The theme of the war in Russian literature
Very often, congratulating our friends or relatives, we wish them a peaceful sky over their heads. We do not want their families to undergo the hard trials of war. War! These five letters carry a sea of blood, tears, suffering, and most importantly, the death of people dear to our heart. On our planet, wars have always been. Always the hearts of people overwhelmed the pain of loss. From everywhere where the war is going on, you can hear the moaning of mothers, the crying of children and the deafening explosions that tear our souls and hearts. To our great happiness, we know about the war only from feature films and literary works. A lot of trials fell to the lot of our country. At the beginning of the XIX century, Russia was shaken by the Patriotic War of 1812. The patriotic spirit of the Russian people was shown by Leo Tolstoy in his epic novel War and Peace. Guerrilla warfare, Borodino battle – all this and much more is before us personally. We become witnesses of the terrible
Five girls and their military commander F. Basque are on the Sinyukhina ridge with sixteen fascists, who are going to the railway, absolutely sure that nobody knows about the course of their operation. In a difficult situation were our soldiers: you can not retreat, but stay, as the Germans call them seeds. But there is no way out! Behind the back of the Motherland! And these girls are making a fearless feat. At the cost of their lives they stop the enemy and prevent him from implementing his terrible plans. And what carefree was the life of these girls before the war?! They studied, worked, enjoyed life. And suddenly! Airplanes, tanks, guns, shots, screams, moans… But they did not break down and gave away for the victory the most precious thing they had – life. They gave their lives for their country. But on earth there is a civil war on which a person can give his life without knowing for what. 1918 year. Russia. A brother kills a brother, a father a son, a son a father. Everything is mixed in the fire of anger, everything depreciates: love, kinship, human life. M. Tsvetaeva writes: Brothers, here she is the extreme bet! For the third year, Abel and Cain are already fighting… People are becoming weapons in the hands of the authorities. Splitting into two camps, friends become enemies, relatives – forever strangers. This difficult time narrates I. Babel, A. Fadeyev and many others. I. Babel served in the ranks of the First Cavalry Army of Budyonny. There he kept his diary, which later turned into the famous work “The Cavalry.” In the stories of “Cavalry” refers to a man who was in the fire of the Civil War. The protagonist Lytov tells us about individual episodes of the campaign of the First Cavalry Army of Budyonny, which was famous for its victories. But in the pages of the stories we do not feel a victorious spirit. We see the cruelty of the Red Army men, their cold-bloodedness and indifference. They can kill an old Jew without the slightest hesitation, but what is more terrible, they can finish off their wounded friend without a moment’s hesitation. But for what it’s all? I. Babel does not answer this question. He leaves behind his reader the right to think. The topic of war in Russian literature has been and remains relevant. Writers are trying to convey to the readers the whole truth, whatever it is. From the pages of their works we learn that war is not only the joy of victory and the bitterness of defeat, but the war is a harsh routine, filled with blood, pain, and violence. The memory of these days will live in our memory forever. Perhaps, the day will come when the moaning and crying of mothers, volleys and shots will cease on earth,
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