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Volokolamsk Highway (Volokolamskoye Shosse)

Aleksandr Bek
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The novel 'Volokolamsk Highway' is the most famous and significant work of the remarkable Russian writer and war veteran Alexander Bek. This novel about the heroic defenders of Moscow was read avidly in the rear, and was carried in the field bags of soldiers at the front. It was described as a masterpiece in France, as the most outstanding work on war in Italian literature, and studied at the Military Academy in Finland. The novel has been translated into 10 European languages, as well as into Arabic and Hebrew. In this book, you will find the brutal truth about the most terrible war of all time.
Publisher: AST
Weight: 336
Author: Aleksandr Bek
Cover: Paperback
Language: Russian
Pages: 672
Publication year: 2023
ISBN: 978-5-17-153608-4
ISBN (Barcode): 9785171536084

Meet The Author

Aleksandr Bek
Aleksandr Bek

Alexander Alfredovich Bek was a Russian Soviet writer and prose author. He participated in the Great Patriotic War. He was a member of the editorial board of the almanac Literary Moscow.

He was born into a military doctor’s family. His childhood and youth were spent in Saratov, where he graduated from a real school. At the age of 16, he joined the Red Army. During the Civil War, he served on the Eastern Front near Uralsk and was wounded. The editor-in-chief of a divisional newspaper took notice of Bek and commissioned several reports from him. This marked the beginning of his literary career.…

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