Народ бессмертен

Povestʹ "Narod bessmerten" prinesla Vasilii͡u Grossmanu vsenarodnui͡u slavu i stala pervym krupnym proizvedeniem o Velikoĭ Otechestvennoĭ voĭne kak v russkoĭ literature, tak i v tvorchestve samogo avtora, posvi͡ativshego ėtoĭ teme i svoi͡u glavnui͡u knigu - roman "Zhiznʹ i sudʹba". Povestʹ "Narod bessmerten" byla napisana v 1942 godu i opublikovana v gazete "Krasnai͡a zvezda", gde Grossman rabotal v kachestve voennogo korrespondenta. Starai͡asʹ naĭti ravnovesie mezhdu chestnym rasskazom o realii͡akh voĭny i zhelaniem podderzhatʹ i vdokhnovitʹ chitateleĭ v trudnoe voennoe vremi͡a, Grossman ne otvodit vzgli͡ada ot chelovecheskikh zhertv i stradaniĭ, perezhitykh na puti k pobede. Ob ėtikh bezymi͡annykh pogibshikh soldatakh avtor napominaet chitateli͡u na proti͡azhenii vseĭ povesti, vyrazhai͡a nadezhdu na to, chto smertʹ ikh ne budet naprasnoĭ, chto zemli͡a, za kotorui͡u oni umerli, budet slavitʹsi͡a "trudom, razumom, chestʹi͡u i svobodoĭ". Pomimo vstupitelʹnoĭ statʹi, izdanie vkli͡uchaet takzhe ranee ne publikovavshiesi͡a na russkom i͡azyke otryvki iz rukopiseĭ Vasilii͡a Grossmana i kommentarii, v kotorykh soderzhitsi͡a razvernutyĭ analiz arkhivnykh istochnikov i posledui͡ushchikh publikat͡siĭ povesti, chto pozvoli͡aet mnogoe uznatʹ o tvorcheskikh metodakh pisateli͡a i ustanovkakh sovetskikh redaktorov i t͡senzorov.

The story "The People are Immortal" brought Vasily Grossman national fame and became the first major work about the Great Patriotic War both in Russian literature and in the work of the author himself, who devoted his main book to this topic — the novel "Life and Destiny". The story "The People are Immortal" was written in 1942 and published in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, where Grossman worked as a war correspondent. Trying to find a balance between an honest account of the realities of war and a desire to support and inspire readers in difficult times of war, Grossman does not take his eyes off the human sacrifice and suffering experienced on the way to victory. The author reminds the reader about these nameless dead soldiers throughout the story, expressing the hope that their death will not be in vain, that the land for which they died will be famous for "labor, intelligence, honor and freedom." In addition to the introductory article, the publication also includes previously unpublished Russian excerpts from Vasily Grossman's manuscripts and comments, which contain a detailed analysis of archival sources and subsequent publications of the story, which allows you to learn a lot about the creative methods of the writer and the attitudes of Soviet editors and censors.