Wave Of Russian Emigration Research Articles

«Старый рок», «Согдлядатай суровый», «Сержант Командоров». Трансформации образа Командора в русской поэзии первой половины XX века

Предметом интереса в данной статье является поэма Дон Жуан Николая Оцупа – поэта первой волны русской эмиграции. Поэма подвергается сравнительному анализу со стихотворением Александра Блока Шаги Командора и с поэмой Давида Самойлова Шаги Командорова. Автором делается ряд замечаний по поводу общих для поэтов образов, символов, звуковых и цветовых характеристик. Анализ выбранных стихотворений приводит автора к раскрытию общей тенденции изображения Командора и разработки мотива расплаты в русской поэзии первой половины XX столетия.

Образ славянства на примере первой русской волны эмиграции во Франции

Образ славянства на примере первой русской волны эмиграции во Франции

World War II in the Literary Perception of Three Waves of Russian Emigration

The article considers the theme of World War II through the literary and artistic prism of the three waves of Russian emigration as a special area of ideological and philosophical differences. The author analyzes artistic and documentary texts by G. Gazdanov, V. Varshavsky, V. Andreev (the first wave of Russian emigration), B. Shiryaev, L. Rzhevsky, G. Andreev (Khomyakov), I. Yelagin (the second wave of emigration), G. Vladimov, A. Zinoviev (the third wave). The author reconstructs the multidimensional and ambiguous perception of war, characteristic of the representatives of different periods of emigration: patriotic, antifascist, collaborationist, philosophical, critical and patriotic at the same time. In every writer’s works the theme of war is considered in relation to their personal destiny and world outlook. The material in the article is structured according to the principle of historical chronology (the first wave, the second, and the third wave), however, the analysis of individual works focuses on a certain and quite individual viewpoint. The juxtaposition and comparison of these viewpoints gives an idea about the controversy over World War II, reflecting political and moral, ethical and even existential attitudes of emigre writers.

Russian Writers in Emigration: the Creative Path of S.S. Maksimov

As all the authors of the second wave of Rus sian emigration, the writer Sergey Maksimov is almost unknown in his native land. The article is devoted to his sad and dramatic fate. It analyzes Maksimov’s artistic heritage - not too vast, but noteworthy. He dealt with all types of literature: epics, novels, short stories, poems, plays, and sketches. The article aims to introduce this writer’s name to the cultural and scientific circulation of our country. The main theme in Maximov’s works was the fate of a tal ented artist in the situation of growing totalitarianism - in the USSR during the period of Stalin’s government, to be more exact. The main book of the author - “Denis Bush uev” - is devoted to this theme. The same is true for his story “In Twilight” and some short stories about Stalin’s repressions. Basing on his own experience, the writer also described in details the life of Stalin’s prisoners: in prison and after that. Literary figures of the Russian emigration sometimes notice S.S. Maksimov’s works and usually highly assess them. He is recognized as a successor of the traditions of the Russian clas sical literature - L.N. Tolstoy’s, F.M. Dostoyevsky’s, S.A. Yes enin’s, first of all.

A Generation Gone “Odvukon”: Literary Heritage of G. Andreev (Khomyakov) in the Context of the Creative Fate of the “Young” Writers of the First Wave of Russian Emigration

The article makes an attempt to expand the boundaries of the long-established idea of the “unnoticed generation” of Russian emigre writers by comparing the fates and literary works of emigre “sons” and their contemporaries from Soviet Russia, and in this case — the ones who came to the West during World War II. The author focuses on the creative work of G. A. Andreev (Khomyakov), who consistently reproduced the life of his generation in its Soviet manifestation in his documentary and autobiographical prose: prisons and camps; the participation in the Soviet construction and production; the fate of a soldier during the war. The three thematic layers (camp — production — military) almost completely overlap with the overriding blocks of the auto-documentary plot that is recurrent in the works of “young” writers of white emigration: the Russian Civil War; declassed existence in a foreign country; participation in the Resistance. Referring to the content and thematic levels, the author points out the traits of generational unity in the works of G. Andreev (Khomyakov) and many representatives of the “young” literature of the first wave of emigration.

EPISODES OF JOURNALISTIC PROCESS OF THE THIRD WAVE OF RUSSIAN EMIGRATION: IDEOLOGICAL AND AESTHETIC OPPOSITION OF JOURNALS «CONTINENT» AND «SYNTAX»

В статье рассматривается проблема взаимодействия России с Абхазией, Южной Осетией и Приднестровьем с 1991 по 2008 гг. Автор характеризует формирование основ нового внешнеполитического курса России. Выделены три этапа развития внешней политики России, каждый из которых охарактеризован. Указываются внутриполитические аспекты развития России, повлиявшие на становление внешней политики. Анализируются политико-дипломатические усилия в направлении разрешения этнонациональных конфликтов в указанных республиках. Доказываются и обосновываются причины ухудшения отношений России с Грузией и Молдавией, выявляются аргументы, подтверждающие линию России во внешней политике. На основе проведенного исследования сделаны выводы, обосновывающие российскую позицию в грузино-югоосетинском конфликте 2008 г., а также обозначена российская линия в вопросах международно-правового признания непризнанных государств.

IDEAS AND ACTIVITY OF “UNION TO STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION OF RUSSIAN NATIONS”

Second wave of Russian emigration caused by World War 2 was a complicated social event. The citizens of USSR were divided in those who were brought to Germany against their will and were fearing that after their return to the USSR they will be punished by the government, and those who deliberately chose collaborationism with the enemy. It was this part of emigrants abroad who started the most intense political activity. Considering themselves as ideological fighters against Communist regime in the USSR its representatives formed a number of political organizations in order to struggle for “liberation of the country from Bolshevism”. This article is devoted to the issues connected with activity, ideology and political platform of the “Union to struggle for liberation of the nations of Russia”. Results of this study can facilitate deeper understanding of aspects of history of Russian emigration community after World War 2. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/2218-7405-2013-10-1

Из проблематики духовных ценностей русского православия – „Дневник писателя” эмигранта Б.К. Зайцева

The prose written by a representative of the First Wave of Russian Emigration – B.K. Zaytsev – has been investigated in Poland since the 1980s, and at the beginning of the 21st century we know that there are some academic centers and researchers that have dedicated their work to different aspects of the prose written by the author of ’A Writer’s Diary’. This article examines Zaytsev’s essays devoted to the spiritual values of the Russian Orthodox Church. Their essence is described in Zaytsev’s essays about John of Kronstadt or the Optina Hermitage, which is where Russian notables such as N. Gogol, V. Solovyov, K. Leontyev, F. Dostoyevsky or even L. Tolstoy himself came to seek advice. Zaytsev’s essays: ‘The history of the Russian soul’ and ‘One more time about Athos’ are very important as they provide an understanding of the values of the Russian Orthodox Church. In the latter the author contemplates his visit to the monks of Athos reminiscing about their kindness, rectitude and modesty which, according to Zaytsev, ‘calmed his own soul’.

The First Wave of Russian Emigration: New Perspectives following the Fall of the Berlin Wall

The First Wave of Russian Emigration: New Perspectives following the Fall of the Berlin Wall