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Mar 13, 2007 · A Writer at War depicts in vivid detail the crushing conditions on the Eastern Front, and the lives and deaths of soldiers and civilians alike. Witnessing some of the most savage fighting of the war, Grossman saw firsthand the repeated early defeats of the Red Army, the brutal street fighting in Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk (the largest tank ...
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Vasily II Vasilyevich [a] ( Russian: Василий II Васильевич; 10 March 1415 – 27 March 1462), nicknamed the Blind or the Dark (Тёмный), was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1425 until his death in 1462. [3] He succeeded his father, Vasily I, only to be challenged by his uncle Dmitry Shemyaka. [4] [b] During this time, Moscow ...
- 27 February 1425 – 27 March 1462, (disputed from 1425 to 1453)
- Sophia of Lithuania
Sometimes a work of fiction can convey the drama and emotions of an era more powerfully than even the best works of history. Vasily Grossman’s novel is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the Soviet experience of the Second World War. Grossman, who had spent much of the war embedded with the Red Army, recreates the sights ...
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Vasily Semyonovich Grossman ( Russian: Васи́лий Семёнович Гро́ссман; 12 December (29 November, Julian calendar) 1905 – 14 September 1964) was a Soviet writer and journalist. Born to a Jewish family in Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire, Grossman trained as a chemical engineer at Moscow State University, earning ...
- Writer, journalist
- Soviet Union
- 1934–1964
A Writer at War. : In the summer of 1941, as the Germans invade Russia, newspaper reporter Vasily Grossman is swept to the frontlines, witnessing some of the most savage atrocities in Russian history. As Grossman follows the Red Army from the defence of Moscow, to the carnage at Stalingrad, to the Nazi genocide in Treblinka, his writings paint ...
- Antony Beevor, Luba Vinogradova
- Vasily Grossman
- Antony Beevor, Luba Vinogradova
by Antony Beevor. Read. 1 Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman and translated by Robert Chandler. 2 Hitler by Ian Kershaw. 3 Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944 by Anna Reid. 4 A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous. 5 Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder.
Vasily II Vasilyevich , also known as Vasily the Blind or Vasily the Dark , was a Grand Prince of Moscow in the 15th century. When his father died in 1425, the 10-year-old Vasily and his uncle Dmitry Shemyaka started fighting over the right to the throne, causing the Muscovite War of Succession . At one point, Vasily was captured and blinded by his opponents. Only after winning a decades-long ...
