Heroes of defeat. Gordin Ya.A.

Yakov Gordin is a famous Russian prose writer and publicist, the author of many books on historical topics: “The Death of Pushkin”, “Rebel of the Reformers”, “Between slavery and freedom”, “Call in the darkness”, “The Crown Path of the winners”, “History great utopia. The thought and fate of Leo Tolstoy ”and others. This collection represents the elected essays of the author, dedicated to the key moments of Russian history of the XVIII - XX centuries.

Studying such a wide time period, Gordin seeks to overcome the discreteness characteristic of most historical narratives, and get closer to understanding the hidden relationships of distant events. The result of the chosen optics is unexpected rapprochement and bold parallels that allow you to see the underwater flow of history that invisibly determine its movement.

“Winners write the story” - the famous aphorism reads. Gordin's book makes you care about these words, because the final triumph is promised only by truth, whose light often appears in the life of other heroes - heroes of defeat.