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В подполье можно встретить только крыс…
Первые варианты рукописи мемуаров генерала П.Григоренко исчезали: врачи "психушки" изымали, экземпляры пропадали в КГБ. Только, оказавшись на западе, генерал смог дописать свою книгу, наполненную идеями правозащитничества. Книга разочарованного в советской системе человека, до поры до времени, считавшего все неудобства советского строя случайными, а потом, вдруг, разглядевшего в них систему.
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640 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1981
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March 23, 2019
Another fat book of General Петро Григоренко’s memoirs. Loved it! Loved the personality of the general. I really do not understand why he is so little known among regular people. He was a beautiful and highly significant personality, especially for us, Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars. Although I think that Crimean Tatars remember, love, and respect him much more that we, Ukrainians.
However, he was an extremely important figure for all dissident and anti-Soviet movements whatsoever.
The memoirs are very interesting and detailed — he was also a really good writer that makes the atmosphere of any place and time he witnessed very lively and full of colors. I have already read part of the memoirs (about his dissident life in the later years) as they were repeated in the previous book “Генерал Петро Григоренко: Спогади, статті, матеріали” (2008). However, this book contains much more memoirs, starting from his early childhood.
Everything — including his childhood, his education, his participation in the war, his later pre-dissident life — is VERY interesting. I do recommend reading this book — it’s not only a good chance to learn about this amazing personality but also just a good memoir book, full of interesting personal and socially important stuff.
As I understand, it was originally written and published in Russian, but I have read a Ukrainian translation in paper. I have not seen such a full single book of Петро Григоренко’s memoirs in Russian, but I suppose that they are more or less covered by “В подполье можно встретить только крыс” — only watch for the edition that starts from his childhood (“Родился я 16 октября 1907 года на Украине – село Борисовка, Приморского района Запорожской области. Ребенком я себя не помню” etc.), not a shorter version that is only about his dissident activities.
I am very happy that I now have these two thick books about Петро Григоренко on my bookshelves!
However, he was an extremely important figure for all dissident and anti-Soviet movements whatsoever.
The memoirs are very interesting and detailed — he was also a really good writer that makes the atmosphere of any place and time he witnessed very lively and full of colors. I have already read part of the memoirs (about his dissident life in the later years) as they were repeated in the previous book “Генерал Петро Григоренко: Спогади, статті, матеріали” (2008). However, this book contains much more memoirs, starting from his early childhood.
Everything — including his childhood, his education, his participation in the war, his later pre-dissident life — is VERY interesting. I do recommend reading this book — it’s not only a good chance to learn about this amazing personality but also just a good memoir book, full of interesting personal and socially important stuff.
As I understand, it was originally written and published in Russian, but I have read a Ukrainian translation in paper. I have not seen such a full single book of Петро Григоренко’s memoirs in Russian, but I suppose that they are more or less covered by “В подполье можно встретить только крыс” — only watch for the edition that starts from his childhood (“Родился я 16 октября 1907 года на Украине – село Борисовка, Приморского района Запорожской области. Ребенком я себя не помню” etc.), not a shorter version that is only about his dissident activities.
I am very happy that I now have these two thick books about Петро Григоренко on my bookshelves!
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October 7, 2008Grigorenko Memoirs - Petro Grigorenko.
Brilliant man, amazing story. He just couldn't do anything other than tell the straight out truth. A man of will and strength.
Brilliant man, amazing story. He just couldn't do anything other than tell the straight out truth. A man of will and strength.
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