Many of us from the school bench have remained convinced that for the most part, Russian classics is a rather boring and unthinkable stretched for several hundred pages work on the hardships of life, mental suffering and philosophical searches of the main characters. We have collected the best works of Russian classics, which cannot be finished until the end.
10. Anatoly Pristavkin “The golden cloud slept”
"A golden cloud slept" by Anatoly Pristavkin - a piercing story in its tragedy that happened to orphans twin brothers Sasha and Kolka Kuzmin, evacuated along with the other pupils of the orphanage during the war years in the Caucasus. Here it was decided to establish a labor colony for land development. Children are innocent victims of a policy of power towards the peoples of the Caucasus. This is one of the strongest and most honest stories about orphans and the deportation of the Caucasian peoples. “The Golden Cloud Spent the Night” has been translated into 30 languages of the world and is rightfully one of the best works of Russian classics. 10th place in our ranking.
9. Boris Pasternak “Doctor Zhivago”
Novel Boris Pasternak "Doctor Zhivago", who brought him world fame and the Nobel Prize - on 9th place in the list of the best works of Russian classics. For his novel, Pasternak was sharply criticized by representatives of the country's official literary world. The manuscript of the book was banned for publication, and the writer himself, under pressure, was forced to refuse to present the prestigious award. After the death of Pasternak, she was transferred to his son.
8. Mikhail Sholokhov "Quiet Don"
The Quiet Don by Mikhail Sholokhov in terms of the scale and scope of the described period of the life of the main characters can be compared with the “War and Peace” of Leo Tolstoy. This is an epic story about the life and fate of representatives of the Don Cossacks. The novel covers the three most difficult eras of the country: the First World War, the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War. What happened in the soul of people in those days, what reasons forced to stand on different sides of the barricades of relatives and friends? The writer is trying to answer these questions in one of the best works of Russian classical literature. Silent Don - on the 8th place in our rating.
7. The stories of Anton Chekhov
Stories by A.P. Chekhov, a universally recognized classic of Russian literature, take 7th place on our list. One of the most famous playwrights in the world, wrote over 300 works of various genres and passed away very early, at 44 years old. Chekhov's tales, ironic, funny and eccentric, reflected the realities of life of that era. They have not lost their relevance now. The peculiarity of his short works is not to answer questions, but to ask them to the reader.
6. I. Ilf and E. Petrov “Twelve Chairs”
The novels of writers with a wonderful sense of humor by I. Ilf and E. Petrov “The Twelve Chairs” and “The Golden Calf” occupy 6th place among the best works of Russian classics. After reading them, each reader will understand that classical literature is not only interesting and fascinating, but also funny. The adventures of the great combinator Ostap Bender, the protagonist of the books of Ilf and Petrov, will not leave anyone indifferent. Immediately after the first publication, the works of writers were ambiguously accepted in literary circles. But time has shown their artistic value.
5. Alexander Solzhenitsyn “The Gulag Archipelago”
In fifth place in our rating of the best works of Russian classics - The Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. This is not only a great novel about one of the most difficult and terrible periods in the history of the country - repressions in the USSR, but also an autobiographical work based on the personal experience of the author, as well as letters and memoirs of more than two hundred prisoner camps. The exit of the novel in the West was accompanied by a loud scandal and persecution unfolded against Solzhenitsyn and other dissidents. The publication of the "Gulag Archipelago" became possible in the USSR only in 1990. The novel is among best books of the century.
4. Nikolai Gogol "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka"
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol is a universally recognized classic of world significance. The crown of his work is considered the novel "Dead Souls", the second volume of which was destroyed by the author himself. But our rating of the best works of Russian classics included the first book Gogol - “Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka”. It is hard to believe that the novels included in the book and written with sparkling humor were almost the first experience in Gogol's writing. Pushkin left a flattering review of the work, which was genuinely amazed and fascinated by Gogol’s novels written in a lively, poetic language without pretense of humility and stiffness.
The events described in the book take place in different time periods: in the XVII, XVIII XIX centuries.
3. Fedor Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”
Novel “Crime and Punishment” by F. M. Dostoevsky ranks third in the list of the best works of Russian classics. He received the status of a cult book of world significance. This is one of the most often filmed books. This is not only a deeply philosophical work in which the author presents readers with the problems of moral responsibility, good and evil, but also a psychological drama and a fascinating detective story. The author shows the reader the process of turning a talented and respectable young man into a killer. He is equally interested in the possibility of atonement by Raskolnikov for guilt.
2. Leo Tolstoy “War and Peace”
Great epic novel Leo Tolstoy "War and Peace", the volume of which has terrified schoolchildren for many decades, is actually very interesting. It covers the period of several military campaigns against the strongest France in those days, led by Napoleon Bonaparte. This is one of the brightest examples of the best works of not only Russian, but also world classics. The novel is recognized as one of the most epic works in world literature. Here, each reader will find their favorite topic: love, war, courage.
Second place in the ranking of the best works of Russian classics.
1. Mikhail Bulgakov “The Master and Margarita”
An amazing novel leads our list of samples of the best classical literature. Mikhail Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita". The author never lived to see the publication of his book - it was published 30 years after his death.
The Master and Margarita is such a complex work that no attempt to film the novel has failed. The figures of Woland, Masters and Margarita require a filigree accuracy of the transfer of their images. Unfortunately, no actor has yet succeeded in achieving this. The adaptation of the novel by director Vladimir Bortko can be considered the most successful.