Petukhov Yuri Dmitrievich Fiction Archive

Yuri Dmitrievich Petukhov came to literature at the end of Perestroika, and during the first half of the 1990s was one of the most controversial figures in Russian science fiction, but rather not as a writer, but as a social phenomenon, brought to life by the collapse of old ideals and the criminal revelry of the period of the formation of wild capitalism . In a short time, he published several dozen books at his own expense, in 1993 he founded the ambitious Metagalaxy publishing house (located in his own apartment), published several magazines and almanacs - Adventures, Fantasy, PF-Dimension, Metagalaxy , "Galaxy", as well as a monthly newspaper anomalous phenomena and predictions "Voice of the Universe". Most of the works published in these journals also belonged to his pen.

The level of his work raises many questions - not only were his works not awarded any prizes (and there were more than enough of them in the 1990s), but they were not nominated for them either. In addition, no publishing house or magazine (other than their own) even tried to publish it. works of art written after 1990.

Even more than his fantasy, Petukhov is known for his national-patriotic views on the verge of extremism.

Yuri Petukhov was born in 1951 in Moscow on Chistye Prudy. His parents were quite ordinary people of their generation - front-line soldiers, participants in the Great Patriotic War, father is a military officer, journalist and writer, mother is a cultural worker. In 1967 Yura graduated high school. In 1968–1969 worked at the All-Russian Research Institute of Cable Industry (VNIIKP). In 1969–1971 served in the Soviet Army in the Southern Group of Forces (Hungary). In 1971–1978 studied at the Moscow Electrotechnical Institute of Communications (MEIS) and the Moscow state institute radio engineering, electronics and automation (MIREA). At the same time, in 1972-1985. worked somewhere in the defense industry. Unfortunately, the available sites do not provide an opportunity to clarify either the organization, or the position, or the nature of his activities.

In the 1980s, Yuri Petukhov abruptly changes his lifestyle. In 1983, his first book was published - the documentary story Through Two Springs. In 1989, the Sovremennik publishing house published the second book, Yesterday, Tomorrow (a collection of realistic novels and short stories), and from 1990 until his death, he published about fifty books, both fiction and journalistic.

In Petukhov's journalism, it is worth highlighting two main lines - national patriotism (bordering on pronounced great-power Russian chauvinism) and alternative view on history, contradictory historical science. Petukhov considered himself a philosopher and historian who committed major discoveries in the field of anthropogenesis, ethnogenesis, mythoanalysis, Indo-European studies, ancient history humanity. In his opinion, the Proto-Slavs-Rus were the proto-ethnos of the Indo-Europeans, who mastered back in the XV-II millennium (!) BC O most of the Eurasian continent and gave rise to almost all the peoples of Europe and many peoples of Asia. Without bothering to provide intelligible evidence, Petukhov postulated that all languages of the Indo-European language family, including ancient Greek and Sanskrit, developed from a single language of the Protorus. In the same place, he found the origins of all mythologies, including ancient, Indo-Aryan, Germanic, Celtic, and so on.

We will not dwell on the criticism of these anti-scientific views, for the promotion of which Petukhov created in 1997 the journal "History" and the almanac " True History". Back in 1990, the first edition of Y. Petukhov's book "By the Roads of the Gods" was published - an alternative history of the Slavs and all mankind. In 2000, he began publishing the three-volume "History of the Rus", in which he outlined in more detail his fantastic views on anthropology, ethnogenesis, ethnology and the history of civilizations. The first volume, published in 2000, had a stunning title: “History of the Rus. 40-5 millennium BC”.

In the field of the national-patriotic movement, Petukhov was an associate of Alexander Prokhanov (although at the same time he admired the personality of V.V. Zhirinovsky in his articles). In 1992, the Den newspaper published by Prokhanov published an article by Petukhov in which he accused the American embassy of using secret weapons in August 1991; allegedly with this weapon, the American embassy zombified the defenders of the White House and members of the State Emergency Committee (The Day, 1992, No. 27). Petukhov was not a stranger to anti-Semitism, as well as to the "world Jewish conspiracy theory." Some figures of that period called Petukhov's views fascist. Some of the author's books were banned in Russia (see. Note at the end of the bibliography).

