In the Backwaters of a Great Empire. Vol. 1, Book 1: The Tares

18 hrs. 1 min.

Language Russian

Author Valentin Pikul

Narrator Irina Sevryugina

“On the Back Alleys of the Great Empire” is one of V. S. Pikul’s early novels. It is a panoramic narrative about the life of a provincial Russian town in a fictional, but вполне recognizable Uryon Governorate in the early 20th century. The work is written in the spirit of the satire of M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, one of Valentin Savvich’s favorite authors. The idea of the novel and the image of the main character—Prince Sergey Yakovlevich Myshetsky—arose for the writer as a result of a long and attentive study of archival documents of the State Duma.

1. In the Backwaters of a Great Empire. Vol. 1, Book 1: The Tares 1. Tares (narrated by Sergey Dadyko) 2. The White Crow (narrated by Sergey Kirsanov) 2. In the Backwaters of a Great Empire. Vol. 2, Book 2: The White Crow (narrated by Inna Fidyanina-Zubkova)