Economic Policy, 1924 and 1926
- Chapter 9. Vsevolod Meyerhol'd
- Chapter 10. Alexander Tairov
- Chapter 11. The First Five Year Plan, 1932
- Chapter 12. Marina Tsvetayeva
- Chapter 13. Osip Mandel'shtam
- Chapter 14. Isaak Babel
- Chapter 15. Literary Purges, 1935
- Chapter 16. Robert Falk
- Chapter 17. Boris Pasternak
- Chapter 18. The Yezhovshchina
- Chapter 19. Perets Markish and the Purge of Jewish Culture
- Chapter 20. The Eve of War
- Explanations of Some Terms used in the Text
- Russian Persons Mentioned in the Text
- Bibliography