Fiction in the work of Yuri Petukhov takes special place. He started with a more or less traditional science fiction action movie, but later on he fundamentally abandoned it in favor of a new, as he believed, genre, called the "supernova black wave" or "literature of super-realism." In fact, it was unusual for Soviet Union, but quite traditional for Western world bloody thrash. It was in this vein that the novels "Massacre" and "Satanic Potion", a huge five-volume epic novel "Star Vengeance" and many others were created. These books have many admirers who like the bloodthirsty style and the idea of the racial superiority of the Slavs over the rest of the world (which the author "promoted" including through fiction). Other readers sharply criticize both the form and the content of Petukhov's books, calling him a graphomaniac and a rabid chauvinist.

To characterize Petukhov as a writer, it is important that although he called himself Orthodox, in reality his religious views were close to neo-paganism and had almost no connection with Christianity. Substitution of Orthodoxy by the ancient Aryan-Slavic religion invented by him, emphasis on esotericism, denial scientific method and vulgar conjectures - specific traits worldview of Yuri Petukhov.

The writer died when he was only 57 years old. He was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery in Moscow.

Yuri Dmitrievich Petukhov (1951 - February 1, 2009) - Russian writer, philosopher, publicist. Born in Moscow. Participant of the October events of 1993.

In 1969-1971 he served in Soviet army in the Southern Group of Forces (Hungary). In 1971 he left the Komsomol for ideological reasons. 1972-1985 work in research institutes (defense industries). In 1983, the first book, Through Two Springs, was published.

Rising, he first broke the clavicle of the healthiest of the attackers, a two-meter kid in a black leather jacket. The kid fell to his knees and squealed softly. Ivan did not finish him off, only kicked him so as not to interfere on the road. But behind the kid were four more guys, two of them had some kind of piece of iron in their hands gleaming dully.
- Well, fraer, - one of them muttered, bald-cropped, with a bull neck, - are you going to flutter or what? “Let's shake things up a bit,” Ivan replied calmly.
(Star Revenge)

Petukhov Yury Dmitrievich

In 1990-1991 novels-dystopias "Slaughterhouse" and "Satanic Potion" opens (in his own words) "a new genre" of Russian literature, "supernova black wave" or "literature of super-realism". In August 1991, he put forward the thesis about the accomplished World War III and a new redistribution of the world.

In 1994-2000 made a series of long journeys through Europe, Asia, the Middle East "in search of the ancestral home of the Proto-Indo-Europeans", studied archaeological excavations ancient civilizations, established close ties with the leading archaeological and historical museums of the world.

In 2000, he began publishing the three-volume "History of the Rus", in which, in the genre of folk history, he outlined his main discoveries in the field of anthropology, ethnogenesis, ethnology, and the history of civilizations. At the same time he continued literary, scientific, journalistic and publishing activities.

The total circulation of publications in the own publishing house "Metagalaktika" is 16.5 million.

In the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, edited by Vl. Gakov says: “Petukhov’s fame was brought not so much by his numerous novels and short stories, which do not differ in artistic merit, but by Petukhov’s pathological desire to shock the public with obsessive propaganda of his own “genius”: numerous interviews with himself, advertising posters and booklets, statements on the pages of the press.”

Ivan pursed his lips. Leaned forward. His hands were stiff on levers.
But it was still early. Still early! In a moment it will be too late!
- Strengthen me and save me, do not let me die prematurely! - he whispered, almost without thinking about the meaning of what he was saying, not looking up from the contemplation of something invisible in the raging fire, feeling his heart tighten in a vise. - Zero!!!
(Star Revenge)

Petukhov Yury Dmitrievich

Russian writers V. Bondarenko, V. Lichutin, on the contrary, highly appreciate the work of Petukhov (Zavtra newspaper, No. 8, 2009).

