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Román Cušima je psán autorem, který byl přímým účastníkem cušimské tragedie. V prvním dílu popisuje Novikov - Priboj celou dlouhou cestu 2. tichomořské eskádry z baltského přístavu Libavy kolem Afriky a Indickým oceánem až k Japonskému moři.V druhém dílu popisuje bitvu v Japonském moři mezi ruskou eskadrou vedenou admirálem Roženstvenským a japonskou vedenou admirálem Togo. Na základě příhod námořníků z jednotlivých lodí popisuje osudy těchto lodí. Ruské lodi byly většinou potopeny, část zajata a část uprchla a nechala se internovat v neutrálních přístavech.
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Alexei Novikov-Priboi
9 books1 followerAleksey Silych Novikov-Priboi (Алексей Силыч Новиков-Прибой), 12 March 1877 – 29 April 1944, was the pen-name of A. S. Novikov, an ethnic Russian writer in the Soviet Union, noted for his stories with a nautical theme.
Novikov-Priboi was the second son of a peasant family from Tambov Oblast. His mother, of Polish descent, had hoped that he would enter the church as a monk, but he was attracted to the thought of adventure by hearing stories from travelling sailors, and volunteered for the Imperial Russian Navy instead. He served as a seaman with the Russian Baltic Fleet from 1899-1906. He became involved with revolutionary activities from an early age and after publishing an article in a Kronstadt newspaper in 1903, was arrested from spreading "subversive propaganda". However, due to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, he was soon released, and with his records marked "unreliable" was transferred to the 2nd Pacific Squadon’s battleship Orel, on which he participated at the climatic Battle of Tsushima.
Taken as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese, while in prison camp he began gathering stories from fellow survivors. After the war, he returned to his home town and began writing, and his first works describing the war in highly critical terms were published in 1906. However, he soon fell afoul with the tsarist authorities who banned his works, and Novikov-Priboi was forced to go into hiding. He fled to Finland in 1907, and between 1907-1913 lived in England, visiting France, Spain, North Africa and Capri, where he befriended the exiled Maxim Gorky, who provided him with advice on his writing. Novikov-Priboi supported himself working part time as a blacksmith, accountant, and as a merchant sailor. He returned to Russia in 1913 under a false passport.
During World War I, from 1915–1918, Novikov-Priboi worked on hospital trains, and afterwards settling at Barnaul, where he lived to 1920 in a commune with fellow writers and artists. His first collection of short stories, Sea Stories, was published in 1917 after some difficulties with the publishers. Novikov-Priboi’s early works were influenced by Gorky and are part of the mainstream of Russian realistic literature. These include classic "seafaring" works, including (the novella The Call of the Sea (1919) and the novels The Submariners (1923) and The Salty Font (1929).
From 1920, Novikov-Priboi began work on a historical epic Tsushima, and was able to access government achieves. The first part of the book was published in 1932, and the 2nd part was awarded the Stalin Prize, (2nd degree). The novel describes the heroism of Russian sailors and certain officers the increasing of revolutionary activity, and what he considered criminal negligence of the Imperial Russian Naval command.
After the start of World War II, Novikov-Priboi continued to publish works about the navy. He died in 1944 in Moscow, with his final novel Captain First Class, unfinished. His grave is at the Novodevichy Cemetery. Novikov-Priboi was honored by commemorative postage stamps issued in 1952 and 1977, and numerous streets in the former Soviet Union were named after him. His honors include Order of Red Banner of Labor and Medal for the Defence of Moscow.
In 1969, his daughter opened a private museum in his honor, at his former dacha at Cherkizovo, near Pushkino, Moscow Oblast.
English Translations
The Captain, Hutchinson International, 1946.
The Sea Beckons, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1965.
Tsushima, Hyperion Press, 1978.
Novikov-Priboi was the second son of a peasant family from Tambov Oblast. His mother, of Polish descent, had hoped that he would enter the church as a monk, but he was attracted to the thought of adventure by hearing stories from travelling sailors, and volunteered for the Imperial Russian Navy instead. He served as a seaman with the Russian Baltic Fleet from 1899-1906. He became involved with revolutionary activities from an early age and after publishing an article in a Kronstadt newspaper in 1903, was arrested from spreading "subversive propaganda". However, due to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, he was soon released, and with his records marked "unreliable" was transferred to the 2nd Pacific Squadon’s battleship Orel, on which he participated at the climatic Battle of Tsushima.
