Killed Near Moscow
9 hrs. 17 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Konstantin Vorobyov
Author
Konstantin Vorobyov
Narrator
Filipp Matveev-Vitovsky
Narrator
Filipp Matveev-Vitovsky
Description
A truthful account of the defense of Moscow in the autumn of 1941
Konstantin Dmitrievich Vorobyov (1919–1975) is a writer, a participant in the Great Patriotic War. As a Kremlin cadet, in the rank of lieutenant he fought under Moscow. Near Klin, in December 1941, a concussion wounds Lieutenant Vorobyov and he is captured. He was held in the Kлинськ, Rzhev, Smolensk, Kaunas, Salaspils, and Šiauliai POW camps (1941–1943). He escaped from captivity twice and led a partisan group.
The stories “Kрик[/b]” (1962) and “Killed near Moscow[/b]” (1963) are a truthful account of the defense of Moscow in the autumn of 1941.
While in the underground in 1943, Vorobyov wrote an autobiographical tale “It’s us, Lord!” (published in 1986) about what he experienced in captivity. This work has such artistic significance that, according to V. Astafiev, “even in an unfinished form… it can—and should—stand on the same shelf as Russian classics.”
The story “A German in Felt Boots” (1966) is based on a real fact from camp life. In Salaspils, in a POW camp, Vorobyov met a guard who felt sympathy for the captured Russian man and began bringing him bread.
Although the story “Fish Broth Without Salt” (1968) takes place in peacetime, the terrible echoes of war still linger for a long time in the hearts of those who lived through it.
Konstantin Dmitrievich Vorobyov (1919–1975) is a writer, a participant in the Great Patriotic War. As a Kremlin cadet, in the rank of lieutenant he fought under Moscow. Near Klin, in December 1941, a concussion wounds Lieutenant Vorobyov and he is captured. He was held in the Kлинськ, Rzhev, Smolensk, Kaunas, Salaspils, and Šiauliai POW camps (1941–1943). He escaped from captivity twice and led a partisan group.
The stories “Kрик[/b]” (1962) and “Killed near Moscow[/b]” (1963) are a truthful account of the defense of Moscow in the autumn of 1941.
While in the underground in 1943, Vorobyov wrote an autobiographical tale “It’s us, Lord!” (published in 1986) about what he experienced in captivity. This work has such artistic significance that, according to V. Astafiev, “even in an unfinished form… it can—and should—stand on the same shelf as Russian classics.”
The story “A German in Felt Boots” (1966) is based on a real fact from camp life. In Salaspils, in a POW camp, Vorobyov met a guard who felt sympathy for the captured Russian man and began bringing him bread.
Although the story “Fish Broth Without Salt” (1968) takes place in peacetime, the terrible echoes of war still linger for a long time in the hearts of those who lived through it.
