Vyacheslav Mironov: books about the war

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Unfortunately, wars never stop in the world. Russia at the turn of the century also experienced another tragedy - a military conflict in Chechnya. Most of the inhabitants are familiar with the Chechen campaign through documentary television stories and feature films. But there are people for whom this historical fact is a part of their own life, it is impossible to forget it. Russian officer and writer Vyacheslav Mironov went through the Chechen war from beginning to end, its events formed the basis of many of his books.

Short biography of the author

Mironov Vyacheslav Nikolaevich was born in the Siberian city of Kemerovo in 1966. After graduating from school, Vyacheslav decided to continue the family tradition and become a military man. He entered the Kemerovo Higher Military School of Communications.

After graduating from an educational institution, Mironov served in various places, having traveled almost the entire country during this time. Participated in the resolution of many military conflicts, including in Chechnya. Vyacheslav Nikolaevich was wounded, repeatedly shell-shocked, and awarded the Order of Courage for his military merits. After the end of his military career, he continued to serve in the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Events of the First Chechen Warforever changed Mironov's life, becoming an inexhaustible source for his work. The writer is a laureate of the Tenet literary awards and the V. P. Astafiev. The main work of the author is rightfully considered the book “I was in this war. Chechnya, 1995.”

Military writer Vyacheslav Mironov

The desire to tell the truth about the war, an attempt to comprehend the terrible events that took place in Chechnya at the end of the 20th century forced the serviceman Vyacheslav Lazarev (the real name of the author, Mironov is a pseudonym) to take up the pen.

The military writer Vyacheslav Mironov was born. “I was in this war. Chechnya, 1995” is the first book, which is considered to be his main work. It has been reprinted many times and translated into several languages. All subsequent work of the writer is also devoted to military topics.

Eyewitness notes

The advantage of the book "I was in this war" is that an eyewitness and a direct participant in the hostilities tells about the terrible details of those distant days. Therefore, this is a very truthful and poignant work. Without pathos and false patriotism, the author talks about such lofty concepts as love for the Motherland, honor and duty. But we must not forget that this is an artistic presentation, therefore it is permeated with the writer's personal attitude to everything that happens, his own experience and pain. The book contains scary, difficult scenes that cannot be taken calmly. But therein lies the value of the work. It shows readers in all frankness that war isscary, it's tears and pain, dirt and death.

Vyacheslav Mironov is not limited to a simple description of military everyday life, he is trying to give his own assessment of the actions of the warring parties, government officials and military leadership. And this assessment is not always positive. The writer is trying to understand where this hostility came from and who needed such significant and irreparable sacrifices. To those who call for massacre, who see the solution to all problems in the use of weapons, Vyacheslav Mironov reminds in his book that war spares no one, neither right nor wrong.

Review of the work of Vyacheslav Mironov

During his career, the writer has released more than 10 works. War is the main topic covered by Vyacheslav Mironov. The author's books are united by one characteristic feature - discouraging frankness and hatred of war:

• The book “Not My War” tells about the fate of a separate, then still Soviet, missile unit during the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. The main question of the work: how to stay alive and return from someone else's war?
• "Cadet's Day" is a sincere story about the life of military school cadets who need to become real men in a short time, because then they will have to fight.
• The book "Eyes of War" tells about the fight against terrorists, a quiet but no less terrible battle.

The books of the writer Mironov are not only fascinating works of art. It is also a kind of chronicle of events,taking place in modern Russia, including military conflicts. It is very important when a person who himself took part in them tells about the hostilities. I would like to hope that the work of Vyacheslav Mironov will allow the next generations of Russians not to forget what war really is.