Yakov Gordin: biography, photos and reviews

Yakov Gordin is a famous Russian historian and publicist. His career achievements surprise everyone.

Biography of Gordin

Gordin Yakov Arkadevich, whose biography is full of bright moments, was born on December 23, 1935, in the cultural capital - St. Petersburg (at that time - the city of Leningrad).

His father was a literary critic, and his mother a writer. Jacob's grandfather was from the town of Rezhitsa and was considered a successful merchant of the first Pskov guild. Despite the high position of relatives, Uncle Yakov was an activist of the political movement within the RCP in the 1920s, whose representatives were Trotsky and Preobrazhensky. Soon he was arrested as a political offender. Uncle on another related side was also arrested for participation in the left opposition, and later shot.

However, one of his relatives held a high position in the People's Commissariat of Finance of the USSR, taking the place of deputy and making a career in this field.

Education

After graduating from school, Gordin Yakov entered the Leningrad University at the Faculty of Philology. Despite his abilities in this scientific field, he never finished university.

His career, Yakov Gordin decided to build in a completely different field - an unfortunate beginning in the linguistic sciences gave a push in a completely different direction. Yakov graduated from the technical-geophysical courses at the Arctic Research Institute of Geology, after which for five years he worked in this field. Yakov even managed to take part in an expedition in Northern Yakutia.

The beginning of a literary career

Only in 1963 Yakov Gordin began publishing his poems in the periodicals of Leningrad. Then he began work on the publication of historical and critical articles and plays.

One of the first plays was "The Mutiny of the Unarmed", it was written in 1964. The play told about the life, fate and difficulties of the Decembrists.

Development in the literary path

In 1967, the play "Your Head, Emperor!" Was released, which was immediately staged at the Leningrad Theater of the Young Spectator.

Yakov Gordin was seriously interested in publications and writing of literary works. Inspired by his success, in 1972, Gordin publishes the first collection of poems "Space".

In 1973, Gordin's prose work "Day of December 14" was published. After the publication of this book, Yakov Gordin begins to develop his literary talent in writing works in historical subjects.

Since the choice of the genre of writing his works, Gordin is considered a fictionalist working in the historical genre, his books rest on a solid foundation of history. In addition, Yakov Gordin is also a historical esthete.

Writer on TV

In 2004, Yakov decided to try his hand at creating a television program. He begins work on a documentary cycle, on the channel "Culture" there is a historical television series "There is a rapture in battle", which tells in detail about the meaning of noble fights in Russia and consists of twelve series.

Yakov Gordin became not only the creator of this television series, but also his presenter. The series was a success among the audience, because Gordin wrote the script understandable for everyone who does not have such a deep knowledge in historical science.

Yakov Gordin: the writer's books

The main genre, as it was said earlier, was historical prose for Gordin. That is why all his books, one way or another, describe the historical events of different epochs.

The most famous works, authored by Yakov Gordin (writer), are a book about duelists, a work-exposing the personality of Nicholas I and a documentary story about the life of Yermolov.

"Duels and Duelists: A Panorama of the Metropolitan Life"

Jacob's book on duelists and their way of life tells of the tradition of the duel, which was a great success in the circles of the Russian nobility. The writer tells in detail about the history of the St. Petersburg era. Based on historical documents, Yakov Gordin adds a general picture of duels, the significance of which was very high in the XVIII-XIX centuries in the Russian Empire.

Ermolov

Everyone knows that Alexei Yermolov is an extremely mysterious historical figure whose significance is not fully understood and appreciated. However, also on the basis of archival documents and memoirs, Yakov Gordin managed to prove the true value of Ermolov in Russian history. The book fully reveals the character of Yermolov, showing how much he wanted the glory that the Macedonian or Caesar had. How much effort Ermolov made for his self-education, standing out in his environment with a special ambition. It is to this historical character that the book of Yakov Gordin is devoted.

"Nicholas the First without retouching"

In the content of the book there is a large number of historical documents, correspondence and diaries, which enable the reader to look at the personality of Nicholas I from all angles. Fragments of memoirs of other significant figures in the history of the Russian Empire are able to change the opinion of one of the rulers, showing his real essence and thoughts, which in fact were with the emperor.

Other books of the writer: poets-classics in Russian history

Yakov Gordin has books in which he independently adds the history of Russia and the creativity of some poets, drawing conclusions that also have a strong historical basis. These books are, to a large extent, from the literary studies, essays and essays of the writer. Of all the works of this type can be identified two works of Gordin - a book in two volumes "Pushkin. Brodsky. Empire and fate "and" Knight and death, or Life as a design. "

"Pushkin. Brodsky. Empire and destiny »

The first volume "The Drama of a Great Country" constantly mentions the life and work of Pushkin, which, one way or another, influenced the course of historical events. The key in the first book is the fact that Pushkin's work "looked to the future through the centuries". During his lifetime Alexander Sergeevich described the events and problems that were relevant in his time, only slightly touching on the topics of the future. However, the freedom-loving poetry of the poet became even more relevant after almost one hundred years from the time of writing the first works.

Pushkin wrote about how much the Russian people lacked freedom in life, and his works were constantly quoted by people from the time of the October Revolution to the very moment of perestroika. The fate of the heroes of the work of Gordin is inextricably linked with the fate of the whole empire.

The second volume "Those who are on the other side of the river" already tells about the life history of significant figures of the twentieth century - about Joseph Brodsky, Yury Davydov and Nathan Eidelman. Each of these famous people in their own way perceived the development and collapse of the Russian Empire, but each had a close connection with the personality of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. The book tells how each hero comprehended the destiny of such a magnificent state as the Russian Empire.

"Knight and Death, or Life as a Design"

The book tells about the life of Joseph Brodsky, about all the difficulties that the poet had to endure in order to finally live in peace. The book tells about all the terrible events that happened with Brodsky: arrest, after the trial, and then a link. The narrative begins with the moment of personal acquaintance of Joseph Brodsky and Yakov Gordin. It should be noted that this book was approved by Joseph himself, and then published in 1989.