The Winter Road (Russian: Зимняя дорога, Zimnaya doroga) is a documentary novel by Leonid Yuzefovich first published in September 2015.[1] In 2016 the book won First Prize of the Big Book Award and the National Bestseller Literary Prize.[2][3]

The Winter Road
First edition
AuthorLeonid Yuzefovich
Original titleЗимняя дорога
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Genredocumentary novel
PublisherAST Yelena Shubina
Publication date
2015
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages432
ISBN978-5-17-090038-1

Overview edit

The plot of The Winter Road is completely devoid of fiction and based on real events. Yuzefovich studied historical documents and personally interpreted this historical event.[4]

The novel has the author's subtitle General A. N. Pepelyaev and anarchist I. Ya. Strod in Yakutia. 1922—1923. Documentary novel (Russian: Генерал А. Н. Пепеляев и анархист И. Я. Строд в Якутии. 1922—1923 годы. Документальный роман).[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Дьякова, Елена (11 October 2015). "Наша история долго болит" (in Russian). Новая газета. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ Сохарева, Татьяна (7 December 2016). ""Зимняя дорога" вывела к премии". Газета.RU. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ Васильев, Алексей (5 June 2016). ""Нацбест" на "Зимней дороге"" (in Russian). Российская Газета. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. ^ Отургашева, Наталья (2018). "Долгая дорога русских генералов: между правдой факта и правдой жизни". Philology and Culture (in Russian). 3 (53) (Филология и культура = Philology and Culture ed.). doi:10.26907/2074-0239. ISSN 2074-0239.