Shukshin
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Shukshin
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The fate of Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (1929-1974) absorbed all the ups and downs of the Russian twentieth century. The son of an Altai peasant shot on false charges, he managed, thanks to a huge natural gift and extraordinary will to make his way to the top of Soviet public life, without losing the root national feeling. Peasant, worker, intellectual, actor, director, writer, Russian warrior, Shukshin enchanted Russia, became its crying intercessor, a tough intercessor before the authorities, while remaining incredibly secretive, "encrypted" man. How did Shukshin become Shukshin? What was his childhood and how was his mysterious youth? How were his relations with the authorities, the Church, literary and cinematographic environment? How did his personal life influence his work? How did he see Russia's past, present, and future? Finally, what did Shukshin succeed and what did not succeed? Alexei Varlamov, a well-known novelist, literary historian, relying on letters, working notes, archival documents, memoirs, made an attempt to "decipher" his hero, and the reader has an opportunity to get reacquainted with Vasily Shukshin.
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