Червоний

Chervonyi, "the Red", is the code name of the leader of an insurgent cell in Volhynia. Insurgents like him are accused of mass killings of teachers; their place is in the Gulag, where they turn out to be useful. Instead of rotting in the camp, Danylo Chervonyi brings order there, the only man able to tame the imprisoned criminals, while he plans his escape. His story is told by three voices: Klym Rohoznyi, a man of today who finds the notebooks of his uncle, a dissident and journalist; a militiaman loyal to the Soviet state who comes to doubt the official version; and a disgraced Soviet officer in the camp who begins to ask what he fought for.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

315 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, War (assigned by AI)

Set in

Ukraine, 1940s–1950s

First published

2012 by Клуб сімейного дозвілля

Author's age

42 when first published

ISBN

9789661438759 (original)

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