Review of the book “Writers’ Letters from the Front: A Collection of Soldier-Writers’ Letters and Award Certificates” (Kazan: Tatar Book Publishing House, 2024. 272 p.)
https://doi.org/10.26907/2311-2042-2025-25-2-180-186
Abstract
This article reviews Alfia Shamova’s book “Writers’ Letters from the Front: A Collection of Soldier-Writers’ Letters and Award Certificates” (2024). This large collection, which became the object of this review, is considered from the point of view of its content, structure, scientific, and spiritual value. This work, containing letters from the front and documents – the living memories of the Patriotic War chronicle, helps to revive harsh memories of the terrible forties, as it is imbued with the spirit of the time and the patriotic feelings of Tatar writers, their faith in our victory over the enemy.
About the Authors
G. A. Nabiullina
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Guzel Amirovna Nabiullina – Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor in the Department of General Linguistics and Turkology, the Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication
18 Kremlyovskaya Str., Kazan, 420008
L. G. Latfullina
Moscow State Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Landysh Giniyatovna Latfullina – Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor in the Department of General Linguistics, the Institute of Philology of Moscow State Pedagogical University
1 Malaya Pirogovskaya Str., 119435, Moscow
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Review
For citations:
Nabiullina G.A., Latfullina L.G. Review of the book “Writers’ Letters from the Front: A Collection of Soldier-Writers’ Letters and Award Certificates” (Kazan: Tatar Book Publishing House, 2024. 272 p.). Tatarica. 2025;25(2):180-186. https://doi.org/10.26907/2311-2042-2025-25-2-180-186
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