
Russia Washed in Blood
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Born in Samara, on the banks of the Volga, the son of a waterside worker, Artyom Vesyoly was the first member of his family to learn to read and write. He took part in the Civil War of 1918-1921 on the Red side, and at its conclusion began a prolific literary career. Vesyoly took as his main theme the horrific events he had witnessed and participated in during the fierce fighting in Southern Russia between the contending forces - Red, White, Cossack, anarchist and others - and the effects of these on the participants and unfortunate civilians caught between them.
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'Artyom Vesyoly's harrowing novel belongs on the shelf beside the works of Isaac Babel, Mikhail Bulgakov and other modernist masters of the early Soviet period. Translator Kevin Windle's flawless command of idiom and sensitivity to the slightest nuances of tone impresses on every page.' - Boris Dralyuk, Executive Editor, Los Angeles Review of Books 'This translation is a gift to anyone interested in Russian history and to readers in general. The immediacy of Vesyoly's account of the Civil War is reminiscent of Babel's Red Cavalry but conveys to an intense degree a sense of having been lived. This is a gem, presented here in full for the first time. Kevin Windle's translation gives the impression of detracting nothing from the vivid authenticity of Vesyoly's experience as rendered in these arresting tales.' - Tom Keneally, Novelist 'Windle's monumental work brings English-speaking readers Vesyoly's panorama depicting the violence and complexity of Russia's civil war in the peripheral regions of Georgia, North Caucasus and southeastern Ukraine -- contemporary conflict zones of Donetsk and Lugansk. Through Windle's masterful translation readers experience the terrible years following the Bolshevik Revolution.' - Mary Schaeffer Conroy, Emeritus Professor, Russian/Soviet History, University of Colorado, Denver, USA 'The broad canvas and episodic structure of Vesyoly's masterpiece captures the chaos and contradictions of the revolution unfolding across Russia in 1917. Russia Washed in Blood captures the horror, but there are shafts of humour and heroism as well.' - Sheila Fitzpatrick, Professor, Australian Catholic University 'Vesyoly vividly conveys the atmosphere of the Russian Civil War -- its impossible hopes, its numbing brutality, its wild music.' - Robert Chandler, Honorary Research Fellow, Queen Mary University, LondonMore details
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Kevin Windle is an emeritus fellow at the Australian National University, translator, and historian of the early Russian community in Australia.
Elena Govor, granddaughter of Artyom Vesyoly, is an Australian historian specialising in the history of Russian-Australian contacts.
Content
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Russian Names
- Chapters Int-Might
- Introduction
- Death Tramples upon Death
- Private Maxim Kuzhel Has the Floor
- The Blaze Spreads and Rages
- On the River Kuban
- The Black Epaulette
- The Conquerors' Banquet
- Bitter Hangover
- Etudes
- Pride
- Summary Justice
- A Glimmer of Courage
- The Capture of Armavir
- A Letter
- What the Guns Told of
- A Garden of Delights
- Escaping Turkish Captivity
- Blood Brothers
- Filka's Career
- In the Steppe
- A Wild Heart
- The Town of Klyukvin
- The Village of Khomutovo
- Might Is Right
- End Matter
- Glossary
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