Most famous work- fantastic epic novel in five volumes "Star Revenge" (1990-1995), written in the genre of "patriotic" fiction.

Main character- space marine Ivan, who is thrown into one of the "other worlds" by the corrupt authorities of the planet Earth. Ivan survives fierce battles and returns home, where, together with his friends, he overthrows all political regimes, after which non-humanoids from other planets invade the Earth.

Parts of the novel
1. "Angel of Retribution" ("System")
2. "Riot of Ghouls" ("Shelter")
3. "Immersion in darkness" ("Katorga")
4. "Invasion from Hell" ("Invasion")
5. "The Sword of the Almighty" ("Armageddon")

On July 20, 2006, at the initiative of the procurators of the Central District of Volgograd, a group of psychologists, political scientists and linguists conducted a comprehensive study of Petukhov's works, as a result of which the researchers came to the conclusion that the texts promote ideas of inciting racial, national and religious hatred, a cult of violence and cruelty , xenophobia. Materials were sent to the Moscow prosecutor's office to determine if there were corpus delicti.

There, Kesha, he sits, picking his dentures, and he doesn’t need a damn thing, he’s glad that he’s alive and well, it’s good for him. There was no connection with Kesha.
What a connection through the thickness of the crystal. - It's not crystal. This energy fields. “Your news made me feel much better, thank you,” Ivan quipped.
(Dive into darkness)

Petukhov Yury Dmitrievich

On February 5, 2007, the Perovsky Court of Moscow created a precedent for banning books containing literary and artistic texts. The court used the Law of the Russian Federation "On counteracting extremist activity" in relation to Petukhov's books. The writer's books "The Fourth World War" and "Genocide" were recognized as extremist, banned, subject to seizure and destruction.

The decision of the court was made on the proposal of the prosecutor's office of the Central District of Volgograd, sent to Moscow in July 2006. Yuri Petukhov filed a cassation complaint with a higher court.

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Yuri Dmitrievich Petukhov - quotes

Rising, the first thing he did was to break the clavicle of the heaviest of the attackers, a two-meter kid in a black leather jacket. The kid fell to his knees and squealed softly. Ivan did not finish him off, only kicked him so as not to interfere on the road. But behind the kid were four more guys, two of them had some kind of piece of iron in their hands gleaming dully. - Well, fraer, - one of them muttered, bald-cropped, with a bull neck, - are you going to flutter or what? “Let's shake things up a bit,” Ivan replied calmly.

Yuri Dmitrievich Petukhov (1951 - February 1, 2009) - Russian writer, philosopher, publicist. Born in Moscow. Participant of the October events of 1993.

In 1969-1971 he served in the Soviet Army in the Southern Group of Forces (Hungary). In 1971 he left the Komsomol for ideological reasons. 1972-1985 work in research institutes (defense industries). In 1983, the first book, Through Two Springs, was published.

Rising, the first thing he did was to break the clavicle of the heaviest of the attackers, a two-meter kid in a black leather jacket. The kid fell to his knees and squealed softly. Ivan did not finish him off, only kicked him so as not to interfere on the road. But behind the kid were four more guys, two of them had some kind of piece of iron in their hands gleaming dully.
- Well, fraer, - one of them muttered, bald-cropped, with a bull neck, - are you going to flutter or what? “Let's shake things up a bit,” Ivan replied calmly.
(Star Revenge)

Petukhov Yury Dmitrievich

In 1990-1991. novels-dystopias "Slaughterhouse" and "Satanic Potion" opens (in his own words) "a new genre" of Russian literature, "supernova black wave" or "literature of super-realism". In August 1991, he put forward the thesis about the accomplished World War III and a new redistribution of the world.

In 1994-2000 made a series of long journeys through Europe, Asia, the Middle East "in search of the ancestral home of the Indo-Europeans", studied the archaeological excavations of ancient civilizations, established close ties with the leading archaeological and historical museums of the world.

