Baltic Saga
30 hrs. 58 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Evgeny Voiskunsky
Author
Evgeny Voiskunsky
Narrator
Alexey Voskoboynikov
Narrator
Alexey Voskoboynikov
Description
The first works by Evgeny Voyskunsky were devoted to war—the years of his youthful service at the front during the Great Patriotic War. Naturally, who else could tell such stories better than a 3rd-rank captain, a recipient of two Orders of the Red Star, a participant in the defense of Hanko and Leningrad—about the people of military everyday life who were bringing Victory closer. But it was the novel “The Crew of the ‘Mekong’,” written together with his cousin Isay Lukodyanov and subtitled: “A book about the newest fantastic discoveries and ancient incidents, about the secrets of Matter, and many adventures on land and at sea,” that brought the author broad recognition. Published in the early 1960s, the book became a notable event in Soviet science fiction and, alongside the works of Ivan Efremov, the Strugatsky brothers, Kir Bulychev, and other recognized masters of the genre, achieved great success with readers.
Then new books appeared in a popular direction. But times change: the co-author was no longer there, the very era fell apart, and the harsh reality of the modern world pushed science fiction into the background. In his subsequent novels, Voyskunsky no longer writes about “the secrets of Matter” and risky voyages—he turns again to the earlier, military theme, to “adventures” (if one can call them that) that are real, lived by him personally, and that determined his fate.
“Kronstadt,” “The World Is Close,” “Rumyantsev Square,” and other books by Voyskunsky tell of the steadfastness and courage of Baltic sailors, of the feat of Leningraders who endured the blockade; in them, the key concepts for the author—duty, the homeland, personal responsibility to the present and the future—resound especially clearly. However, the highest point of his military (and broader, life) prose was the epic novel “The Baltic Saga”—the writer’s last book in his creative biography: a wide panorama and an attempt to comprehend the most recent Russian history through the destinies of several generations of Leningraders who linked their lives to the fleet.
Then new books appeared in a popular direction. But times change: the co-author was no longer there, the very era fell apart, and the harsh reality of the modern world pushed science fiction into the background. In his subsequent novels, Voyskunsky no longer writes about “the secrets of Matter” and risky voyages—he turns again to the earlier, military theme, to “adventures” (if one can call them that) that are real, lived by him personally, and that determined his fate.
“Kronstadt,” “The World Is Close,” “Rumyantsev Square,” and other books by Voyskunsky tell of the steadfastness and courage of Baltic sailors, of the feat of Leningraders who endured the blockade; in them, the key concepts for the author—duty, the homeland, personal responsibility to the present and the future—resound especially clearly. However, the highest point of his military (and broader, life) prose was the epic novel “The Baltic Saga”—the writer’s last book in his creative biography: a wide panorama and an attempt to comprehend the most recent Russian history through the destinies of several generations of Leningraders who linked their lives to the fleet.
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