Vestnik RUDN. International Relations (Dec 2015)
The 70th Anniversary of Victory. On Some Books dedicated to the Great Patriotic War
Abstract
On the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 there were many interesting books of different content devoted to military events and individual participants of the war, who played a prominent role in 1941-1945. Among them are the works of the Coordination Council of the «Commonwealth of public organizations of veterans (pensioners) of Independent States», of Publishing House «Patriot» and more than a dozen books prepared by scientists from the Institute of Russian History of Russian Academy of Science. They are all different in content, style, and directions. But all they set out events that took place in the memorable years of the Great Patriotic War. The author gives an overview of recent literature on the Second World War, analyzes their contents and identify features.
