Из огня да в полымя. История одной семьи

Kniga posvi͡ashchena sudʹbe mnogodetnoĭ semʹi, repatriirovavsheĭsi͡a v poslevoennye gody iz Frant͡sii na Rodinu. Zdesʹ potomki mnozhestva russkikh i gruzinskikh aristokraticheskikh rodov, vospitannye na chuzhdykh sot͡sialisticheskomu obshchestvu ideologicheskikh i nravstvennykh t͡sennosti͡akh, stolknulisʹ so slozhnymi, poroĭ dramatichnymi i dazhe tragichnymi zhiznennymi peripetii͡ami. Odnako vypavshie na ikh doli͡u ispytanii͡a, repressii i lishenii͡a oni vosprini͡ali po-khristianski smirenno i s dostoinstvom.Avtor, odin iz pi͡aterykh otpryskov semeĭstva, povestvuet kak ob istorii sobstvennogo vzroslenii͡a i stanovlenii͡a, tak i ob ėtapnykh sobytii͡akh v zhizni gosudarstva, ot͡senivai͡a ikh s pozit͡siĭ pravoslavnogo cheloveka i ubezhdënnogo monarkhista. Vzoru chitateli͡a otkroetsi͡a galerei͡a portretov nashikh sovremennikov - izvestnykh obshchestvennykh dei͡ateleĭ i korifeev iz chisla pisateleĭ, khudozhnikov, politikov i svi͡ashchennosluzhiteleĭ, kak "v Otechestve, tak i v rassei͡anii sushchikh".

The book is devoted to the fate of a large family who repatriated from France to their homeland in the post-war years. Here, the descendants of many Russian and Georgian aristocratic families, brought up on ideological and moral values alien to socialist society, faced complex, sometimes dramatic and even tragic life vicissitudes. However, they accepted the trials, repressions and hardships that fell to their lot in a Christian way with humility and dignity.The author, one of the five offspring of the family, tells both about the history of his own growing up and formation, and about milestone events in the life of the state, assessing them from the standpoint of an Orthodox person and a convinced monarchist. The reader will see a gallery of portraits of our contemporaries — famous public figures and luminaries from among writers, artists, politicians and clergymen, both "in the Fatherland and in the scattering of those who exist."