By ΠΡΠΎΡΡ ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ°Π½Π΄Ρ
ΠΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ°Π½Π΄ΡΠ° ΠΡΠΎΡΡΠ° Β«Π‘Π²ΠΈΡΡΡΠ»ΡΠΊΠΈΠ½Β» - Π±Π»ΠΈΡΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΠΌΠΈΡΡΠΈΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΡ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΈΡ Π΄Π°Π²Π½ΠΎ Π½Π΅ Π·Π½Π°Π»Π° ΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½Π°Ρ Π»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΠ°. Π’Π΅Π½Ρ Π·Π»ΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΠΉΡΠΊΠΈ ΡΠ±ΠΈΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π²Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠ°Π½Π° ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΌΠΊΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π±Π°ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΠΉ ΡΠΎ ΠΈ Π΄Π΅Π»ΠΎ ΡΠ²Π»ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΠΌΠΈΡΠ° ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π² ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ΅ ΠΌΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΡ ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΈ. Π ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ Π½ΠΎΡΡ Π² ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ ΡΡΠΎ ΠΎΡΡΡΡΠΎΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΠΈΡ Π°ΠΉΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ Π΄Π²ΠΎΡΡΠ΅, ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅Ρ Π² Π€ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ , ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΎΠΈ ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°Ρ I Π² ΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠ½ ΠΠ΅ΠΊΠ°Π±ΡΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π²ΠΎΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡ, ΡΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ ΠΌΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΡ ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°Ρ II, ΡΡΡΠ°ΡΠ½Π°Ρ Π·ΠΈΠΌΠ° 1942 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π° Π² ΠΎΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΡΠ½Π½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ½Π³ΡΠ°Π΄Π΅ - Π²Π΅Π·Π΄Π΅ ΠΎΠ±Π½Π°ΡΡΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°Π΅ΡΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ·ΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π°Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π·Π°ΡΠΈΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ° ΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π° ΠΡΠ·ΡΠΌΡ Π‘ΡΠ΅ΠΏΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΠ° Π‘Π²ΠΈΡΡΡΠ»ΡΠΊΠΈΠ½Π°. ΠΠ½ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Π°Π΅Ρ, ΠΎΠ½ Π½Π°ΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΠ΅Ρ, ΠΎΠ½ ΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΈΡΡΡ ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈ Π±Π΅Π΄Ρ, ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΏΠ»Π΅ΡΠ°Ρ Π²Π΅ΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΡ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡ Π ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΈ Ρ ΠΌΠΈΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΌ ΡΡΠΆΠ΅ΡΠΎΠΌ.
Alexander Prost's "Svistulkin" is a brilliant mystification, a rarity in contemporary Russian literature. The ghost of a brutally murdered veteran of the Potemkin battles repeatedly appears to powerful figures at pivotal moments in Russian history. From a fateful night in the newly built Mikhailovsky Palace to the council at Fili, the chambers of Nicholas I on the eve of the Decembrist uprising, and the tragic final years of Nicholas II's reign, and the terrible winter of 1942 in besieged Leningradβeverywhere, the spectral trace of the loyal defender of the fatherland, Kuzma Stepanovich Svistulkin, is found. He warns, he guides, and he strives to avert disaster, weaving a compelling narrative through centuries of Russian turmoil.