Are you not aware of the war Russia started against Ukraine? Why promote Russian literature when it openly glorifies imperialism? As a Ukrainian, I find it disgusting to see Westerners celebrate Russian culture while Russians are killing my people simply because of our ethnicity. I slept in a shelter today, because Russians were bombing my city today, for God’s sake.
Learning Russian culture actually informs us about the wrongs they’re committing today. Furthermore, trying to erase that culture will do nothing but fight fire with fire. But I agree with you that we absolutely should learn about more Ukrainian authors alongside Russian authors!
I get your rage, I can’t imagine it and I don’t try to but I understand it, but not only will your pleas not even touch the influence that classic Russian lit has on the world, it is not the way to go about it. That’s like saying we should not be reading classic American literature because of how depraved that country is today. It’s silly.
Furthermore, Russian lit touches on a lot of important topics and has some of the greatest writers ever hailing from it!
But I’ll emphasise again: we should also be reading Ukrainian literature too.
I wish I could make that stop. Putin is pure evil—without doubt. The false Russian "honor" Putin seeks to restore by attacking Ukraine is forever tarnished by what he is doing to the people and country of Ukraine.
Genuine honor is with Ukraine in its noble fight against its imperialistic, evil neighbor. Please know that even if I listen to Rachmaninov, or read Russian poetry, my heart is firmly with Ukraine.
Thank you for your support. But there are so many incredible Ukrainian artists to discover, support, and celebrate instead. For example, you could listen to Mykola Leontovych, the composer of Carol of the Bells. Or read the poetry of Vasyl Stus, a true stoic who continued to write even after the Soviet Union sent him to a labor camp. His artistry embodies the unbreakable spirit of the Ukrainian people.
Yes! But it’s a book about his artistry and life. His poems are actually available online and I found a list of translations on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasyl_Stus
You can also read his short biography there—it’s a very dramatic and tragic story. Perhaps he could still be alive today if not for the Soviet repressive machine.
Very much appreciated. I have read as much as I could find over the past six decades about those who survived the gulags—enough to know how cruel and brutal the USSR was—and previously the Romanovs were—and how Putin's regime is merely more of the same. There were merely a few technological differences between the Okhrana and the Checkists cum KGB. It was always the cruelty and subjugation amid propaganda and extraction of resources.
I hope you’ll enjoy it. He is one of my favorite poets, and I’ve rarely encountered a voice so strong and perseverant. I only wish he had lived longer to create even more poetry, and I deeply hope that more of his work will be translated into different languages.
You have all rights to be angry, but don’t let Putin and his pack convince you that culture is their weapon and they have “divine” goal to save it. They’re neofascist who try to justify their actions. Culture mocks these people if to look closely
Everywhere these Ukrainian refugees go they are immediately disliked; entitled, arrogant, vulgar and abhorrent behavior, bullying people into joining their cause, hateful rhetoric full of spite. You're not the center of the universe and we will keep reading word class literature no matter where it comes from. Shame on you.
I’d leave you alone, Dan, the moment Russia leaves my country alone. I’m not a refugee, I live in Ukraine. I’ve lost people in this war. I watch my city being bombed every week. So try to show a little empathy before calling my experience “shit”.
I bet you’ve never actually been in a war zone or learned the history of this war. Maybe if you tried reading something other than Russian literature (anti-war literature of the countries Russia attacked, for example) you’d understand where the so-called “hateful rhetoric” comes from.
Why are you here bullying people? Why? Stop making your problems our problems. What makes you think you have the right to come here on this American substack community and bully and lecture people on this matter? You are SICK. Just GO AWAY.
As I’ve said before, I will never stop talking about the war and the genocide Russia is committing unless the Kremlin stops it. It seems like you’re trying to bully me into leaving. But I won’t. Deal with it. And pray that Ukraine is strong enough to protect your country from becoming Russia’s next victim.
how dare you call people dying “shit”? are you hearing yourself victim blaming people being bombed? you should be ashamed of yourself. you like to read, you like russian literature and i get it you cannot erase it, but this is not picking and choosing your favorite book at the book club, you’re inhuman and braindead, you stopped listening and studying when you were really young, it seems, an infant i would say. stop speaking your mind with hate and learn to silence yourself. people are dying and you should always care, but it seems like you want to speak thru learned words of pure hate and no logic, no humanity whatsoever. read whatever you like, learn and discover what you stand with, but get off your damn phone and learn how life is supposed to look like, not this meaningless braindead life of yours. you must be a child with no capacity of self regulation and control, many are like this. if you’re not i feel sorry for you. be better.
