Lord Novgorod the Great
8 hrs. 1 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Dmitry Balashov
Author
Dmitry Balashov
Narrator
Alexander Aravushkin
Narrator
Alexander Aravushkin
Description
Dmitry Balashov’s writing career began with the story "Lord Great Novgorod" (1967)—by the philologist-ruist, folklorist, and historian who is the author of the famous cycle of historical novels "Moscow Rulers." The first literary effort of the scholar paved the way for a more grand work: the novel "Marfa the Commander’s Wife" (1972), also dedicated to dramatic episodes in the history of the Novgorod Republic.
From the very first literary works of Dmitry Balashov, characteristic traits of his mature style are evident: both the novella and the subsequent novel extremely convincingly and reliably depict life in Novgorod society of those distant centuries—the everyday life and spiritual life. By populating the ancient republic with expressive characters, partly historical and partly invented, Balashov turned not only the speech of his characters, but also the author’s own text into a masterful stylization of the language of ancient Russian literary monuments.
The novella "Lord Great Novgorod" is devoted to the heroic era of the Novgorod Republic and tells about the 1268 campaign in Livonia and the grand victory in the Battle of Rakovor.
From the very first literary works of Dmitry Balashov, characteristic traits of his mature style are evident: both the novella and the subsequent novel extremely convincingly and reliably depict life in Novgorod society of those distant centuries—the everyday life and spiritual life. By populating the ancient republic with expressive characters, partly historical and partly invented, Balashov turned not only the speech of his characters, but also the author’s own text into a masterful stylization of the language of ancient Russian literary monuments.
The novella "Lord Great Novgorod" is devoted to the heroic era of the Novgorod Republic and tells about the 1268 campaign in Livonia and the grand victory in the Battle of Rakovor.
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