Dauria
36 hrs. 38 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Konstantin Sedykh
Author
Konstantin Sedykh
Narrator
Tatyana Telegina
Narrator
Tatyana Telegina
Description
Konstantin Sedykh’s novel “Da uria” — a kind of Siberian version of Sholokhov’s “And Quiet Flows the Don” — is an impressive panorama of life among Siberian Cossacks, a collision of private destinies with the cataclysms of Big History. “Revolution, Civil War” sparks true drama.
The novel takes place in that part of Transbaikal that used to be called Dauria. It depicts the huge changes that took place in the life of the Transbaikal Cossacks over the first two decades of the 20th century—and especially after the revolution. The focus is on the family of the Cossack Andrey Ulybin. Andrey’s beloved son Vasily becomes, during the Civil War, a reliable assistant to Sergey Laz o in the struggle against ataman Semyonov and other enemies of the revolution. In Vasily’s footsteps goes also Roman, Andrey’s grandson. The book portrays the process of class stratification among the Cossacks.
The novel takes place in that part of Transbaikal that used to be called Dauria. It depicts the huge changes that took place in the life of the Transbaikal Cossacks over the first two decades of the 20th century—and especially after the revolution. The focus is on the family of the Cossack Andrey Ulybin. Andrey’s beloved son Vasily becomes, during the Civil War, a reliable assistant to Sergey Laz o in the struggle against ataman Semyonov and other enemies of the revolution. In Vasily’s footsteps goes also Roman, Andrey’s grandson. The book portrays the process of class stratification among the Cossacks.
