Yakov Arkadyevich Gordin (born December 23, 1935 , Leningrad ) - Soviet and Russian historian, writer, journalist, editor-in-chief of the magazine Zvezda (since 1991, together with A. Yu. Aryev ).
| Yakov Arkadevich Gordin | |
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| Date of Birth | December 23, 1935 (83 years) |
| Place of Birth | Leningrad , RSFSR , USSR |
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia |
| Occupation | writer , historian , literary critic |
| Language of Works | |
| Awards | Northern Palmyra (literary prize) ( 2000 ) Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize ( 2001 ) |
Content
Family
The son of literary critic Arkady Moiseevich Gordin and writer Marianna Yakovlevna Basina . Great-grandfather, teacher Anton Moiseevich Ivanter, was an honorary citizen of Vilna . [2] [3] Grandfather, Moses Gavrilovich Gordin (originally from Rezhitsa ), was a timber merchant and merchant of the first guild in Pskov . [4] Uncle, engineer Arnold Moiseevich Gordin (1903–1975), was an activist of the left opposition and political prisoner. Another uncle, Vladimir Moiseevich Gordin (1906–?), Also a member of the left opposition, was arrested in 1933 and subsequently shot. However, the eldest uncle - Alexander Moiseevich Gordin - made a career and was deputy people's commissar of finance of the USSR; Yakov Arkadyevich himself mentions this in his interviews; he could not find more information about him [5] [6] [7] .
Brother Mikhail Arkadyevich is a literary critic, historian, expert on the work of I. A. Krylov, playwright V. A. Ozerov, and others (a number of books were written in collaboration with Ya. A. Gordin). Jacob Gordin is married to translator Natalia Rakhmanova .
Life and creativity
He studied at the Faculty of Philology of the Leningrad University , did not graduate. After completing courses of geophysical technicians at the Research Institute of Geology of the Arctic , he worked in geology for five years and participated in an expedition to Verkhoyansk (North Yakutia ).
From 1963 he published poems in Leningrad periodicals, then critical articles and plays on historical themes: “Unarmed Mutiny” (1964, about the Decembrists ), “Your head, emperor!” (1967, staged by the Leningrad Theater of the Young Spectator). In 1972, the book of poems Gordin “Space” was published.
The main genre of creativity Gordin since the mid 1970s. (the book "The Day of December 14" was published in 1973) is historical fiction with a solid documentary basis, as well as essays on historical topics.
In 2004, he became the author and host of a 12-episode documentary television cycle about the battles of Russian nobles "There is a rapture in battle" on the Kultura TV channel [8] .
In 2001, he signed a letter in defense of the NTV television channel [9] .
Criticism
Decembrist historian Vladimir Fedorov, in the monograph “Decembrists and Their Time”, calls Gordin “a writer” and notes that his book “The Mutiny of the Reformers” contains “a number of controversial provisions” [10] . Historian, specialist on the XVIII century Alexander Kamensky in the monograph "From Peter I to Paul I: reforms in Russia of the XVIII century" calls Gordin "a writer" and believes that his book "Between Slavery and Freedom" is filled with "acutely polemical and often unproved assertions" [ 11] .
Books
- The three wars of Benito Juarez. - M .: Politizdat , 1985.
- Events and people December 14th. - M .: Soviet Russia , 1985.
- The right to fight: a novel in the documents and reasoning. - L .: Soviet writer , 1987.
- Mutiny reformers. - L .: Lenizdat , 1989.
- Leo Tolstoy and Russian history. - New York: Hermitage, 1992.
- Russian duel. - SPb .: Petropol, 1993.
- Duels and duelists: Panorama of metropolitan life. - SPb .: Pushkin Foundation, 1996.
- Mystics and guardians. The case of the Masonic conspiracy. - SPb .: Pushkin Foundation, 1999
- Caucasus: land and blood. Russia in the Caucasian war of the XIX century. - SPb .: Magazine "Star", 2000 .
- Roll call in the darkness. Joseph Brodsky and his interlocutors. - SPb .: Pushkin Foundation, 2000. ISBN 5-89803-052-2
- Caucasian Atlantis. 300 years of war, Time, 2001.
- Way of the cross winners. - SPb .: Pushkin Fund, 2003
- Towards Styx. Great obituary. - M .: New Literary Review , 2005
- Between slavery and freedom: January 19 - February 25, 1730: Russian nobleman in the face of history. - SPb .: Pushkin Foundation Publishing, 2005.
- Knight and death, or Life as a plan: On the fate of Joseph Brodsky, Time, 2010.
- Ermolov. - M .: Young Guard, 2012. - The life of wonderful people . - ISBN 978-5-235-03538-6 .
- Alexey Ermolov. The soldier and his empire. - SPb .: Vita Nova , 2012 - ISBN 978-5-93898-405-9
Recognition
Gordin's books were awarded the Northern Palmira Prize (2000) and the Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize (2001).
Notes
- B BNF ID : Open Data Platform - 2011.
- ↑ History of the writer Jacob Gordin Archival copy of June 11, 2013 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Interview with Ya. A. Gordin
- ↑ Levin N.F. "Jews in the provincial Pskov" (Inaccessible link) . The date of circulation is January 10, 2013. Archived February 18, 2013.
- "Jacob Gordin: Russian Jewry and Russian Culture Unfilled ..."
- ↑ History of the writer Jacob Gordin Archival copy of June 11, 2013 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ History of the Ministry of Finance of Russia 3 "Page 103" Literature. Russian history
- ↑ 6 STEPS FROM THE PROTECTION OF HONOR . The Flame (December 21, 2003).
- Letter of prominent figures of science, culture and politics in defense of NTV / newsru.com
- ↑ Fedorov V. A. The Decembrists and their time. - Moscow : Moscow State University Publishing House, 1992. - p. 29. - 272 p.
- ↑ Kamensky A. B. From Peter I to Paul I: reforms in Russia of the 18th century (the experience of holistic analysis). - Moscow : RSUH, 2001. - p. 181-182. - 575 s.
Links
- Jacob Gordin: "History is a complex combination of human actions . " Interview portal RUNYweb.com