Don't project your issues onto me you haven't the faintest idea who you're talking to; you're a disgusting manipulator that's all you are, just GO AWAY.
the one respecting someone’s death isn’t the one with issues, you could’ve said something less delirious at least, but your reply is so weird that it’s rather funny. ridiculous i would say as well. also you can’t tell me to go away, just like you can’t tell ukranians to stop with their “shit”, you have a choice, don’t you? you’re so full of hate for humans but you don’t know how to ignore people and content you don’t like, you don’t know how to delete an app, if you want to be so distant from others throw your phone into the ocean, that would actually help
Whose death? What are you even talking about?? I REJECT the premise of her comment, which is what I call sh*t. Dostojevsky is celebrated among other things for his deep analysis of human psychology, this has NOTHING to do with glorifying imperialism, let alone an ongoing war that started 130 odd years after his death, it's just NUTS. The works of a man who was sentenced to years of hard labor in a camp in Siberia by an Imperial Govt is 'glorifying imperialism'. Just how insane is that?!
The themes in Russian literature TRANSCEND all this. And the author of the comment baselessly accuses readers of celebrating Russian culture, and by implication imperialism, because according to her Russian literature glorifies imperialism?
Most of these comments come from Ukrainians who left the country a long time ago even before the war; oh and there she is with the Manhattan skyline in the background. I've worked and still do with actual Ukrainian refugees, they all speak Russian, read Russian, listen to Russian music etc, many of them aren't even fluent in Ukrainian, just like the Ukrainian President; the rhetoric is completely different.
first of all, i said if you read russian lit i get it, i do too and the books aren’t gonna erase themselves. but aren’t you human enough to realize how war is traumatizing? how it can affect people? i didn’t bat an eye about the girl’s comment because in her point of view she is right no one has a right to complain about it because yes, it is that deep for her. if my country was being erased from another and met with hate everywhere i would do think and speak like her, but i don’t think she said something controversial so you can speak in those tones “your shit, shame on you”, you should know it is that serious if you’ve met ukranian refugees. or any traumatized person in general. i know ukranian refugees as well, who have the right to leave their country for safety, my mom’s friends are ukranian, my schoolmates were too, they look like their living their best life, so what? also, russian literature is extremely popular so yes, we should focus on any place’s lit, but if you’re victim of that country you’re gonna want to see less and less. and some people could glorify russia, i know what it looks like, my mother does, i can’t have the minimum curiosity for something related to russia because she thinks i’m on her side. i am not by the way. you can’t blame someone for acting like a victim when they are. putting shame on war victims has to be shameful. that’s the point. you could’ve said nothing, yet you attacked. even if she left long time ago that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have the right to be mad. would you want your perpetrator to be in your eyes everyday or would you prefer seeing your people? think about it in general, it’s about empathy and morals. not everything is about you too, since you replied to someone else’s battles. i think she’s fully aware that people will keep reading russian literature because it’s common sense:”the war isn’t dostoevskij’s fault, i just cannot comprehend russia being everywhere”. also now people are talking less about the war from what i’m seeing, russians were being banned from competition and stuff, so it can be frustrating. again, it’s not about you.
No, I believe you’re thinking of Russian Stealing Pigs😉 Ukrainians have Souls, 🇷🇺 only knows to steal from other cultures they try to colonize or dominate👍 Something they’re also doing here in America 😉👍 Check out those so called old classics called Russian😉 Most likely the author was born in Ukraine🤪💙😉
Russians and Ukrainians are two of a kind they share virtually all their ancestry and history to the point where Kiev is the cradle of Russian civilization and most major cities in Ukraine were founded by Russian emperors. And being born in Ukraine doesn't mean you're not Russian, just ask Zelenskij. Ask him when he started learning Ukrainian.
What you're purporting is a constructed, very recent narrative and a false one at that.
Even calling it 'colonization' given the fact that the Russian Empire grew OUT of the Kievan Rus; just how stupid can you be? It's evidently a failed attempt at applying Western and even Marxist terminology to a distinctly Eastern European very different context and history. It only works as a false narrative.
If Moscow had starved 7–8 million of your compatriots, as the Ukraine experienced with the Holodomor, a Nazi invasion might have seemed a good thing to you also. That did not make the Ukrainians Nazis. The Ukraine was battered, starved, slaughtered and overrun by Moscow, then Berlin.
