Память

The work of the remarkable publicist Vladimir Alekseevich Chivilikhin (1928-1984) is dedicated to the origin and formation of Russian statehood and culture, military exploits and the peaceful creation of the Russian people in the early Middle Ages. This book is the final part of his many years of work on the novel-essay "Memory", however, according to the author himself, it has an independent meaning and can be considered as a finished work, a kind of result of a long journey to Ancient Russia and at the same time reflections on the attitude of contemporaries to the spiritual and historical heritage, about the problems of studying history. With the beginning of perestroika, the novel had a great influence on the development of social thought, the patriotic movement in Russia and the creation of the "Memory" society. V. A. Chivilikhin was one of the main and consistent opponents of L. N. Gumilyov and, by all available means, sought to debunk the theory of ethnogenesis and passionarity of his colleague.