Ilya Ehrenburg: Selections from People, Years, Life (The Commonwealth and international library. Pergamon Oxford Russian series)

[by] Ilya Ehrenburg. Text In Russian; Summaries In English. Bibliography: P. 282. Content: Inside Front Cover, Page ii Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Preface, Pages vii-ix Introduction, Pages xi-xxx CHAPTER 1 - Writers and Artists, 1918, Pages 1-23 CHAPTER 2 - Sergei Yesenin, Pages 24-35 CHAPTER 3 - Vladimir Mayakovskii, Pages 36-51 CHAPTER 4 - Russia, 1921, Pages 52-64 CHAPTER 5 - The Emigration in Berlin, 1922, Pages 65-80 CHAPTER 6 - Andrei Belyi, Pages 81-88 CHAPTER 7 - Andrei Remizov, Pages 89-95 CHAPTER 8 - The New Economic Policy, 1924 and 1926, Pages 96-110 CHAPTER 9 - Vsevolod Meyerhol'd, Pages 111-128 CHAPTER 10 - Alexander Tairov, Pages 129-137 CHAPTER 11 - The First Five Year Plan, 1932, Pages 138-149 CHAPTER 12 - Marina Tsvetayeva, Pages 150-160 CHAPTER 13 - Osip Mandel'shtam, Pages 161-169 CHAPTER 14 - Isaak Babel’, Pages 170-185 CHAPTER 15 - Literary Purges, 1935, Pages 186-198 CHAPTER 16 - Robert Falk, Pages 199-207 CHAPTER 17 - Boris Pasternak, Pages 208-221 CHAPTER 18 - The Yezhovshchina, Pages 222-236 CHAPTER 19 - Perets Markish and the Purge of Jewish Culture, Pages 237-259 CHAPTER 20 - The Eve of War, Pages 260-273 Explanations of Some Terms used in the Text, Pages 274-276 Russian Persons Mentioned in the Text, Pages 277-281 Bibliography, Page 282 Ilya Ehrenburg: Selections from People, Years, Life covers volumes of the memoirs of Ilya Ehrenburg, a Soviet writer who witnessed the major historical events both at home and abroad or of making the acquaintance of so many of the leading figures. The book describes the Russian culture of the earlier decades and several popular Russian writers and artists, including Sergei Yesenin, Vladimir Mayakovskii, Andrei Belyi, Andrei Remizov, and Vsevolod Meyerhol'd. The text also covers memoirs of Boris Pasternak Alexander Tairov, Marina Tsvetayeva, Osip Mandel'shtam, Isaak Babel', and Robert Falk. The events during the purge of Jewish culture and during the eve of World War 2 are also covered in the book. Readers and historians interested in topics about the important aspects of Soviet culture will find the book useful