V. VERESAEV’S NOVEL «AT THE DEAD END»: THE CHRONICLE OF «BOORISH» KINGDOM OF REVOLUTION

Abstract

The article is devoted to views of V. Veresaev on the outcome of the revolution of 1917. Based on the analysis of the content of the novel “At the dead end”, devoted to the description of the civil war in Crimea, and matching it with the works of important Russian writers of the studied period, an attempt is made to represent the opinion of V. Veresaev about the causes and consequences of the coup. We emphasize the complexity and ambiguity of attitudes of the Russian intelligentsia to the revolution, including V. Veresaev.