And Quiet Flows the Don
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And Quiet Flows the Don
Narrated by:
Stefan Rudnicki
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Narrated by:
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Stefan Rudnicki
About this listen
Mikhail Sholokhov’s groundbreaking epic novel gives a sweeping depiction of Russian life and culture in the early 20th century. In the same vein as War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, And Quiet Flows the Don gives listeners a glimpse into many aspects of Russian culture, and the choices a country makes when faced with war and destruction.
Public Domain (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Violent, tragic, passionate, monotonous, humorous and very human.
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For those who are not familiar with the history of the Cossaks, I will digress. The rise of the Cossacks or Kazaks in the area stretching from the modern Ukraine into Western Asia, began with the Mongol conquest of the Cuman (Turko-Mongolian) Kingdom in the middle of the 13th Century. This multi-ethnic group comprising mostly Slavs and Turko-Mongolians began to forge their unique identity under the Mongolian Golden Horde. The horse culture that had existed in the Steppes of Eurasia for several thousand years was strengthened by the Mongol invasion and their continued dominence over Russia for the following five centuries. Ukrainian serfs, slaves or peasants fleeing the Kievan Rus and the city states further north adopted this horse culture and out of it forged their own identity. The eventual rise of the Czars, particularly the Romanovs, would challenge their existance. Instead of the slow genocide committed on other hapless nationalities, such as the Circassians, the Cossacks would be incorporated into the new Russian Empire to become their chief shock cavalry. However, this compromise with their new overlords, would both forge and doom the legend of the "free men". By the early 20th Century, the Cossack life was in serious decline. Modern warfare, the Russian Revolution with its Bolshevik coup would bring about their final demise.
This story is about the most western of the Cossack Hosts, the Don, and is set in the early 20th Century. It covers the period from the Russo-Japanese war (1905) to the beginning of the Revolution (1917) and takes us into their personal lives, including their casual violence and the commonality of rape. We see them not as legends, but young men trying hold onto their declining nobility and maintain that legend in the face of modern mechanised warfare. This story is not a sweeping historical novel, but instead, it centres on the lives, loves and battles of a particular Eurasian Cossack family. It is a small but useful window on a lost past.
The reader has a rich slavic baratone voice which adds to the atmosphere. Unfortunately, there are times when he drops his voice and it is difficult to hear, but in the overall it is a great listen.
The Cossacks Final Chapter
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