The total circulation of publications in its own publishing house "Metagalaktika" is 16.5 million.

Russian writers V. Bondarenko, V. Lichutin, on the contrary, highly appreciate the work of Petukhov (Zavtra newspaper, No. 8, 2009).

In the Southern Group of Forces (Hungary). In 1971, he left the Komsomol for ideological reasons. In - gg. worked at the Research Institute of Defense Industries. In 1983, Petukhov's first book, Through Two Springs, was published.

historical creativity

In the work of Petukhov, two periods stand out in the historical field. In the 1980-1990s. he tried in every possible way to identify the Proto-Indo-Europeans with the "Slavs" ("Proto-Slavs"). Then, having made trips to the countries of the Middle East and Egypt, he began to insist that the Paleolithic Cro-Magnons were the "original Rus"; allegedly they developed a proto-language and cultural traditions, which the Russians inherited in their purest form, and allegedly it was the “Rus” who constituted the trunk (“white race”), from which the most diverse peoples gradually branched off.

In 2000-2009 Petukhov planned to publish a three-volume "History of the Rus", from which he managed to release only the first two volumes in his publishing house "Metagalaktika" (vol. 1, 2000; vol. 2, 2002). Outwardly disowning the "Romano-Germanic historical school”, which, according to him, subdued domestic historical thought, he himself followed the worst methods of this “school”, in full force manifested itself in ethnological works late XIX- the first half of the 20th century: monocentrism, migrationism and racism, which simplified historical process and justifying colonialism and racial discrimination.

Petukhov never missed an opportunity to lash out furiously at scientists, accusing them of all sorts of sins and trying to present them as "falsifiers" - supposedly their main goal was to conceal historical truth, which some interested political forces demanded of them. Petukhov presented himself as a disinterested fighter for "true knowledge" and constantly emphasized his "professionalism". In words, he in every possible way distanced himself from "folk etymology" and stated that it was not characteristic of his works. Meanwhile, the vast majority of his own excursions into linguistics were based precisely on it.

The main tool in the strategy of proving the theses put forward by Petukhov was the etymological interpretation of proper names - toponyms, ethnonyms, anthroponyms and theonyms. Petukhov's methods of etymological analysis can be reduced to the following: 1) the transition of sounds into each other according to certain rules (not systematized by the author); 2) reading words in reverse; 3) the erection of "distortions" to the Slavic forms that have a similar sound. These are statements typical of amateur essays about language.

Petukhov believed that modern humans first arose in the Middle East as a result of a genetic mutation caused by powerful cosmic radiation. Then these people (Cro-Magnons) interbred with Neanderthals and Sinanthropes living in the neighborhood, as well as other "archanthropes", which ultimately led to the addition of the Negroid and Mongoloid races and the whole variety of human types. And only the Cro-Magnons living in Europe, who found themselves in isolation, for a long time avoided such mixing. It was precisely such unmixed or minimally mixed Cro-Magnons that made up the “super-ethnos of the Rus”, which supposedly served as the trunk from which various peoples spun off over the millennia. Such "budding" and mixing with other species or subspecies of the genus Homo seemed to Petukhov the only mechanisms behind the formation of the entire physical, cultural and linguistic diversity of modern mankind. Consequently, Homo sapiens sapiens Petukhov unequivocally associated with the “white race”, and the formation of other races, in his opinion, was due to its crossing with other more archaic human subspecies, which it endowed with its progressive qualities, and above all with language.

