Poets of the Great Patriotic War

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The Great Patriotic War… This is perhaps the worst grief of the twentieth century. How many Soviet soldiers died in its bloody battles, defending their homeland with their breasts, how many remained disabled!.. But although the Nazis had the advantage for most of the war, the Soviet Union nevertheless won. Have you ever wondered why? After all, compared with the Germans, the Soviet army did not have many combat vehicles and thorough military training. The desire to defend themselves was caused by the works of Soviet poets and writers, who inspired the soldiers to exploits. It's hard to believe, but even in those troubled times, there were many talented people among the Soviet people who knew how to express their feelings on paper. Most of them went to the front, where their fate was different. The terrible statistics are impressive: on the eve of the war in the USSR there were 2186 writers and poets, of which 944 people went to the battlefield, and 417 did not return from there. Those who were younger than everyone were not yet twenty, the oldest were around 50 years old. If not for the war, perhaps they would now be equated with the great classics - Pushkin, Lermontov, Yesenin, etc. But, as the catchphrase from the work of Olga Berggolts says, "no one is forgotten, nothingforgotten". The manuscripts of both dead and surviving writers and poets that survived during the war in the post-war period were placed in printed publications that were replicated throughout the USSR. So, what kind of people are the poets of the Great Patriotic War? Below is a list that shows the most famous ones.

Poets of the Great Patriotic War

1. Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966)

At the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War, she wrote several poster poems. Then she was evacuated from Leningrad until the first blockade winter. For the next two years she has to live in Tashkent. She wrote many poems during the war.

2. Olga Bergholz (1910-1975)

During the war, she lived in besieged Leningrad, working on the radio and every day supporting the courage of the inhabitants. At the same time, her best works were written.

3. Andrei Malyshko (1912-1970)

Throughout the war he worked as a special correspondent for such front-line newspapers as "For Soviet Ukraine!", "Red Army" and "For the Honor of the Motherland". I set out my impressions of this time on paper only in the post-war years.

4. Sergei Mikhalkov (1913-2009)

During the war he worked as a correspondent for such newspapers as Stalin's Falcon and For the Glory of the Motherland. Retreated to Stalingrad along with the troops.

5. Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)

Most of the war he lived in evacuation in Chistopol, financially supporting all those in need.

6. Alexander Tvardovsky (1910-1971)

Spent the war at the front, working in a newspaper and publishing his essays and poems in it.

7. Pavlo Tychina (1891-1967)

During the war he lived in Ufa, doing active creative work. Tychyna's articles published during this period inspired Soviet soldiers to fight for their Motherland.

These are all the most famous poets of the Great Patriotic War. And now let's talk about their work.

Poetry of the Great Patriotic War

Most of the poets devoted their time to creativity, mainly in wartime. Then many works were written, later awarded various prizes in literature. The poetry of the Great Patriotic War has the appropriate themes - the horror, misfortune and grief of war, mourning for the dead Soviet soldiers, tribute to the heroes who sacrifice themselves to save the Motherland.

Conclusion

A huge number of poems were written in those troubled years. And then even more prose works were created. This despite the fact that some poets of the Great Patriotic War also served at the front. And yet, the theme (for both poetry and prose) is the same - their authors fervently hope for victory and eternal peace.