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Белый шаман
Роман лауреата Государственной премии РСФСР имени М.Горького Николая Шундика "Белый шаман" рассказывает о жизни и обычаях чукотского народа, о переменах, которые принесла Советская власть в жизнь народов Севера.
528 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1979
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About the author
Nikolai Shundik
7 books4 followers Николай Шундик Nikolai Eliseevich Shundik. Soviet writer, editor-in-chief of the Volga magazine , director of the Sovremennik publishing house.
His first story "The Death of the Stone Devil" was published in 1949 in the "Smena" magazine. In 1952, after graduating from the Khabarovsk Pedagogical Institute, he remained to teach at one of the Khabarovsk schools. At the same time he released his first major work - the story "In the Far North", for which he received the first prize at the competition of the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR for the best children's book.
A year later, Shundik published the novel The Swift Deer, which gained popularity among readers and was subsequently republished in 27 countries. The subject of the work is devoted to life in the Far North - the traditional life of reindeer herders and hunters and the formation of Soviet power in Chukotka.
He graduated from the Higher Literary Courses in 1957 and settled in Ryazan, where he lived until 1965, heading the local organization of the Writers' Union. In 1959 he published the novel "A Spring at a Birch", written in Ryazan material.
In the same period, a "Ryazan experiment" was taking place in the region to triple the production of livestock products, which turned out to be a gamble and ended with the deprivation of the title of Hero of Socialist Labor and suicide of the first secretary of the regional committee of the CPSU A. N. Larionov. Later, this dramatic story formed the basis of the novel In the land of the blue-eyed.
In 1965 Shundik became the head of the Volga magazine in Saratov, becoming its first editor-in-chief. In 1976, after becoming the working secretary of the Writers' Union of Russia, he moved to Moscow. In 1979-1981 he headed the Sovremennik publishing house.
In 1979, the novel "White Shaman" was published, in which the author again turned to the Chukchi theme and the period of the 1930s-40s. The book was a noticeable success with readers and was filmed in 1982 by director A.D. Nitochkin. In 1982 Nikolai Shundik published his fifth novel, The Ancient Sign. The last novel of the writer was the book A Candle in the Wind, published in 1994 in the Sever magazine.
His first story "The Death of the Stone Devil" was published in 1949 in the "Smena" magazine. In 1952, after graduating from the Khabarovsk Pedagogical Institute, he remained to teach at one of the Khabarovsk schools. At the same time he released his first major work - the story "In the Far North", for which he received the first prize at the competition of the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR for the best children's book.
A year later, Shundik published the novel The Swift Deer, which gained popularity among readers and was subsequently republished in 27 countries. The subject of the work is devoted to life in the Far North - the traditional life of reindeer herders and hunters and the formation of Soviet power in Chukotka.
He graduated from the Higher Literary Courses in 1957 and settled in Ryazan, where he lived until 1965, heading the local organization of the Writers' Union. In 1959 he published the novel "A Spring at a Birch", written in Ryazan material.
In the same period, a "Ryazan experiment" was taking place in the region to triple the production of livestock products, which turned out to be a gamble and ended with the deprivation of the title of Hero of Socialist Labor and suicide of the first secretary of the regional committee of the CPSU A. N. Larionov. Later, this dramatic story formed the basis of the novel In the land of the blue-eyed.
In 1965 Shundik became the head of the Volga magazine in Saratov, becoming its first editor-in-chief. In 1976, after becoming the working secretary of the Writers' Union of Russia, he moved to Moscow. In 1979-1981 he headed the Sovremennik publishing house.
In 1979, the novel "White Shaman" was published, in which the author again turned to the Chukchi theme and the period of the 1930s-40s. The book was a noticeable success with readers and was filmed in 1982 by director A.D. Nitochkin. In 1982 Nikolai Shundik published his fifth novel, The Ancient Sign. The last novel of the writer was the book A Candle in the Wind, published in 1994 in the Sever magazine.
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May 12, 2019
Книга за места, хора и обичаи, чужди на съвременното общество. Хубаво е, че навремето са се издавали книги, разкриващи ни красотата на различните народи. Книгата представя живота и вярванията на чукчите и техния сблъсък със съветската власт. Разбира се, няма как съветите да не са представени идеалистично, но пък и чукчите не са обрисувани като диваци, които непременно трябва да се вкарат в някакви рамки. Може би липсата на кулминация някак си разваля цялото усещане за роман, но пък със сигурност ще разберете много за този малко известен народ, чиито ценности определено ги правят по-достойни човеци от нас.
January 29, 2015
This is very intriguing book about people and places that are already different and will never be the same as described by the author. I highly recommend it, because the point of view that it gives is priceless.
October 5, 2021
"V diaľke svieti Eľkep-jener (Polárka), trbliece sa a vzbudzuje istoty, stálosť a mier. Na obzore sa prevaľuje fialkastá hmla. Ranná zora sa objala s večernou a dala vznik pozemskému svetlu. A kdesi tam, ďaleko za obzorom smutnej večernej krajiny, sa nachádza slnce. Ale to nič, po čase sa znovu ukáže na tomto svete. Hlavné je, že sa nachádza vo vesmíre a ľudská pamäť naň nezabúda. Mesiac sa môže zmeniť aj na najväčšie svetlo, no z ľudskej pamäti slnko nevytisne."
Príbeh o národe Čukčov, ale najmä o jednom šamanovi a zrazení dvoch odlišných kultúr- tej čukčskej a ruskej. Príbeh zachytávajúci časy dávno minulé, no napriek tomu aj dnes zaujímavý vhľad do kultúry a života Čukčov.
Príbeh o národe Čukčov, ale najmä o jednom šamanovi a zrazení dvoch odlišných kultúr- tej čukčskej a ruskej. Príbeh zachytávajúci časy dávno minulé, no napriek tomu aj dnes zaujímavý vhľad do kultúry a života Čukčov.
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