880-05 "Rossiĭskoe voenno-istoricheskoe obshchestvo"--Back cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 723-732).
Summary:
880-06 "V novui︠u︡ knigu "Vzvod. Ofit︠s︡ery i opolchent︠s︡y russkoĭ literatury" voshli odinnadt︠s︡atʹ biografiĭ pisateleĭ i poėtov Zolotogo veka -- ot Derzhavina i Denisa Davydova do Chaadaeva i Pushkina, -- umevshikh derzhatʹ v ruke ne tolʹko pero, no i oruzhie. Oni srazhalisʹ na Borodinskom pole v 1812-m i vstupali pobediteli︠a︡mi v Parizh, podavli︠a︡li pugachëvskiĭ bunt i vosstanie v Polʹshe, anneksirovali Finli︠a︡ndii︠u︡, voevali so Shvet︠s︡ieĭ, ekhali sluzhitʹ na Kavkaz ... Kornet, poruchik, shtabs-kapitan, maĭor, polkovnik, general-leĭtenant, admiral: klassiki russkoĭ literatury."--Title page verso. This book "Platoon : officers and militiamen of Russian literature" introduces eleven biographies of writers and poets of the Golden Age - from Derzhavin and Denis Davydov to Chaadaev and Pushkin, who could hold not only a pen, but also weapons.
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