‘The singer of Old Rus’: General Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov and his political ideas through the prism of his literary work

• Authors: Anežka Kotoučová
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the study is an attempt at a biographical analysis of an interesting personality of the Russian interwar right-wing emigration, General Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov. At the same time, the study contains an analysis of part of his literary work, especially with regard to his far-right political views. Based on the study of two of Krasnov’s key works, the novels From the Double-Headed Eagle to the Red Flag and Behind the Thistle, the intention is to point out the right-wing ideas of the White Army general and graphomaniac, and to capture, using Krasnov’s example, the ideas that the Russian right-wing emigration in the interwar period was concerned with.

Keywords

EN

Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov; Russian right-wing emigration; literature; army; White-Guard

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 111
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 141-165
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Anežka Kotoučová

• Slovanský přehled, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic