Defiant Voices: Russian Short Stories from the 19th to the 21st Centuries by Sergei Lebedev поэзия and of one man –

and of one man – Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938)

Сборник «Обещание» объединяет стихи с 1988 по 2024 год

кривое зеркало которого лишь искажает реальность

и прежний очевидец эпохи Большого террора становится его жертвой

and the body

Defiant Voices: Russian Short Stories from the 19th to the 21st Centuries by Sergei Lebedev поэзия and of one man –Compiled before Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and completed in its shadow, this groundbreaking anthology brings together voices from across two centuries of Russian literature voices of exile and resistance, of defiance and survival. From the golden age of the nineteenth century to the contested present, these are stories that speak from within and against empire, censorship, and war. This collection confronts the cultural