Lenin gave Ukraine authonomy it never had before, so yes, it was singled out... You are pretending that Russian Christians didnt suffer under communism?
Russian Orthodoxy that were not NKVB/KGB suffered. Some profited quite nicely. As many RO patriarchs are under Vova.
It was not Lenin that gave Ukraine more autonomy (That was Khrushchev). Lenin gave lip service to self-determination for many subjugated peoples and states, but he lied. Between Lenin and Stalin, about 10 million Ukrainians were starved and slaughtered.
Russian lit serves to understand the Russian mind. I can appreciate it without agreeing that the Russian empire should be re-constructed. Heck, I do do not want England to have another empire. Ever.
I will forever support Ukraine, the Baltic States and Poland against Putin's invasions and war crimes.
You don’t automatically fund the Russians when you read their culture and classic lit?? That’s like saying you can’t read Lovecraft without automatically being a racist pos. That’s not how it works.
Щоправда, він народився на Полтавщині, на території сучасної України, і його дитинство та виховання були занурені в українську культуру та мову. Це відображається в кількох його творах українською мовою, проте твір, про який я говорю, «Мертві душі», він написав російською мовою.
True, he was born in the Poltava region, in present-day Ukraine, and his childhood and upbringing were immersed in Ukrainian culture and language. This is reflected in several works he wrote in Ukrainian, however, the work I am referring to, "Dead Souls," he wrote in Russian.
If people truly understood how deeply the Russian spirit thinks and feels, peace would not be some far-off dream. Russian literature shows it plain: from Pushkin’s wit to Pasternak’s courage, conscience, love, and truth run deeper than politics or ideology. These voices remind us that the Russian people are not the caricatures painted by propaganda, but human souls wrestling with the same eternal questions as everyone else.
The parasites who profit from division and war are already losing their grip; their time is ending. When we learn to see through their illusions and recognize the depth of the Russian soul, the path to peace becomes clear. Peace is not only possible — it is waiting, ready to emerge as the old order crumbles.
Jeez, the only way to stop the war is this one: RUSSIA SHOULD WITHDRAW ITS MILITARY FORCES AND STOP THE KILLINGS. That’s it. As simple as that.
And what propaganda are you talking about? Russians killed 20 civilians waiting in a line for pension just yesterday. A few weeks ago Russia aimed 2 missiles at the residential area 200 meters away from the house I slept in. No propaganda needed: Russians showed a million times that they indeed are monsters, not human beings with deep souls.
The US is enabling the war , the US has covertly invaded many countries, Russia right or wrong is protecting what has been regarded as “theirs” for centuries. The US pushed from the beginning with the ever encroachment of NATO. Not sure if you listened to the Tucker Carlson interview with Putin but I encourage you . You may come away with a different perspective on Putin. My point is the US has been the instigator of war , government coups, destruction & destabilization of many countries. In the end it is all theatre to keep the citizens in fear of an enemy as this pysop has proven extremely profitable. Keep in mind we only get the news of what they want us to get spun as they see fit. No different than Canada claiming to be peace keepers yet manufacture , distribute and profit greatly from weapons of war. It is a pysop lol
lol. Brainwashed sheep you are. No bot here. You would do well to educate yourself. Everything you believe of this world is a monumental lie. Start there. Don’t ever talk to me again. lol. What a child
So you decided to promote and reinforce culture of a country which has been waging war for the past four years, killed thousands and displaced millions? An "Idiot" indeed
This is such a backwards way of thinking. As if reading Russian literature — that explores fascinating topics beyond that of its heritage — automatically sides you with them today. Buying Dostoevsky does not fund the Russian army, it educates you to how Russia has declined. Erasure will never be the answer. But we should absolutely promote Ukrainian authors too — just not in this post, which is about Russian authors.
I am very sorry, but I impose sanctions on the terror state of Russia, which extended to the Russian cultural propaganda and influence (including Russian literature). So I don't want to read any of the novels here.
I would swap Pasternak’s Zhivago for Bulgakov’s White Guard. The latter takes place in Kiev in 1918 (Bulgakov’s home town) and shows experience of the civil war. Pasternak was born with silver spoon in his mouth and Zhivago reflects his idiosyncrasies.
Laurus (Лавр) is relatively unknown in Russia, and compared to Pelevin, Vodolazkin is not of the same calibre.
