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Sofia Petrovna RU

Софья Петровна

Lydia Chukovskaia

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Sofia Petrovna

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Lydia Chukovskaia. \Sofia Petrovna,\" Novyi Zhurnal 83 (1966), 5-45; and 84 (1966), 5-46."

Author

Lydia Chukovskaia

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Russian

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Russian

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Лидия Чуковская. \Софья Петровна\" // Новый журнал 83 (1966), 5-45 и 84 (1966), 5-46."

Lydia Chukovskaia. \Sofia Petrovna,\" Novyi Zhurnal 83 (1966), 5-45; and 84 (1966), 5-46."

Paratexts 4

Preface 1974

Christopher S. Wren. Moscow Writers Expel Novelist: Christopher Wren

MOSCOW, Jan. 9 – The Moscow Writers Union today expelled Lidiya K. Chukovskaya, a prominent novelist, for having come to the defense of the dissident atomic physicist Andrei D. Sakharov when he was under attack last fall.

Miss Chukovskaya, who is 66...

Preface 1974

Zhores Medvedev. False Detective Story in the Newspaper 'Sovetskaia Rossiia': Michael Scammell

Preface 1967

Alexander Werth. A Classic of the Purge: Alexander Werth

Preface 1972

Court Hearing of Lydia Chukovskaia Against the Publishing House 'Sovetskii pisatel'

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Reviews 7

Review 1979

Marika Boshyk. Review of The Deserted House (1978) by Lydia Chukovskaia: Alexis Klimoff

The author states that her story's claim to the reader's attention lies in its documentary value as a work written with the impression of the events of the great purges still fresh in her mind. Written...

Review 1980

Victor Terras. Review of The Deserted House (1978) by Lydia Chukovskaia: Victor Terras

Lydia Chukovskaia’s short novel, written in 1939-40 and first published in 1966, appears here in a reprint of Aline B. Werth’s excellent 1967 translation, which was based, unfortunately, on the Paris book version (Opustelyi dom)...

Review 1966

Grigory Aronson. Review of Novyi Zhurnal, №83: Yuri Bolshukhin

Review 1966

Yuri Terapiano. Review of Novyi Zhurnal, №83: Yuri Terapiano

Review 1966

Yuri Terapiano. Review of Novyi Zhurnal, №84: Yuri Terapiano

Review 1967

Harrison E. Salisbury. Loyalty was the Error: Evgeny Evtushenko

On Dec. 1, 1934, Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg was 27 years old, the mother of two young children, wife of a local Communist party official in the Volga River city of Kazan, a teacher, a worker on the local newspaper...

Review 1972

E.B. Going Under: Kornei Chukovsky

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Correspondence 1966

Kornei Chukovsky - Lydia Chukovskaia (May 31, 1966): Kornei Chukovsky

Dear Lyda. Yesterday I received a letter from the United States stating that a Russian magazine printed the first part of "Sofiya Petrovna" with a note from the editors that the novella is being published without the knowledge or consent of the author...

Correspondence 1965

Yuri Annenkov - Kornei Chukovsky. 1965: Yuri Annenkov

I am writing to you <…> also because the Parisian publishing house Piat’ Kontinentov asked me to find out if you received Lyda’s book, which they released in several test copies to be sent to you and Lyda. The publisher really wants to know your opinion on his work and about the potential future of the book...

Correspondence 1966

Yuri Annenkov - Lydia Chukovskaia (November 11, 1966): Yuri Annenkov

I am very thankful to you for your letter and your response to the book. I do not think you will object the question of translating it into French. As for the introductory article, I think an article by the academic Troyat the academic would be the most valuable...