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22: 292:. Galkovsky believes that the doctrine of "realism" adopted by Russian literature was a false front for a revolutionary agenda. In this interpretation, Russian literature uses a hyper-real appearance to describe things that were not actually common in real life, and often were surreal inventions of the authors. For example, Galkovsky interprets the work of 224:. Rozanov's writings were not published during Soviet rule, and he had become somewhat obscure by the time Galkovsky was writing. "The Round World" argues that Rozanov's work is "very modern and relevant" to Russia in the late 20th century, and that he is "perhaps… the most modern Russian philosopher." 351:
The nature of the Russian language itself. Galkovsky notes what he considers to be the amorphousness of the Russian language, building on the "silence"/"speech" dichotomy put forth in the "main text." In his view, the ambiguity of language makes it difficult to create an unambiguous depiction of evil
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as the author's own fantastic, irrational expression of the ambiguity of the Russian language, and concludes that Gogol's influence became irreparably harmful when this work was interpreted as a realistic criticism of Russian society. In general, Galkovsky argues against the idea that writers should
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is Galkovsky's best-known and most expansive work. However, despite the critical acclaim it has received, it has never been published by any Soviet or post-Soviet organization, and every edition released so far has been self-published by Galkovsky. The first edition was released in 1997, nine years
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The author's own feelings of loneliness (Galkovsky refers to himself using his mother's maiden name "Odinokov," meaning "lonely one"), his childhood experiences, and his relationship with his father. These passages form a literary (often lyrical) counterpoint to the denser philosophical passages in
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is called "Comments on 'The Infinite Deadlock'" and consists of 949 "comments" (fragments of text anywhere from one sentence to several pages long). Each "comment" is addressed to a single phrase, either from the "main text" in the second part, or from an earlier comment. Thus, the comments have a
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poets, whose aesthetic views were largely carried over from pre-revolutionary times, and rejected by the Soviet order. Furthermore, in Galkovsky's opinion, a truly "representative" collection should include the most "typical" poems in a certain category, rather than the "best" ones. Thus,
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is inherently highly amorphous, and that Russian culture is better adapted to faith (which is associated with "silence") than to reason ("logos" or "speech"). In this interpretation, the fragmented nature of Rozanov's later writing is the ideal expression of the Russian way of thinking.
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The fragmented, episodic nature of the comments resembles Rozanov's style of writing. However, although Rozanov provided the main inspiration for Galkovsky's work, he is only one of many subjects discussed in the third part of
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implies that Solovyov's main goal was to create a caricatured form of conservatism that would draw attention away from more "authentic" nationalist thinkers such as Yuri Samarin. Galkovsky expresses similar criticism of
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The original website of the magazine has now closed, but the content has been archived by a Galkovsky fansite. In 2011, the magazine was reopened under the name "New Ducks' Truth."
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The novel has not been translated into English. The complicated structure of the hypertext, and Galkovsky's heavy use of conversational idioms, make English translation difficult.
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the text. However, Galkovsky also implies that his experience is a natural outcome of the historical and literary developments he discusses throughout the novel.
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in revolutionary movements, but he implies that their success was inspired and funded by European governments for the purpose of destroying the Russian monarchy.
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publisher Konstantin Rykov. The magazine contained many articles on history and politics, written by Galkovsky under his "Friend of Ducklings" pseudonym.
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after the novel was completed. The third edition was released in 2007 by a publishing house expressly founded by Galkovsky for this purpose. (
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in a written work. He gives examples of works from Russian literature that use language to "muffle" psychological or ideological conflicts.
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in a working-class family, his father being an engineer, and his mother a tailor. Both his parents were originated from the families of
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In 2002, Galkovsky wrote a film script called "Друг Утят" ("Friend of Ducklings"). The screenplay tells a futuristic (both
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Many other subjects are covered in passing, including the nature and purpose of philosophy, a discussion of
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to Galkovsky: the praise of folly in Russian prose since the 1960s" by Oxford research fellow Oliver Ready
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During the 1990s, Galkovsky decided to boycott post-Soviet media as a result of his inability to publish
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The size of each section is intended to mirror the frequency of the section's topic in Soviet poetry.
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due to long-standing treason at every level of the government. Galkovsky cites the pervasiveness of
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contains a selection of hypothetical critical reactions (written by Galkovsky himself) to the work
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In 2003-2004, Galkovsky published two collections of essays, articles and interviews, entitled
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New Realism, New Barbarism: Socialist Theory in the Era of Globalization by Boris Kagarlitsky
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in the 20th century. Members of the "Ducklings" movement are encouraged to participate in
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Galkovsky compiled an anthology of "typical" Soviet poetry, referencing the Orwellian term
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Galkovsky has participated in the creation of a website parodying the typical style of
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The poems are categorized by subject. The subjects covered by the anthology include:
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samples many obscure and provincial Soviet poets in addition to more acclaimed ones.
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Russian Postmodernism. By Mikhail Epstein, Aleksandr Genis, Slobodanka Vladiv-Glover
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Russian postmodernism by Mikhail Epstein, Aleksandr Genis, Slobodanka Vladiv-Glover
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New Realism, New Barbarism: Socialist Theory in the Era of Globalization
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Livejournal prize of 2006 in the "Best comments of the year" nomination.
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After the Fall: 1989 and the Future of Freedom by George N. Katsiaficas
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In 2009, Galkovsky published another collection of essays entitled
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and regularly appears on various lists of the most popular blogs.
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A discrediting of the character and work of Russian philosopher
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literary prize of 1997; declined to accept the monetary award.
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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clerics. He graduated from school No. 51 in Moscow in 1977.
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Scientific Bodies in Motion by Vladimir David Shkolnikov.
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were published in the USSR in both the "liberal" journal
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Report of the 1997 Russian Booker and Antibooker Awards
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Mikhail Epstein about Dmitry Galkovsky (in English)
612:) were published in both online and offline media. 1101:Dmitry Galkovsky's youtube channel "Galkovskyland" 508:"Love for the Three Mandarins" (poems extolling 741:), co-founded in 2004 by Galkovsky and Russian 167:. He is best-known as the author of the novel 8: 339:that he attempted to summarize in his work. 53:about living persons that is unsourced or 124:Learn how and when to remove this message 320:in Russian society and the influence of 885:Dmitry Galkovsky: The Infinite Deadlock 775: 368:, and an analysis of the characters of 300:Historical revisionism of 19th century 1060:Fan site dedicated to Dmitry Galkovsky 826:by Boris Kagarlitsky, Renfrey Clarke ( 413:from across the ideological spectrum. 931:." Литературная Газета, no. 16, 2006. 7: 783:Антикомпромат.Ру. Галковский Дмитрий 297:have political and social influence. 903:galkovsky: 450. 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