Victor Pelevin or Eduard Limonov - they reflect 1990s and early 2000 much better.
i would add Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, one of the greatest sci fi novels ever written. the basis for the excellent film Stalker
Are you not aware of the war Russia started against Ukraine? Why promote Russian literature when it openly glorifies imperialism? As a Ukrainian, I find it disgusting to see Westerners celebrate Russian culture while Russians are killing my people simply because of our ethnicity. I slept in a shelter today, because Russians were bombing my city today, for God’s sake.
Learning Russian culture actually informs us about the wrongs they’re committing today. Furthermore, trying to erase that culture will do nothing but fight fire with fire. But I agree with you that we absolutely should learn about more Ukrainian authors alongside Russian authors!
I get your rage, I can’t imagine it and I don’t try to but I understand it, but not only will your pleas not even touch the influence that classic Russian lit has on the world, it is not the way to go about it. That’s like saying we should not be reading classic American literature because of how depraved that country is today. It’s silly.
Furthermore, Russian lit touches on a lot of important topics and has some of the greatest writers ever hailing from it!
But I’ll emphasise again: we should also be reading Ukrainian literature too.
I wish I could make that stop. Putin is pure evil—without doubt. The false Russian "honor" Putin seeks to restore by attacking Ukraine is forever tarnished by what he is doing to the people and country of Ukraine.
Genuine honor is with Ukraine in its noble fight against its imperialistic, evil neighbor. Please know that even if I listen to Rachmaninov, or read Russian poetry, my heart is firmly with Ukraine.
Thank you for your support. But there are so many incredible Ukrainian artists to discover, support, and celebrate instead. For example, you could listen to Mykola Leontovych, the composer of Carol of the Bells. Or read the poetry of Vasyl Stus, a true stoic who continued to write even after the Soviet Union sent him to a labor camp. His artistry embodies the unbreakable spirit of the Ukrainian people.
I found this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MDDCDRV?binding=paperback&qid=1757527426&sr=8-1&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk
Ukranian Voices in books, Vasyl Stus is featured there!
Yes! But it’s a book about his artistry and life. His poems are actually available online and I found a list of translations on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasyl_Stus
You can also read his short biography there—it’s a very dramatic and tragic story. Perhaps he could still be alive today if not for the Soviet repressive machine.
Very much appreciated. I have read as much as I could find over the past six decades about those who survived the gulags—enough to know how cruel and brutal the USSR was—and previously the Romanovs were—and how Putin's regime is merely more of the same. There were merely a few technological differences between the Okhrana and the Checkists cum KGB. It was always the cruelty and subjugation amid propaganda and extraction of resources.
Always.
And thank you again. Reading now…
I hope you’ll enjoy it. He is one of my favorite poets, and I’ve rarely encountered a voice so strong and perseverant. I only wish he had lived longer to create even more poetry, and I deeply hope that more of his work will be translated into different languages.
Дякую.
I will read/listen to every one of these. Vasyl Stus will be an inspiration, methinks. Дякую.
Don't forget to checkout Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine's national poet.
You have all rights to be angry, but don’t let Putin and his pack convince you that culture is their weapon and they have “divine” goal to save it. They’re neofascist who try to justify their actions. Culture mocks these people if to look closely
Leave us alone with your sh*t.
Everywhere these Ukrainian refugees go they are immediately disliked; entitled, arrogant, vulgar and abhorrent behavior, bullying people into joining their cause, hateful rhetoric full of spite. You're not the center of the universe and we will keep reading word class literature no matter where it comes from. Shame on you.
I’d leave you alone, Dan, the moment Russia leaves my country alone. I’m not a refugee, I live in Ukraine. I’ve lost people in this war. I watch my city being bombed every week. So try to show a little empathy before calling my experience “shit”.
I bet you’ve never actually been in a war zone or learned the history of this war. Maybe if you tried reading something other than Russian literature (anti-war literature of the countries Russia attacked, for example) you’d understand where the so-called “hateful rhetoric” comes from.
Why are you here bullying people? Why? Stop making your problems our problems. What makes you think you have the right to come here on this American substack community and bully and lecture people on this matter? You are SICK. Just GO AWAY.
