By ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ² Π.
Π‘Π±ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΠΎΠ² ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΠ²Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ²Π° ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΡΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½Ρ ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ°Ρ ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ΄Π°, ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π² 30βΡ β40βΡ Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°Ρ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π² ΡΠΏΠ°Π΄ΠΎΠΊ ΠΊ Π½Π°ΡΠ°Π»Ρ XXI Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ°. ΠΠ²ΡΠΎΡ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π·Π° ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΊΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΡΡ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½Ρ ΡΠΎΡΠΌΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π»Π°ΡΡ ΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΡΠΊΠ°Π½Ρ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠ΅ Π½Π°Π΄Π΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΠΈ ΡΡΡΠ΄Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°Π»ΠΈ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΆΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈ, ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠ΅ Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ΄Π°, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΈ ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅Π²Π½ΠΈ, ΠΈΡΡΠ΅Π·Π°ΡΡ. Π’Π΅ΠΊΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½Ρ ΡΠ΅Π°Π»ΠΈΡΡΠΈΡΠ½ΡΡ Π΄Π΅ΡΠ°Π»Π΅ΠΉ Π±ΡΡΠ°, Π½ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π΄Π°ΡΡ Π³Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΡΡΠ²ΡΡΠ²Π°, ΡΡΠΎΡΡΠΈΠ΅ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ Β«Π°Π΄ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΠ³Π»ΠΎΠΉΒ» ΠΈ Β«ΡΠ°Π΅ΠΌΒ». ΠΠ°Π·Π²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³ΠΈ Π·Π°ΠΈΠΌΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΎ ΠΈΠ· Β«ΠΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠΈΒ» (ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ½Ρ IV ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈ) Π² ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π΅ ΠΠΌΠΈΡΡΠΈΡ ΠΠΈΠ½Π°. ΠΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° Π±ΡΠ΄Π΅Ρ ΠΈΠ½ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠ½Π° ΡΠ΅ΠΌ, ΠΊΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ·ΡΡΠ°Π΅Ρ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΡ ΡΡΡΡΠΊΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ·Ρ, ΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΠΊΡΠ»ΡΡΡΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΏΠ°ΠΌΡΡΡ ΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ΄Π°Ρ .
The collection brings together short stories and novellas by Evgeny Kasimov that depict everyday life in a typical Sovietβera mining town, a soβcalled monogorod, which was founded in the 1930sβ40s and began to die out at the turn of the century. The narratives trace the townβs brief, intense existence, its social fabric, and the inevitable disappearance that mirrors the fate of many Russian villages. Kasimov captures both the gritty reality of the workers and the lingering human hopes that persist amid decay. The bookβs title, βBetween Hellβs Darkness and Paradise,β is drawn from Danteβs Divine Comedy (Canto IV, Inferno) as rendered by translator Dmitry Min. The work is intended for readers interested in contemporary Russian prose, social history, and the cultural memory of postβindustrial communities.