Taken as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese, while in prison camp he began gathering stories from fellow survivors. After the war, he returned to his home town and began writing, and his first works describing the war in highly critical terms were published in 1906. However, he soon fell afoul with the tsarist authorities who banned his works, and Novikov-Priboi was forced to go into hiding. He fled to Finland in 1907, and between 1907-1913 lived in England, visiting France, Spain, North Africa and Capri, where he befriended the exiled Maxim Gorky, who provided him with advice on his writing. Novikov-Priboi supported himself working part time as a blacksmith, accountant, and as a merchant sailor. He returned to Russia in 1913 under a false passport.
During World War I, from 1915–1918, Novikov-Priboi worked on hospital trains, and afterwards settling at Barnaul, where he lived to 1920 in a commune with fellow writers and artists. His first collection of short stories, Sea Stories, was published in 1917 after some difficulties with the publishers. Novikov-Priboi’s early works were influenced by Gorky and are part of the mainstream of Russian realistic literature. These include classic "seafaring" works, including (the novella The Call of the Sea (1919) and the novels The Submariners (1923) and The Salty Font (1929).
From 1920, Novikov-Priboi began work on a historical epic Tsushima, and was able to access government achieves. The first part of the book was published in 1932, and the 2nd part was awarded the Stalin Prize, (2nd degree). The novel describes the heroism of Russian sailors and certain officers the increasing of revolutionary activity, and what he considered criminal negligence of the Imperial Russian Naval command.
After the start of World War II, Novikov-Priboi continued to publish works about the navy. He died in 1944 in Moscow, with his final novel Captain First Class, unfinished. His grave is at the Novodevichy Cemetery. Novikov-Priboi was honored by commemorative postage stamps issued in 1952 and 1977, and numerous streets in the former Soviet Union were named after him. His honors include Order of Red Banner of Labor and Medal for the Defence of Moscow.
In 1969, his daughter opened a private museum in his honor, at his former dacha at Cherkizovo, near Pushkino, Moscow Oblast.
English Translations
The Captain, Hutchinson International, 1946.
The Sea Beckons, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1965.
Tsushima, Hyperion Press, 1978.
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October 7, 2020
V květnu roku 1905 ruská 2.tichomořská eskadra dorazila do blízkosti ostrova Cušima v Korejském průlivu. Paměti přímého účastníka daleké plavby eskadry a jejího zničení v Cušimské bitvě se čtou jedním dechem. Novikov - Priboj se nacházel na palubě bitevní lodě Orel, která jako jedna z mála těžkých ruských lodí bitvu přežila a následující den se vzdala spolu se zbytkem eskadry pod velením admirála Něbogatova.
Následuje líčení osudů většiny ruských lodí, od kapitulace až po pokusy proniknout do Vladivostoku. Příběhy odvahy obyčejných námořníků kteří potápěli své lodi aby nepadly do rukou Japoncům. A příběhy vysokých důstojníků, včetně admirála Rožestvenského, kteří spěchali do japonského zajetí, aby si zachránili životy.
Prohraná válka dovedla Rusko k první revoluci roku 1905, a vítězné Japonsko na cestu dobyvačné politiky, která skončila tragicky až s koncem druhé světové války a svržením atomových bomb na Hirošimu a Nagasaki.
Následuje líčení osudů většiny ruských lodí, od kapitulace až po pokusy proniknout do Vladivostoku. Příběhy odvahy obyčejných námořníků kteří potápěli své lodi aby nepadly do rukou Japoncům. A příběhy vysokých důstojníků, včetně admirála Rožestvenského, kteří spěchali do japonského zajetí, aby si zachránili životy.
Prohraná válka dovedla Rusko k první revoluci roku 1905, a vítězné Japonsko na cestu dobyvačné politiky, která skončila tragicky až s koncem druhé světové války a svržením atomových bomb na Hirošimu a Nagasaki.
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