
- 240 pages
- English
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About this book
Dmitry Likhachev (1906-1999) was one of the most prominent Russian intellectuals of the twentieth century. His life spanned virtually the entire century - a tumultuous period which saw Russia move from Tsarist rule under Nicholas II via the Russian Revolution and Civil War into seven decades of communism followed by Gorbachev's Perestroika and the rise of Putin. In 1928, shortly after completing his university education, Likhachev was arrested, charged with counter-revolutionary ideas and imprisoned in the Gulag, where he spent the next five years. Returning to a career in academia, specialising in Old Russian literature, Likhachev played a crucial role in the cultural life of twentieth-century Russia, campaigning for the protection of important cultural sites and historic monuments. He also founded museums dedicated to great Russian writers including Dostoevsky, Pushkin and Pasternak. In this, the first biography of Likhachev to appear in English, Vladislav Zubok provides a thoroughly-researched account of one of Russia's most extraordinary and influential public figures.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Plates
- Preface A Russian Fox
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Russian Names
- 1. Vanishing Russia, 1906β1921
- 2. Patriotism of Pity, 1921β1928
- 3. Through the Gulag and Great Terror, 1928β1941
- 4. The Great Fatherland War, 1941β1945
- 5. Patriotism Defiled, 1945β1955
- 6. Advocate of Cultural Legacy, 1955β1965
- 7. The Making of a Wise Man, 1966β1976
- 8. Recognition, 1976β1988
- 9. Preparing for Collapse, 1988β1991
- 10. The Smoke of the Homeland, 1991β1999
- Conclusion Death and Beyond
- Notes
- Select Bibliography and Further Reading