Аркадий Бабченко

Arkady Babchenko was a naive 18-year-old when he was conscripted to fight in Chechnya. He learned the meaning of savagery and fear before he'd even been near the front line, and by the time he started his active duty he had developed the tough skin of the hardened soldier. This is the story of his journey from innocence to brutalised experience. Формат: 12,5 см x 20 см.

If you haven't yet learned that war is hell, this memoir by a young Russian recruit in his country's battle with the breakaway republic of Chechnya, should easily convince you. And yet Babchenko, who was drafted in 1995 as a second-year law student for the first Chechnya campaign, actually volunteered for the second one in 1999 for reasons even he is hard put to explain. Written shortly...

Бабченко Аркадий Аркадьевич родился в 1977 году в Москве. Окончил Современный гуманитарный университет. Журналист, прозаик, издатель журнала «Искусство войны. Творчество ветеранов последних войн», работает в «Новой газете». Лауреат премии «Дебют», премии журнала «Новый мир» (2006, 2008), премии английского ПЕН-центра. Живет в Москве.

Arkady Babchenko was a naive 18-year-old when he was conscripted to fight in Chechnya. He learned the meaning of savagery and fear before he'd even been near the front line, and by the time he started his active duty he had developed the tough skin of the hardened soldier. This is the story of his journey from innocence to brutalised experience. Формат: 12,5 см x 20 см.

If you haven't yet learned that war is hell, this memoir by a young Russian recruit in his country's battle with the breakaway republic of Chechnya, should easily convince you. And yet Babchenko, who was drafted in 1995 as a second-year law student for the first Chechnya campaign, actually volunteered for the second one in 1999 for reasons even he is hard put to explain. Written shortly...

Бабченко Аркадий Аркадьевич родился в 1977 году в Москве. Окончил Современный гуманитарный университет. Журналист, прозаик, издатель журнала «Искусство войны. Творчество ветеранов последних войн», работает в «Новой газете». Лауреат премии «Дебют», премии журнала «Новый мир» (2006, 2008), премии английского ПЕН-центра. Живет в Москве.