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The Infinite Deadlock
Dmitry Yevgenyevich Galkovsky (russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Галковский; born 4 June 1960 in the Soviet Union, USSR) is a Russian writer, journalist, philosopher and blogger. Most famous as author of the novel ''The Infinite Deadlock'' (''Бесконечный тупик''). Biography Dmitry Galkovsky was born in Moscow in a working-class family, his father being an engineer, and his mother a tailor. Both his parents were originated from the families of Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox clerics. He graduated from school No. 51 in Moscow in 1977. Major works The Infinite Deadlock (Alternative translations: ''Endless Dead-end'', ''Endless Impasse''). Galkovsky's first major work was the philosophical novel ''Бесконечный тупик'' (''The Infinite Deadlock''). The work consists of three parts. The first part, completed in 1984 and entitled "The Round World," is a brief analysis of, and homage to, the work of the Russian philosopher Vasily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |