By ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΊΠΈΠ½Π° (Π ΠΈΠΌΡΠΊΠ°Ρ-ΠΠΎΡΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ²Π°) Π.Π.
ΠΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° ΠΡΠΈΠ½Ρ ΠΠ»Π°Π΄ΠΈΠΌΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π½Ρ ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΊΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΉ, Π²Π½ΡΡΠΊΠΈ Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΏΠΎΠ·ΠΈΡΠΎΡΠ° ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°Ρ ΠΠ½Π΄ΡΠ΅Π΅Π²ΠΈΡΠ° Π ΠΈΠΌΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ-ΠΠΎΡΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ²Π°, ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΉ Π³Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΊΡΡ ΠΈ ΠΈΡΠΊΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΡ ΡΡΠ°Π³ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΡΡ Π»Π΅ΡΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΡ. Π ΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ²ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΎ Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π°ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΡΡ , ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π² Π ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΄Π°Π½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π²ΠΎΠΉΠ½Ρ, ΡΡΠΎΠ»ΠΊΠ½ΡΠ²ΡΠΈΡΡ Ρ Π²ΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ΅ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠΉ. ΠΠ½ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠ·Π°Π½ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΎΠΉ Π»ΡΠ΄Π΅ΠΉ, ΠΏΠΎΠ±Π΅ΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½Π½ΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡΠ²Π°ΠΌΠΈ, Π½ΠΎ ΡΠΎΡ ΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΈΡ Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠΎΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ, ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π°Π»Ρ ΠΈ Π³Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΊΡΡ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠ²Ρ ΠΊ Π ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½Π΅. ΠΡΠΎ Π½Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ΅ ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎ, Π° ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡ Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ, ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡΠ²Π° ΠΈ ΡΡΠΎΠΉΠΊΠΎΡΡΠΈ, ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΠ°Ρ ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΡΡ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½Ρ ΡΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΈ Π΅Π΅ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡΠΌΠΈ. ΠΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΡΠ΅ ΠΎΠΏΡΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΎ Π² Π½Π°ΡΠ°Π»Π΅ 1990-Ρ Π³ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ², ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ Π±ΡΡΡΡΠΎ ΡΡΠ°Π» Π±ΠΈΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΊΠΎΡΡΡΡ.
Authored by Irina Vladimirovna Golovkina, granddaughter of the renowned Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, this novel is a profound and sincere tragic chronicle. The narrative follows several aristocratic families who chose to remain in Russia after the Revolution and Civil War, subsequently enduring waves of repression. It deeply explores the lives of individuals vanquished by circumstances yet unwavering in their dignity, ideals, and profound love for their homeland. More than a historical account, it is a poignant story of loyalty, betrayal, and resilience, depicting life with all its inherent complexities. First published posthumously in the early 1990s, this powerful novel quickly achieved the status of a bibliographic rarity.