Danna

Author: (Soviet) P. Ridov / Anonymous
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book includes the feature stories "Dana - The Story of a Female Hero of the Partisans" and "Dana Solomakh," the short story "The Fate of a Man," and the novella "Forest Partisans - The Story of Partisans in the Irmen Lakes Region." P. Ridov's "Dana - The Story of a Female Hero of the Partisans" details the heroic sacrifice of "Soviet Hero" Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya at the age of 18. Before the war, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was a tenth-grade student at Moscow School No. 201. When the Great Patriotic War broke out, shely joined the partisan detachment without hesitation and fought fiercely against the German occupiers. Unfortunately, Zoya was captured by Hitler's gang during an operation. Facing the enemy's interrogation, Zoya called herself "Dana." The name "Dana" came from the story of Dana in the book "Dana Solomakh," which she had read before her death. In this feature story, Lyubov Arkadinskaya portrays the image of the heroic girl Dana Solomakh. During the Civil War, Dana fought resolutely against the White Guard for the cause of the Soviet Revolution. After being captured by the White Guard, she endured all forms of torture and was executed in a freezing winter in 1918. The short story "The Fate of a Man" was published in 1956, more than a decade after the end of the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union. However, this story was still conceived by Sholokhov after meeting a soldier who had lost his family at the very end of the war. The novel had a significant impact in the Soviet Union after its publication, being recognized as having epic value and marking a new era in war literature. It was later adapted into a film and achieved great success. P. Pavlenko's "Forest Partisans" vividly portrays the story of a partisan detachment in the Irmen Lakes Region resisting fascist invaders with exquisite and lively writing, depicting characters such as the forest warden and military commanders, and expressing the Soviet people's desire for peace. This book includes the feature stories "Dana - The Story of a Female Hero of the Partisans" and "Dana Solomakh," the short story "The Fate of a Man," and the novella "Forest Partisans - The Story of Partisans in the Irmen Lakes Region." P. Ridov's "Dana - The Story of a Female Hero of the Partisans" details the heroic sacrifice of "Soviet Hero" Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya at the age of 18. Before the war, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was a tenth-grade student at Moscow School No. 201. When the Great Patriotic War broke out, shely joined the partisan detachment without hesitation and fought fiercely against the German occupiers. Unfortunately, Zoya was captured by Hitler's gang during an operation. Facing the enemy's interrogation, Zoya called herself "Dana." The name "Dana" came from the story of Dana in the book "Dana Solomakh," which she had read before her death. In this feature story, Lyubov Arkadinskaya portrays the image of the heroic girl Dana Solomakh. During the Civil War, Dana fought resolutely against the White Guard for the cause of the Soviet Revolution. After being captured by the White Guard, she endured all forms of torture and was executed in a freezing winter in 1918. The short story "The Fate of a Man" was published in 1956, more than a decade after the end of the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union. However, this story was still conceived by Sholokhov after meeting a soldier who had lost his family at the very end of the war. The novel had a significant impact in the Soviet Union after its publication, being recognized as having epic value and marking a new era in war literature. It was later adapted into a film and achieved great success. P. Pavlenko's "Forest Partisans" vividly portrays the story of a partisan detachment in the Irmen Lakes Region resisting fascist invaders with exquisite and lively writing, depicting characters such as the forest warden and military commanders, and expressing the Soviet people's desire for peace.