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1) Taras Bulba
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Language
Russian
Description
"Taras Bulba" by Nikolai Gogol is a historical novella set in 16th-century Ukraine. It follows the exploits of the Cossack warrior Taras Bulba and his two sons, Andriy and Ostap. The narrative unfolds against the backdrop of a fierce conflict between the
Author
Language
Russian
Description
In the book by Ukrainian writer Valery Primost - three stories about the life of soldiers in the Transbaikal Military District of the times of the end of the USSR.
It doesn't matter if you are strong or weak, it doesn't matter if you are an urban intellectual or a simple rural guy. The Russian Army Juggernaut will crush you and expel you - mangled and devastated. And even if you survive, something inside you will be dead forever. This book is the...
Language
Russian
Description
A father and son live together in a rooftop apartment. They have lived alone for years in their own private world. Sometimes they seem like brothers, at other times they appear to be like lovers. Following in his father's footsteps, the son, Alexei attends military school. He likes sports and has problems with his girlfriend. She is jealous of Alexei's relationship with his father. Alexei's father knows he should maybe accept a better job in another...
4) The ascent
Series
Criterion collection volume 1063
Language
Russian
Formats
Description
The crowning triumph of a career cut tragically short, Larisa Shepitko's final film won the Golden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival and went on to be hailed as one of the finest works of late-Soviet cinema. In the darkest days of World War II, two partisans set out for supplies to sustain their beleaguered outfit, braving the blizzard-swept landscape of Nazi-occupied Belarus.
5) Alexandra
Language
Russian
Description
In a desolate, sun-scorched corner of the world, an elderly woman has come to see her beloved grandson. He is a young officer stationed at a remote military outpost. With the enemy just beyond the compound, she wanders the barracks, observing the routines of military life, before making a sudden trip into the outlying countryside.
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Russian
Description
The Ascent tracks two Byelorussian peasant soldiers - one on the path to redemption, the other to hell - as they try to evade Nazi forces during World War II.
Wings: Suffocated by modern-day living, a buttoned-down headmistress reminisces about her glory days as a World War II pilot.
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