As I’ve said before, I will never stop talking about the war and the genocide Russia is committing unless the Kremlin stops it. It seems like you’re trying to bully me into leaving. But I won’t. Deal with it. And pray that Ukraine is strong enough to protect your country from becoming Russia’s next victim.
how dare you call people dying “shit”? are you hearing yourself victim blaming people being bombed? you should be ashamed of yourself. you like to read, you like russian literature and i get it you cannot erase it, but this is not picking and choosing your favorite book at the book club, you’re inhuman and braindead, you stopped listening and studying when you were really young, it seems, an infant i would say. stop speaking your mind with hate and learn to silence yourself. people are dying and you should always care, but it seems like you want to speak thru learned words of pure hate and no logic, no humanity whatsoever. read whatever you like, learn and discover what you stand with, but get off your damn phone and learn how life is supposed to look like, not this meaningless braindead life of yours. you must be a child with no capacity of self regulation and control, many are like this. if you’re not i feel sorry for you. be better.
Don't project your issues onto me you haven't the faintest idea who you're talking to; you're a disgusting manipulator that's all you are, just GO AWAY.
the one respecting someone’s death isn’t the one with issues, you could’ve said something less delirious at least, but your reply is so weird that it’s rather funny. ridiculous i would say as well. also you can’t tell me to go away, just like you can’t tell ukranians to stop with their “shit”, you have a choice, don’t you? you’re so full of hate for humans but you don’t know how to ignore people and content you don’t like, you don’t know how to delete an app, if you want to be so distant from others throw your phone into the ocean, that would actually help
Whose death? What are you even talking about?? I REJECT the premise of her comment, which is what I call sh*t. Dostojevsky is celebrated among other things for his deep analysis of human psychology, this has NOTHING to do with glorifying imperialism, let alone an ongoing war that started 130 odd years after his death, it's just NUTS. The works of a man who was sentenced to years of hard labor in a camp in Siberia by an Imperial Govt is 'glorifying imperialism'. Just how insane is that?!
The themes in Russian literature TRANSCEND all this. And the author of the comment baselessly accuses readers of celebrating Russian culture, and by implication imperialism, because according to her Russian literature glorifies imperialism?
Most of these comments come from Ukrainians who left the country a long time ago even before the war; oh and there she is with the Manhattan skyline in the background. I've worked and still do with actual Ukrainian refugees, they all speak Russian, read Russian, listen to Russian music etc, many of them aren't even fluent in Ukrainian, just like the Ukrainian President; the rhetoric is completely different.
first of all, i said if you read russian lit i get it, i do too and the books aren’t gonna erase themselves. but aren’t you human enough to realize how war is traumatizing? how it can affect people? i didn’t bat an eye about the girl’s comment because in her point of view she is right no one has a right to complain about it because yes, it is that deep for her. if my country was being erased from another and met with hate everywhere i would do think and speak like her, but i don’t think she said something controversial so you can speak in those tones “your shit, shame on you”, you should know it is that serious if you’ve met ukranian refugees. or any traumatized person in general. i know ukranian refugees as well, who have the right to leave their country for safety, my mom’s friends are ukranian, my schoolmates were too, they look like their living their best life, so what? also, russian literature is extremely popular so yes, we should focus on any place’s lit, but if you’re victim of that country you’re gonna want to see less and less. and some people could glorify russia, i know what it looks like, my mother does, i can’t have the minimum curiosity for something related to russia because she thinks i’m on her side. i am not by the way. you can’t blame someone for acting like a victim when they are. putting shame on war victims has to be shameful. that’s the point. you could’ve said nothing, yet you attacked. even if she left long time ago that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have the right to be mad. would you want your perpetrator to be in your eyes everyday or would you prefer seeing your people? think about it in general, it’s about empathy and morals. not everything is about you too, since you replied to someone else’s battles. i think she’s fully aware that people will keep reading russian literature because it’s common sense:”the war isn’t dostoevskij’s fault, i just cannot comprehend russia being everywhere”. also now people are talking less about the war from what i’m seeing, russians were being banned from competition and stuff, so it can be frustrating. again, it’s not about you.
No, I believe you’re thinking of Russian Stealing Pigs😉 Ukrainians have Souls, 🇷🇺 only knows to steal from other cultures they try to colonize or dominate👍 Something they’re also doing here in America 😉👍 Check out those so called old classics called Russian😉 Most likely the author was born in Ukraine🤪💙😉
I listen to Ukrainians 😉 not bots or trolls. So 🙏 I’ll be stupid😉 Cause I never believe anything from historical genociders😉 AGAIN🙏
Russians and Ukrainians are two of a kind they share virtually all their ancestry and history to the point where Kiev is the cradle of Russian civilization and most major cities in Ukraine were founded by Russian emperors. And being born in Ukraine doesn't mean you're not Russian, just ask Zelenskij. Ask him when he started learning Ukrainian.