star revenge

A fantastic epic novel in five volumes "Star Revenge" (1990-1995), written in the genre of patriotic fiction. The Universe of Star Revenge is a multi-dimensional Space that permeates the "Axial Dimension" - the key to all worlds. This dimension is inhabited by various phantom ghouls who attack "space pilots" wandering through it in capsules. The protagonist Space Marine Ivan learns at a "mnemoscopic session" that his parents were killed by "three-eyed" or "non-humanoids" - beings from "another universe" or "Kharkhan-A System". Non-humanoids call each other "democrats", as they are part of the "Common System Mind". Ivan longs to avenge their death, but, once in the "other world", he realizes that non-humanoids are too strong. He sees an artificial lavender "multidimensional mesh network" of "crystal structures" through which the stars shone. Then his capsule fell through the collapsar into the "Other Universe" and crashed on one of the Mars-like planets, where Ivan discovers captive earthly women guarded by a pterodactyl dragon. From conversations, he learns that women are kept to raise some "fry". However, Ivan is soon captured by non-humanoids and thrown into a dungeon with skulls, incl. and three-eyed. Thanks to luck, Ilya turns out to be alive, participates in gladiator fights and emerges victorious from them, having seen enough of various monsters ( homosaurus, birds and monster spiders). Then Ivan learns that non-humanoids are preparing an invasion of Earth, as their decrepit civilization is in crisis.

Returning, Ivan tries to warn the government about the impending invasion, but he is not listened to. After some time, he is thrown onto an unknown planet in order to save earthly hostages. It turned out that the planet is a testing ground where earthlings conducted tests in the XXXIII century, creating monsters such as goblin, the living dead and others. But they did not know that such beings actually existed. Monsters from the underworld penetrated the test site, they destroyed half of the scientists and workers of the test site, turning the rest into living biomaterial. The polygon was closed, turned into a Shelter and sent to the past - to the XXV century. The target of the monsters was the Earth, on which long time their residents worked, including members of the government who sent Ivan to his death. Ivan managed to escape from the Shelter, he understood that the invasion would happen at any time from two directions - non-humanoids from the System and monsters from the Shelter. Deciding to fight on his own, he assembles a team. To do this, Ivan goes to underwater penal servitude on the planet Girgea in order to rescue an old friend - a former space marine and the leader of a gang of bandits Goog Chlodrik the Violent. At this time, rearmament and reorganization of troops is taking place all over the Earth, the planet is left without protection from space aggressors. Ivan seizes power in Russia and tries to stop the invasion.

Parts of the novel

"Angel of Retribution" ("System")
"Ghoul Riot" ("The Shelter")
"Immersion in darkness" ("Katorga")
"Invasion from Hell" ("Invasion")
"Sword of the Almighty" ("Armageddon")

Judicial persecution of Petukhov's books

With a letter entitled “Who and why stirs up hatred and enmity in society under the guise of “fighting extremism”?! Stop the persecution of the writer Yuri Petukhov!” Fifty writers addressed the Chairman of the Public Chamber, the Prosecutor General and the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

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Literature

Shnirelman V.A. Aryan myth in modern world. 2016. In 2 vols.
Polinichenko D.Yu. Metalinguistic reflection in folk history (on the example of the concept of Yu.D. Petukhov) // Ordinary metalinguistic consciousness: ontological and epistemological aspects. Part II: collective monograph / otv. ed. N.D. Golev; GOU VPO "Kemerovo State University". – Tomsk: Publishing House of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University, 2009. - S. 26–35.

