Great Russian Writers

Name: Great Russian Writers
Released: 1994-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

These biographical drama documentaries explore the lives and careers of Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Gorky, Blok, Pasternak and Mayakovsky.

1994 · 26m

EPISODE 1

Vladimir Mayakovsky

Vladimir Mayakovsky, one of Russia's most gifted writers, was the leading poet of the Russian Revolution and the early Soviet Period.
EPISODE 2

Maxim Gorky

Gorky, novelist and playwright was the founder of Socialist Realism, he was also a prominent figure in the Russian Revolution.
EPISODE 3

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy, novelist and moral thinker, was one of the great writers of realistic fiction.
EPISODE 4

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky, one of the greatest novelists of all time. His fiction has had a profound influence on the modern intellectual climate.
EPISODE 5

Boris Pasternak

Boris Pasternak, Soviet poet and Nobel Prize winning author was one of the foremost literary figures in the USSR.
EPISODE 6

Anton Chekhov

Critics consider Chekhov the master of short story, using themes relating to the everyday, Chekhov portrayed life in Russia before the Revolution.