In the new book “Platoon. Officers and militia men of Russian literature,” you will find eleven biographies of writers and poets of the Golden Age—from Derzhavin and Denis Davydov to Chaadaev and Pushkin—men who knew how to hold not only a pen, but also a weapon.
They fought on the Borodino field in 1812 and entered Paris as victors, suppressed Pugachev’s uprising and the rebellion in Poland, annexed Finland, fought with Sweden, and traveled to serve in the Caucasus…
Cornet, lieutenant, staff captain, major, colonel, lieutenant general, admiral: classics of Russian literature.