By Π₯Π°ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠΎ Π.Π.
ΠΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° ΠΏΡΠΈΠ·Π½Π°Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ° ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΎΡΠΌΡ ΠΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ»Π°Π²Π° Π₯Π°ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠΈΡ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·Ρ, Π΄Π΅ΠΌΠΎΠ½ΡΡΡΠΈΡΡΡΡΠΈΠ΅ ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·ΠΈΠ΅ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΠ°Π»Π°Π½ΡΠ°. Π ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅ Β«ΠΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅ Π² ΠΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΒ» Π°Π²ΡΠΎΡ ΠΈΡΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ Π²Π»Π°ΡΡΠΈ, ΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΡΠ²Π°Ρ Π²ΡΠΌΡΡΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΡ ΡΡΡΠ°Π½Ρ Ρ Π±Π΅ΡΡΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌ Π»ΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ Π½Π°Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ°Π΅ΠΌΡΠΌΠΈ Π΄Π΅ΠΏΡΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ. ΠΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΡ Β«Π‘ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π΄Π²ΠΎΡΠΈΠΊΒ» Π³Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΊΠΎ ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΡΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ Π΄ΡΠ°ΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΡΡΠ΄ΡΠ±Ρ ΠΆΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΠΉ ΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΠΏΡΡΠΈΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅ΠΊ, ΡΡΠΎΠ»ΠΊΠ½ΡΠ²ΡΠΈΡ ΡΡ Ρ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΈΡ Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ². Π‘Π΅ΠΌΠ΅ΠΉΠ½Π°Ρ ΡΠ°Π³Π° Β«ΠΠ΅ΡΠ²ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΡΠΌΠ΅Ρ Β» ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ Π² 1945 Π³ΠΎΠ΄, ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ²ΡΡ ΠΎ Π³Π΅ΡΠΎΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ, Π½ΠΎ ΡΡΠ°Π³ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π±ΠΈΡΠ²Π΅, Π³Π΄Π΅ ΠΈΠ· Π΄ΠΈΠ²ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΠΎΠ½Π° ΠΏΡΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ² ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ ΠΠ΄Π΅ΡΠΎΠΌ Π²ΡΠΆΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π²ΠΎΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΠΈΠ· ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠΎΡ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ. ΠΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²Π΅Π΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ Π₯Π°ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠΎ ΡΠ²Π»ΡΡΡΡΡ Π»Π°ΡΡΠ΅Π°ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠΆΠ½ΡΡ Π»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΈΠΉ, Π²ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ°Ρ ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΈΡ, Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Π²Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π² Π»ΠΎΠ½Π³- ΠΈ ΡΠΎΡΡ-Π»ΠΈΡΡΡ Β«ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π±Π΅ΡΡΡΠ΅Π»Π»Π΅ΡΠ°Β», Β«Π―ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΠΎΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΒ» ΠΈ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΡ .
This collection by Vyacheslav Kharchenko, a recognized master of short-form prose, features new novellas and stories showcasing the breadth of his talent. The historical epic "Journey to Iturea" delves into themes of power, portraying a fictional country ruled by a self-appointed lifelong president and an appointed parliament. The novella "Stalin's Courtyard" profoundly explores the dramatic fates of residents in Stalin-era five-story buildings facing forced demolition. The family saga "Nervous Laughter" transports the reader to a heroic yet tragic 1945 battle on the Oder, where only eight out of four hundred members of a searchlight division survived. Kharchenko's works have garnered prestigious literary accolades, including the Voloshin Prize, and have been shortlisted for major awards such as the "National Bestseller" and "Yasnaya Polyana."