An excerpt characterizing Petukhov, Yuri Dmitrievich

Despite Balashev's habit of court solemnity, the luxury and splendor of the court of Emperor Napoleon struck him.
Count Turen led him into a large waiting room, where many generals, chamberlains and Polish magnates were waiting, many of whom Balashev had seen at the court of the Russian emperor. Duroc said that Emperor Napoleon would receive the Russian general before his walk.
After a few minutes of waiting, the chamberlain on duty went out into the large reception room and, bowing politely to Balashev, invited him to follow him.
Balashev entered a small reception room, from which there was one door leading to an office, the same office from which the Russian emperor sent him. Balashev stood for one minute or two, waiting. Hasty footsteps sounded outside the door. Both halves of the door quickly opened, the chamberlain who had opened it respectfully stopped, waiting, everything was quiet, and other, firm, resolute steps sounded from the office: it was Napoleon. He has just finished his riding toilet. He was in a blue uniform, open over a white waistcoat, descending on a round stomach, in white leggings, tight-fitting fat thighs of short legs, and in over the knee boots. His short hair, obviously, had just been combed, but one strand of hair went down over the middle of his wide forehead. His plump white neck protruded sharply from behind the black collar of his uniform; he smelled of cologne. On his youthful full face with a protruding chin was an expression of gracious and majestic imperial greeting.
He went out, trembling rapidly at every step, and throwing back his head a little. His whole stout, short figure, with broad, thick shoulders and an involuntarily protruding belly and chest, had that representative, portly appearance that people of forty years of age who live in the hall have. In addition, it was evident that he was in the best mood that day.
He nodded his head in response to Balashev's low and respectful bow, and, going up to him, immediately began to speak like a man who values every minute of his time and does not condescend to prepare his speeches, but is confident that he will always say well and what to say.
Hello, general! - he said. - I received the letter from Emperor Alexander, which you delivered, and I am very glad to see you. He looked into Balashev's face with his large eyes and immediately began to look ahead past him.
It was obvious that he was not at all interested in the personality of Balashev. It was evident that only what was going on in his soul was of interest to him. Everything that was outside of him did not matter to him, because everything in the world, as it seemed to him, depended only on his will.
“I don’t want and didn’t want war,” he said, “but I was forced into it. Even now (he said this word with emphasis) I am ready to accept all the explanations that you can give me. - And he clearly and briefly began to state the reasons for his displeasure against the Russian government.
Judging by the moderately calm and friendly tone with which the French emperor spoke, Balashev was firmly convinced that he wanted peace and intended to enter into negotiations.
– Sir! L "Empereur, mon maitre, [Your Majesty! The Emperor, my lord,] - Balashev began a long-prepared speech when Napoleon, having finished his speech, looked inquiringly at the Russian ambassador; but the look of the emperor's eyes fixed on him embarrassed him. "You are embarrassed "Recover," Napoleon seemed to say, glancing at Balashev's uniform and sword with a barely perceptible smile. Balashev recovered and began to speak. He said that Emperor Alexander did not consider Kurakin's demand for passports to be a sufficient reason for the war, that Kurakin acted like that of his own arbitrariness and without the consent of the sovereign, that the emperor Alexander does not want war and that there are no relations with England.
“Not yet,” Napoleon put in, and, as if afraid to give in to his feelings, he frowned and slightly nodded his head, thus letting Balashev feel that he could continue.
Having said everything that he was ordered, Balashev said that Emperor Alexander wanted peace, but would not start negotiations except on the condition that ... Here Balashev hesitated: he remembered those words that Emperor Alexander did not write in a letter, but which he certainly ordered Saltykov to insert them into the rescript and which he ordered Balashev to hand over to Napoleon. Balashev remembered these words: “until not a single armed enemy remains on Russian soil,” but some kind of complex feeling held him back. He couldn't say those words even though he wanted to. He hesitated and said: on the condition that French troops retreated behind the Neman.
Napoleon noticed Balashev's embarrassment when uttering his last words; his face trembled, the left calf of his leg began to tremble measuredly. Without moving from his seat, he began to speak in a voice higher and more hasty than before. During the subsequent speech, Balashev, more than once lowering his eyes, involuntarily observed the trembling of the calf in Napoleon's left leg, which intensified the more he raised his voice.
“I wish peace no less than Emperor Alexander,” he began. “Haven't I been doing everything for eighteen months to get it? I've been waiting eighteen months for an explanation. But in order to start negotiations, what is required of me? he said, frowning and making an energetic questioning gesture with his small white and plump hand.
- The retreat of the troops for the Neman, sovereign, - said Balashev.
- For the Neman? repeated Napoleon. - So now you want to retreat behind the Neman - only for the Neman? repeated Napoleon, looking directly at Balashev.
Balashev bowed his head respectfully.
Instead of demanding four months ago to retreat from Numberania, now they demanded to retreat only beyond the Neman. Napoleon quickly turned and began to pace the room.
- You say that I am required to retreat beyond the Neman to start negotiations; but two months ago they demanded of me to retreat across the Oder and the Vistula in exactly the same way, and in spite of this, you agree to negotiate.
He silently walked from one corner of the room to the other and again stopped in front of Balashev. His face seemed to be petrified in its stern expression, and his left leg trembled even faster than before. Napoleon knew this trembling of his left calf. La vibration de mon mollet gauche est un grand signe chez moi, [The trembling of my left calf is a great sign,] he later said.
