20th Century Russian Works about the Caucasus

[John Hope]

Dear John,

A partial list of 20th-century works on the Caucasian theme would include Anatolii Pristavkin's "Nochevala tuchka zolotaia" (1987), Vladimir Makanin's "Kavkazskii plennyi" (1999, if my memory serves), a fairly large body of pulp dealing with the last two Chechen wars, Boris Akunin's "Smert' Akhillesa" (1998; at least partially relevant), and at least one story by Viktor Pelevin ("Papakhi na bashniakh").  If you expand into film you'll find Gaidai's "Kavkazskaia plennitsa," Bodrov Sr.'s "Kavkazskii plennik," Nevzorov's "Chistilishche," Konchalovskii's "Dom durakov," Rogozhkin's "Blokpost," Balabanov's "Voina," Mikhalkov's "12," and Sokurov's "Aleksandra," among others.  Pretty much all of these have been translated / subtitled, with the exception of the pulp fiction and the Pelevin story.

There are also a number of books and articles on the subject.

--- On Mon, 9/27/10, John Lyles <jhl9t at VIRGINIA.EDU> wrote:

> From: John Lyles <jhl9t at VIRGINIA.EDU>
> Subject: [SEELANGS] 20th Century Russian Works about the Caucasus
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 4:17 PM
> Dear All,
> 
> Does anyone know of any works of Russian literature from
> the 20th century
> that take place in the Caucasus or deal with Russia's
> presence there?  Or
> any works in which Caucasians play a prominent role? 
> I can only think of
> Tolstoy's *Hadji Murat* and Iskander's stories, including
> *Sandro from
> Chegem*.  I am particularly curious to see how Soviet
> writers treat the
> Caucasus and its place in Russian history.  Thank you
> in advance for your
> help.
> 
> John Lyles
> University of Virginia
> 
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