Platoon. Officers and Militiamen of Russian Literature
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Zakhar Prilepin is a writer, journalist, and TV presenter. From 1995 to 1999, he served in the OMON (Special Purpose Police Unit). In 1996 and 1999, as a commander of a unit within OMON, he took part in counter-terrorist operations in Chechnya and Dagestan. From 2014 to 2015, he worked as a military correspondent in the Donbass region. Since December 2015, he has been an advisor to the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko. Since October 2016, he has been the deputy commander of the reconnaissance and assault battalion of the army of the Donetsk People's Republic, holding the rank of Major.
He is the author of the novel "Pathologies" (2005) about the Chechen war, several military stories collected in the books "Sin" (2007) and "Seven Lives" (2016), journalistic works on the civil conflict in Ukraine "Not Someone Else's Turmoil" (2015) and "Everything That Should Be Resolved: A Chronicle of the Ongoing War" (2016). He is also the compiler of the anthology "War. War" (2008).
He is a laureate of the awards "National Bestseller", "Supernacbest", "Yasnaya Polyana", and "Big Book".
His new book "Platoon. Officers and Militiamen of Russian Literature" includes eleven biographies of writers and poets of the Golden Age - from Derzhavin and Denis Davydov to Chaadaev and Pushkin - who knew how to wield not only the pen but also the sword.
They fought on the Borodino field in 1812 and entered Paris as victors, suppressed the Pugachev Rebellion and the Polish uprising, annexed Finland, fought with Sweden, and went to serve in the Caucasus...
Cornet, lieutenant, staff captain, major, colonel, lieutenant general, admiral: the classics of Russian literature.
Author:
Author:Zakhar Prilepin
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:Military Books
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:typographic
Dimensions:
Dimensions:21.5x14.5x3.7 cm
Series:
Series:Russian Lessons
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
Product type:
Product type:embossed
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-17-159445-9
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