Противостояние. Романы

I͡Ulian Semenovich Semenov - russkiĭ pisatelʹ, istorik, zhurnalist, avtor znamenitogo romana "Semnadt͡satʹ mgnoveniĭ vesny" (1970) i eshche polutora desi͡atka proizvedeniĭ o razvedchike-nelegale Maksime Isaeve (on zhe Maks Otto fon Shtirlit͡s), chʹe imi͡a i obraz priobreli v pozdnesovetskui͡u i postsovetskui͡u ėpokhu poistine kulʹtovyĭ status. Odnako, pomimo romanov o Shtirlit͡se, I͡U. Semenovym napisano neskolʹko prozaicheskikh t͡siklov s uchastiem drugikh geroev - v tom chisle vkli͡uchennai͡a v nastoi͡ashchiĭ sbornik detektivnai͡a trilogii͡a o rabote operativnikov Moskovskogo ugolovnogo rozyska vo glave s maĭorom (vposledstvii polkovnikom) Vladislavom Kostenko: "Petrovka, 38" (1963), "Ogareva, 6" (1972) i "Protivostoi͡anie" (1979), schitai͡ushcheesi͡a, nari͡adu s "Semnadt͡satʹi͡u mgnovenii͡ami…", vershinoĭ tvorchestva pisateli͡a. Dinamichnoe deĭstvie, relʹefno ocherchennye chelovecheskie kharaktery, dokumentalʹnostʹ fabuly, dostovernostʹ ni͡uansov povsednevnoĭ milit͡seĭskoĭ raboty sdelali ėti knigi bestsellerami i predopredelili ikh perenos na kino- i teleėkrany. S odnim iz personazheĭ ėtoĭ trilogii - zhurnalistom Dmitriem Stepanovym - chitatelʹ vstrechaetsi͡a i v romane "TASS upolnomochen zai͡avitʹ…" (1979). Detektiv o dei͡atelʹnosti sovetskoĭ kontrrazvedki, neĭtralizovavsheĭ agenta T͡SRU po klichke Umnyĭ i sorvavsheĭ voennyĭ perevorot v vymyshlennom afrikanskom gosudarstve Nagonii͡a, chastichno osnovan na realʹnykh sobytii͡akh (tak nazyvaemoe delo Ogorodnika) i leg v osnovu odnoimennogo mnogoseriĭnogo telefilʹma (1984), kotoryĭ, kak i ėkranizat͡sii drugikh knig pisateli͡a, voshel v zolotoĭ fond sovetskogo kinematografa.

Julian Semenovich Semenov is a Russian writer, historian, journalist, author of the famous novel "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (1970) and a dozen and a half more works about the illegal intelligence officer Maxim Isaev (aka Max Otto von Stirlitz), whose name and image acquired a truly cult status in the late Soviet and post–Soviet era. However, in addition to the novels about Stirlitz, Yu. Semenov wrote several prose cycles with the participation of other heroes – including the detective trilogy included in this collection about the work of operatives of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department led by Major (later Colonel) Vladislav Kostenko: "Petrovka, 38" (1963), "Ogareva, 6" (1972) and "Confrontation" (1979), considered, along with "Seventeen moments ...", the pinnacle of the writer's creativity. Dynamic action, clearly outlined human characters, the documentary nature of the plot, the authenticity of the nuances of everyday police work made these books bestsellers and predetermined their transfer to film and television screens. The reader also meets one of the characters in this trilogy, the journalist Dmitry Stepanov, in the novel "TASS is authorized to declare ..." (1979). The detective story about the activities of Soviet counterintelligence, which neutralized a CIA agent nicknamed Smart and thwarted a military coup in the fictional African state of Nagonia, is partially based on real events (the so-called Ogorodnik case) and formed the basis of the multi-part TV movie of the same name (1984), which, like the film adaptations of other books by the writer, entered the golden fund of Soviet cinema.