Punch Vodka

10 hrs. 9 min.

Language Russian

Author Mark Aldanov

Narrator Alexander Khorlin

Description

In the works offered to listeners, Mark Aldanov presents portraits of famous historical figures—figures of politics, science, and art (Lomonosov, Michelangelo, Minich, Paul I, Azev, and others)—who had a major influence on the course of history and the cultural development of Europe and Russia. Vivid, sharpened characterizations, an objective look of a historian, and magnificent Russian language—everything fully belongs to Aldanov’s prose.

Contents:
1. Punch Vodka
2. Conspiracy (chapters from the novel)
3. The Belvedere Torso
4. General Pichegru
5. Speransky and the Decembrists
6. Azev