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From: Vera Beljakova <>
Subject: [GV] video film: 1919 / Mamontov Raid /Fedin's novel
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 21:44:51 +0200


Enjoy !

The 1919 Mamontov Cossack Raid (with 8000 best men [sabres] ) -
from the Volga to Tambov - is depicted in the novel "An Unusual Summer"
by Saratov-born novelist of international acclaim, Konstatin Fedin,
who fought for the Reds in the Civil War.

Details of video: V-5248 - UNUSUAL SUMMER, AN
The film is a screen adaptation of
Konstantin Fedin's novel of the same
title. Russian/No English subtitles................... VHS

http://www.pitt.edu/~ciddeweb/INSTRUCTIONAL-MEDIA/FILM/UA-UZ.htm

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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSfedin.htm

Saratov-born Konstantin Fedin - "Unsual Summer" deals with
Civil War and Mamontov Raid, published in 1948.
Told from the "Red" side.

Konstantin Fedin was born in Saratov, Russia on 12th February, 1892. He joined
the Russian Army during the First World War and after being captured he was
imprisoned in Germany.

In 1918 Fedin was released and after arriving back in Russia joined the Red
Army and
fought during the Civil War. His first story, The Orchard, was published in
1920.

After the Second World War Fedin's began to conform to the requirements of
Socialist Realism. First Joys (1946) and An Unusual Summer (1948), were highly
praised in both the Soviet Union and the rest of Europe.

In 1959 Fedin was elected President of the Soviet Writers' Union. A post he held
until
1971 when he was elected chairman of the executive board

Vera Beljakova





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