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A novel about Stepan Razin

The works of the talented Russian writer Vasily Shukshin (1929-1974) are well known to readers (the novel "Lubavina", stories about contemporaries, the film story "Kalina Krasnaya"). The novel "I have come to give you freedom" is a broad historical canvas containing a true story about the complex and dramatic vicissitudes of the peasant uprising led by Ataman Stepan Razin. This work is distinguished by the intensity of the narrative, vivid images of the characters, and above all Stepan Razin, colorful language. V. Shukshin masterfully draws the scope of the Peasant War, shows its role in the formation of the heroic traits of the Russian national character