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215:, which brings them closer to our contemporaries, who in the 1990s lived in an "inverted consciousness" provoked by drugs and alcohol, perform the function of defenders of a rolling Russia into the abyss, trying at a new historical turn to save and preserve the illusory "crystal world", personifying "the past known past of Russia and its unknown future". The fact that there is no third protector, 25: 222:
On the eve of the October Revolution in Petrograd, cadets Nikolai and Yuri are on duty on Shpalernaya Street with the main task of not letting anyone into the Smolny. The cadets are on duty, taking various drugs and having philosophical conversations, constantly interrupted by attempts of unknown
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and references to the works of cultural and historical heritage. And this reality is that it is impossible to save the "crystal world" due to its fragility and transparency, and hence its fragility. Therefore, this world, beautiful in its purity, must perish, shattering, like glass, into small
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himself is trying to break into Smolny. And so, once again, as the Junkers suffer the consequences of taking ephedrine, they let in worker Eino Reichy ostensibly with a shipment of lemonade from the firm Karl Liebknecht & Sons. In fact, the historical event in question is how the
334: 230:, explains to the other that every man has a mission, which may be unexpected for himself. When asked how to discover his mission, Yuri reveals that he once listened to lectures by 46: 394: 425: 180:
The story is based on real events, as evidenced by the date put at the beginning of the narrative: October 24, 1917. It was at that time, at night, that the
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The heroes of the story, Nikolai Muromtsev and Yuri Popovich (persons fictionalized), are sent on night duty to prevent
504: 427:Π‘Ρ‚Ρ€ΡƒΠΊΡ‚ΡƒΡ€Π° худоТСствСнного пространства ΠΈ Π²Ρ€Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈ Π² произвСдСниях Π’. ПСлСвина 90-Ρ… Π³ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ² Π₯Π₯ Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ° (ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ±Π»Π΅ΠΌΠ° цСлостности) 258: 203:. Attention should be drawn to the names of these cadets, which refer the reader to the epic Russian heroes 267:
In so doing, the Junkers have failed in their mission, and the ancient demon takes possession of Russia.
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escorted Lenin to the Smolny in St. Petersburg during the October Revolution in Russia.
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Pelevin creates a new reality in the story. It helps to see and realize the images of
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Victor Pelevin
ISBN
5-85950-013-0
Russian
Victor Pelevin
phantasmagoric
Bolsheviks seized power
Russia
Provisional Government
Lenin
Smolny
Ilya Muromets
Alyosha Popovich
cocaine
Dobryny Nikitich
Junkers
Rudolf Steiner
religious-
mystical
anthroposophy
Bolshevik
Vladimir Lenin
Finnish Communist
Eino Rahja
Alexander Blok
"Revolutionary Pelevin Story Reworked for Stage"

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