Петр Первый (с илл. )

Tvorchestvo Aleksei͡a Nikolaevicha Tolstogo poistine mnogogranno: master nauchno-fantasticheskoĭ prozy, sozdatelʹ vsemi li͡ubimoĭ skazki "Zolotoĭ kli͡uchik", avtor ėpopei "Khozhdenie po mukam" i mnogochislennykh povesteĭ, rasskazov i pʹes. Kli͡uchevoĭ, obʺedini͡ai͡ushcheĭ mnogoobrazie si͡uzhetov v tvorchestve Tolstogo okazalasʹ tema Rossii. Razmyshlenii͡ami o ee prednaznachenii proniknut i roman "Petr Pervyĭ" - luchshiĭ obrazet͡s zhanra istoricheskogo romana v sovetskoĭ literature. Tolstoĭ tshchatelʹno izuchal dokumentalʹnye istochniki, no govoril, chto "istoricheskiĭ roman ne mozhet pisatʹsi͡a v vide khroniki". V t͡sentre romana - obraz Petra I, praviteli͡a ogromnoĭ strany, kotoryĭ obladaet silʹnym i upornym kharakterom i dobivaetsi͡a ispolnenii͡a svoikh resheniĭ. V nastoi͡ashchem izdanii tekst romana soprovozhdai͡ut velikolepnye illi͡ustrat͡sii Dementii͡a Shmarinova.

The work of Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy is truly multifaceted: a master of science fiction prose, the creator of the beloved fairy tale "The Golden Key", the author of the epic "Walking through Torments" and numerous novels, short stories and plays. The key theme uniting the variety of subjects in Tolstoy's work turned out to be the theme of Russia. The novel Peter the Great, the best example of the historical novel genre in Soviet literature, is also imbued with reflections on its purpose. Tolstoy carefully studied documentary sources, but said that "a historical novel cannot be written in the form of a chronicle." At the center of the novel is the image of Peter the Great, the ruler of a huge country, who has a strong and stubborn character and seeks to fulfill his decisions. In this edition, the text of the novel is accompanied by magnificent illustrations by Dementiy Shmarinov.