“Such proposals as to clear the Oder and the Vistula can be made to the Prince of Baden, and not to me,” Napoleon almost cried out quite unexpectedly. - If you gave me Petersburg and Moscow, I would not accept these conditions. Are you saying I started a war? And who came to the army first? - Emperor Alexander, not me. And you offer me negotiations when I have spent millions, while you are in alliance with England and when your position is bad - you offer me negotiations! And what is the purpose of your alliance with England? What did she give you? he said hastily, obviously already directing his speech not in order to express the benefits of concluding peace and discuss its possibility, but only in order to prove both his rightness and his strength, and to prove the wrongness and mistakes of Alexander.
The introduction of his speech was made, obviously, to show the advantage of his position and to show that, despite the fact, he accepts the opening of negotiations. But he had already begun to speak, and the more he spoke, the less able he was to control his speech.
The whole purpose of his speech now, obviously, was only to exalt himself and insult Alexander, that is, to do exactly the very thing that he least of all wanted at the beginning of the meeting.
- They say you made peace with the Turks?
Balashev nodded his head affirmatively.
“The world is closed…” he began. But Napoleon did not let him speak. He evidently needed to speak on his own, alone, and he continued to speak with that eloquence and intemperance of irritability to which spoiled people are so prone.
– Yes, I know you made peace with the Turks without getting Moldavia and Wallachia. And I would give your sovereign these provinces just as I gave him Finland. Yes,” he continued, “I promised and would give Emperor Alexander Moldavia and Wallachia, and now he will not have these beautiful provinces. He could, however, have annexed them to his empire, and in one reign he would have extended Russia from the Gulf of Bothnia to the mouths of the Danube. Catherine the Great could not have done more,” said Napoleon, flaring up more and more, walking around the room and repeating to Balashev almost the same words that he had said to Alexander himself in Tilsit. - Tout cela il l "aurait du a mon amitie ... Ah! quel beau regne, quel beau regne!" he repeated several times, stopped, took a golden snuffbox from his pocket and greedily pulled it out of his nose.
- Quel beau regne aurait pu etre celui de l "Empereur Alexandre! [He would owe all this to my friendship ... Oh, what a wonderful reign, what a wonderful reign! Oh, what a wonderful reign the reign of Emperor Alexander could be!]
He glanced at Balashev with regret, and Balashev had just wanted to notice something, as he again hastily interrupted him.
“What could he desire and look for that he would not find in my friendship?” Napoleon said, shrugging his shoulders in bewilderment. - No, he found it best to surround himself with my enemies, and with whom? he continued. - He called the Steins, Armfelds, Wintzingerode, Benigsen, Stein - a traitor expelled from his fatherland, Armfeld - a libertine and intriguer, Wintzingerode - a fugitive subject of France, Benigsen is somewhat more military than others, but still incapable, who could not do anything done in 1807 and which should arouse terrible memories in Emperor Alexander ... Suppose, if they were capable, we could use them, ”continued Napoleon, barely managing to keep up with the incessantly arising considerations showing him his rightness or strength (which in his concept was one and the same) - but even that is not: they are not suitable either for war or for peace. Barclay, they say, is more efficient than all of them; but I won't say that, judging by his first movements. What are they doing? What are all these courtiers doing! Pfuel proposes, Armfeld argues, Bennigsen considers, and Barclay, called to act, does not know what to decide on, and time passes. One Bagration is a military man. He is stupid, but he has experience, eye and determination ... And what role does your young sovereign play in this ugly crowd. They compromise him and blame everything that happens on him. Un souverain ne doit etre al "armee que quand il est general, [The sovereign should be with the army only when he is a commander,] - he said, obviously sending these words directly as a challenge to the face of the sovereign. Napoleon knew how the emperor wanted Alexander to be a commander.
“It's been a week since the campaign started and you haven't been able to defend Vilna. You are cut in two and driven out of the Polish provinces. Your army murmurs...
“On the contrary, Your Majesty,” said Balashev, who barely had time to memorize what was said to him, and hardly followed this firework of words, “the troops are burning with desire ...
“I know everything,” Napoleon interrupted him, “I know everything, and I know the number of your battalions as surely as mine. You do not have two hundred thousand troops, but I have three times as many. I give you my word of honor, ”said Napoleon, forgetting that his word of honor could not matter in any way,“ I give you ma parole d "honneur que j" ai cinq cent trente mille hommes de ce cote de la Vistule. [on my word that I have five hundred and thirty thousand people on this side of the Vistula.] The Turks are no help to you: they are no good and have proved it by making peace with you. The Swedes are predestined to be ruled by crazy kings. Their king was mad; they changed him and took another - Bernadotte, who immediately went mad, because a madman only, being a Swede, can make alliances with Russia. Napoleon grinned wickedly and raised the snuffbox to his nose again.
To each of Napoleon's phrases, Balashev wanted and had something to object to; he incessantly made the gesture of a man who wanted to say something, but Napoleon interrupted him. For example, about the madness of the Swedes, Balashev wanted to say that Sweden is an island when Russia is for it; but Napoleon cried out angrily to drown out his voice. Napoleon was in that state of irritation in which one must speak, speak, and speak, only in order to prove his justice to himself. It became hard for Balashev: he, as an ambassador, was afraid to drop his dignity and felt the need to object; but, like a man, he shrunk morally before forgetting the unreasonable anger in which, obviously, Napoleon was. He knew that all the words now spoken by Napoleon were of no importance, that he himself, when he came to his senses, would be ashamed of them. Balashev stood with lowered eyes, looking at Napoleon's moving thick legs, and tried to avoid his gaze.
“What are these allies of yours to me?” Napoleon said. - My allies are the Poles: there are eighty thousand of them, they fight like lions. And there will be two hundred thousand.

