Убийство Урицкого

by Mark Aldanov, Марк Алданов

Урицкий был комический персонаж. В моей памяти осталась невысокая, по-утиному переваливающаяся фигурка, на кривых, точно от английской болезни, ногах, кругленькое лицо без бороды и усов, смазанный чем-то, аккуратный проборчик, огромное пенсне на огромном носу грибом

Hardcover

First published June 5, 1928

About the author

Mark Aleksandrovich Aldanov was a Russian writer and critic,known for his historical novels.

Mark Landau (Aldanov) was born in Kiev in the family of a rich Jewish industrialist. He graduated the physical-mathematical and law departments of Kiev University. He published serious research papers in chemistry. In 1919 he emigrated to France. During 1922-1924 he lived in Berlin and during 1941-1946, in the United States.

Ivan Bunin, the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, nominated Aldanov for Nobel Prize a total of six times - in 1938, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1950.

Reviews

[Mare · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The Assassination of Uritsky" details the assassination of Uritsky, a Soviet politician, by a young boy