Taras Bul'ba

Автор Nikolaj Gogol

В повести Н. В. Гоголя «Тарас Бульба» описывается героическая борьба украинского народа за свое национальное освобождение. Главные события произведения происходят в Запорожской Сечи. Это вольная республика, в которой живут люди свободные и равные, с сильными и мужественными характерами. Для таких людей нет ничего дороже, чем интересы народа, свобода и независимость Родины.

Тарас Бульба, главный герой повести, суровый и мужественный, ведет жизнь, полную невзгод и опасностей. Увидевшись после долгой разлуки с сыновьями, он на следующий же день спешит с ними в Сечь, к козакам.

• Язык: Русский
• Издатель: Glagoslav Epublications
• Дата выпуска: 25 янв. 2013 г.
• ISBN: 9781782679431

Отзывы о Taras Bul'ba

[tommi180744 · Рейтинг: 4 из 5 звезд]

Russian imperialism-nationalism in the shape of Cossacks that rampaged the Steppes in a seemingly ceaseless struggle with perceived and made up enemies, the natural world and their brutal-romantic nature.At least that's Gogol's 1835 and 1842 (he rewrote after much criticism by Russian authorities of its 'Ukraine bias) version of an era when Tsarist 'expansionist' policies were again stirring with resultant oppression of other nationalities including Poles, Ukrainians, Tatars, Turks etc. as well as infamous, exploitative Pogroms on Jewish populations of the Pale of Settlement.So, what of the book itself: A very well crafted and thoroughly readable story of mayhem and reflection within a family torn apart by forbidden love, unbounded fealty and reckless patriotism.Gogol offers a vigorously and engagingly written version of, but no answers to the age old question of whether and at what cost to individuals and society 'love conquers all'?Thoroughly enjoyable read - the context of its origins have to be born in mind.

[meditationesmartini · Рейтинг: 4 из 5 звезд]

Nikolai Gogolis an enabler, and Taras Bulba is an enabling act. Are the Poles stupid? Yes they are, and considering this was written after the Tsar had completely subdued their shit, that is reprehensible. Are the Jews greedy? Natch, although they do help Taras Bulba out a bit, to be fair. Are the Turks heathen filth? They are in 1500, so in 1835, encroach, encroach, encroach. Are the Cossacks mighty and blameless, except for living in violent times? They are, and the Russian Tsar will rule the earth, and I haven't read Dead Souls but judging from this book Gogol is a total sycophantic suck.On the other hand: Medieval Russian cowboys. Theme RPG waiting to happen. Especially keeping in mind that last story, "Vengeance" whatever.

[gbill_7 · Рейтинг: 4 из 5 звезд]

Nikolai Gogol wrote of the absurd in stories like Dead Souls and The Overcoat, and here he ostensibly finds that in the historical, for the utter disregard for peace and order that the 16th century Cossacks (living in what is now Ukraine), and their appetite for war and carousing, certainly appears absurd. Upon the return of his two sons from a seminary in Kiev, Taras Bulba spurs the Cossacks to start a war for no other reason than to gain battle experience for them. Amidst the requisite blood-drenched hacking that ensues, the younger son falls in love with one of the Polish women and changes sides, which is a betrayal. The battle rages and corpses pile up.What’s sad is Gogol isn’t saying ‘he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword’, or commenting on the idiocy of war. He’s glorying in Russian nationalism, putting these wars with the Catholic Poles to the north and the Muslim Turks and Tatars to the South in the light of a grand tradition of bravery stretching back to the Iliad (emphasized by references to that book, such as enemies outside of a sieged town being dragged across the battlefield by horses), and justifying some pretty brutal anti-Semitism. His romanticized view of the Cossacks is that their “endless skirmishes and restless life saved Europe from the unstoppable infidel attacks that threatened to overthrow her.”It’s a bleak picture of humanity. Violence and all manner of brutality abounds. The ‘uncivilized’ Cossacks are hell-bent on war. The ‘civilized’ Poles, aristocrats included, turn out for a public torture and execution in Warsaw. The author makes Taras Bulba and the Cossacks martyred heroes. It’s hard not to translate this view into present day hot spots around the world, Ukraine included, and feel sad that this is who we are. And yet it is a snapshot not only of the Cossacks from four hundred years ago, but the Russian impression of them two hundred years later, both of which were interesting to me, and I do like Gogol’s writing. Just a couple of quotes:“I want my vodka so clear and frothing that it hisses and whirls like it’s possessed!”And this battlefield advice:“If you are grazed by a bullet, or if a saber grazes your head or any other part of your body, then you must not pay too much attention to it. Just mix a measure of gunpowder with a cup of vodka, drink it down, and there’ll be no fever and all will be well. As for your wound, if it’s not too big just spit in your palm, rub some earth in it, and smear the dirt on the wound – that’ll dry it out.”