What you're purporting is a constructed, very recent narrative and a false one at that.
Even calling it 'colonization' given the fact that the Russian Empire grew OUT of the Kievan Rus; just how stupid can you be? It's evidently a failed attempt at applying Western and even Marxist terminology to a distinctly Eastern European very different context and history. It only works as a false narrative.
I totally agree. There’s no glorifying mass Genocidal Terrorists😉
promoting ukrainophobic russian authors in 2025 is wild
Being a banderite in 2025 is wild
If Moscow had starved 7–8 million of your compatriots, as the Ukraine experienced with the Holodomor, a Nazi invasion might have seemed a good thing to you also. That did not make the Ukrainians Nazis. The Ukraine was battered, starved, slaughtered and overrun by Moscow, then Berlin.
How DARE you!
I am not a fan of vommunism, neither is Putin. People starved, Russian people, everywhere. There were also political abd religious prosecutions.
Nope, Vova is a straight up dictator surrounded by kleptocratic oligarchs. He does not even pretend to be "for the masses."
The Ukraine was singled out by Moscow INTENTIONALLY and far more intensely that the remainder of Russia during the 1932-1934 starvations.
After a dozen or more czars forced its Jewish populations westward, friction was indeed present. But WHO caused that? The Russians.
This conversation is over if you continue to defend Russian aggression and abuses, present or past.
Lenin gave Ukraine authonomy it never had before, so yes, it was singled out... You are pretending that Russian Christians didnt suffer under communism?
Russian Orthodoxy that were not NKVB/KGB suffered. Some profited quite nicely. As many RO patriarchs are under Vova.
It was not Lenin that gave Ukraine more autonomy (That was Khrushchev). Lenin gave lip service to self-determination for many subjugated peoples and states, but he lied. Between Lenin and Stalin, about 10 million Ukrainians were starved and slaughtered.
Dude, I know my history, so just fucking stop with the Russian faux-history propaganda.
Nobody knows what bandsrite is.
Supporters of Stephen Bandera, a ww2 nazi.
Russian lit serves to understand the Russian mind. I can appreciate it without agreeing that the Russian empire should be re-constructed. Heck, I do do not want England to have another empire. Ever.
I will forever support Ukraine, the Baltic States and Poland against Putin's invasions and war crimes.
Who asked you to agree on politics whatsoever, when offering a glimpse into great literature?
You don’t automatically fund the Russians when you read their culture and classic lit?? That’s like saying you can’t read Lovecraft without automatically being a racist pos. That’s not how it works.
Nobody knows what ukrainophobic is?
Unless you live under a rock 🪨
Cancer Ward, Solzhenitsyn, First Love, Turgenev,
The Idiot, Dostoevsky
Those three are ones I was blown away by that I never see on lists. Master and Margarita is surely really widely known.
Cancer Ward ✅
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol.
Mykola Hohol is Ukrainian. Born and raised in Poltava. Unmistakably Ukrainian.
Щоправда, він народився на Полтавщині, на території сучасної України, і його дитинство та виховання були занурені в українську культуру та мову. Це відображається в кількох його творах українською мовою, проте твір, про який я говорю, «Мертві душі», він написав російською мовою.
True, he was born in the Poltava region, in present-day Ukraine, and his childhood and upbringing were immersed in Ukrainian culture and language. This is reflected in several works he wrote in Ukrainian, however, the work I am referring to, "Dead Souls," he wrote in Russian.
HOC
I am reminded of this gem, that never ceases to make me laugh: https://www.reddit.com/r/trippinthroughtime/comments/j38zbq/guess_ill_die_then/
I read them all except Laurus.
If people truly understood how deeply the Russian spirit thinks and feels, peace would not be some far-off dream. Russian literature shows it plain: from Pushkin’s wit to Pasternak’s courage, conscience, love, and truth run deeper than politics or ideology. These voices remind us that the Russian people are not the caricatures painted by propaganda, but human souls wrestling with the same eternal questions as everyone else.
The parasites who profit from division and war are already losing their grip; their time is ending. When we learn to see through their illusions and recognize the depth of the Russian soul, the path to peace becomes clear. Peace is not only possible — it is waiting, ready to emerge as the old order crumbles.
Lone Wolf - The Cosmic Onion - https://cosmiconion.substack.com/p/supreme-consciousness
Jeez, the only way to stop the war is this one: RUSSIA SHOULD WITHDRAW ITS MILITARY FORCES AND STOP THE KILLINGS. That’s it. As simple as that.
And what propaganda are you talking about? Russians killed 20 civilians waiting in a line for pension just yesterday. A few weeks ago Russia aimed 2 missiles at the residential area 200 meters away from the house I slept in. No propaganda needed: Russians showed a million times that they indeed are monsters, not human beings with deep souls.
The US has had an effective killing machine going on for 100 years +. Not wise to throw stones when dwelling in a world of glass!
Condensed version for ya. Have a good day.
I don’t understand what your comment is supposed to mean. I’m talking about Russia’s war against Ukraine. The US was not mentioned once in my comment.
The US is enabling the war , the US has covertly invaded many countries, Russia right or wrong is protecting what has been regarded as “theirs” for centuries. The US pushed from the beginning with the ever encroachment of NATO. Not sure if you listened to the Tucker Carlson interview with Putin but I encourage you . You may come away with a different perspective on Putin. My point is the US has been the instigator of war , government coups, destruction & destabilization of many countries. In the end it is all theatre to keep the citizens in fear of an enemy as this pysop has proven extremely profitable. Keep in mind we only get the news of what they want us to get spun as they see fit. No different than Canada claiming to be peace keepers yet manufacture , distribute and profit greatly from weapons of war. It is a pysop lol
Gosh, I hope you’re just a bot. If not, please educate yourself.
Right now all your takes are straight up Kremlin propaganda. Have a good day and stop eating Russian bullshit. And don’t talk me ever again.
lol. Brainwashed sheep you are. No bot here. You would do well to educate yourself. Everything you believe of this world is a monumental lie. Start there. Don’t ever talk to me again. lol. What a child
The Twelve Chairs - Yevgeny Petrov
I see rabid USAID employees pretending to be Ukrainians decided to try cancel culture again, like it’s 2022. 🤦♂️🤷♂️
They just can’t learn.
So you decided to promote and reinforce culture of a country which has been waging war for the past four years, killed thousands and displaced millions? An "Idiot" indeed
This is such a backwards way of thinking. As if reading Russian literature — that explores fascinating topics beyond that of its heritage — automatically sides you with them today. Buying Dostoevsky does not fund the Russian army, it educates you to how Russia has declined. Erasure will never be the answer. But we should absolutely promote Ukrainian authors too — just not in this post, which is about Russian authors.
I adore Russian literature and music. Especially the Russian Gipsy music -- considered by many to be the finest in the word.
I agree completely about the music, although Andalusia has wonderful Roma music and fado in Portugal is as emotive.
Do you have any recommendations for Russian Roma music? Artists? Pieces?
Oh thanks for your response, Terre! Absolutely, Andalusian flamenco is well known, and I adore fado too.
Russian and Slavic Gipsy music is much less known and it's such a treasure.
As for artists, the French-Russian band Loyko is very good. Some beautiful songs there.
There's a multi cd collection with many different artists called Russian Gipsy Soul. It's on youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3IeaKTCZzKBwbtJOxpAdWtCg3CKFeBoY&si=MTRiyfxUVssqCS4o
Also, there's a soundtrack to a cult film from the 70's called "The Gipsy Camp vanishes into the blue", which is absolutely stunning: https://youtu.be/4X1PJYqYB58?si=SIMnpu0ZkNuXpOB4
If I were you, I'd also just browse "Russian Gipsy music" on youtube and spotify. You will find some incredible stuff!
Thank you! I will be seeking these out later today. :)
I am very sorry, but I impose sanctions on the terror state of Russia, which extended to the Russian cultural propaganda and influence (including Russian literature). So I don't want to read any of the novels here.
Regarding the reading suggestions.
I would swap Pasternak’s Zhivago for Bulgakov’s White Guard. The latter takes place in Kiev in 1918 (Bulgakov’s home town) and shows experience of the civil war. Pasternak was born with silver spoon in his mouth and Zhivago reflects his idiosyncrasies.
Laurus (Лавр) is relatively unknown in Russia, and compared to Pelevin, Vodolazkin is not of the same calibre.
Victor Pelevin or Eduard Limonov - they reflect 1990s and early 2000 much better.
Thank you so much for this information, I really need more similar
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