Petukhov Yury Dmitrievich (17.05.1951 - 01.02.2009)
Born in 1951 in Moscow on Chistye Prudy in a family of front-line soldiers, participants in the Great Patriotic War. Father is a military officer, journalist and writer. Mother is a cultural worker. In 1967 he graduated from high school. In 1968-69 worked in VNIIKP. In 1969-71. served in the SA in the Southern Group of Forces (Hungary). In 1971, he left the Komsomol for ideological reasons. 1971-78 study at MEIS, MIREA. 1972-1985 work in research institutes (defense industries). Active political, literary and scientific activity. He criticizes the regime. From the beginning of the 80s, he was taken under the supervision of special services. In 1983, the first book, Through Two Springs, was published. From 1978 onwards - dozens of separate publications in newspapers, magazines, collections. Major works are rejected by all publishing houses for political reasons. 1980-83 - the most important discoveries in the field of ethnogenesis and ancient history (publications of the DSP OI AN). Scientific activity. A complete break with the Department of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1989, the second book "Yesterday, Tomorrow" ("Contemporary") was published. In 1990, a collection of journalism "Eternal Russia" ("Young Guard") and a popular scientific publication of the fundamental work on the ethnogenesis of the Indo-Europeans "Roads of the Gods" ("Thought"). From 1990 to 2000, more than forty books (together with reprints) were published, previously uncensored and new. In 1991-97. publishes the first independent newspaper in Russia, the Voice of the Universe, thereby laying new hypercritical and mystery trends in the Russian press (now successfully developed by dozens of periodicals). In 1990-91. novels-dystopias "Slaughterhouse" and "Satanic Potion" opens a new genre of Russian literature "supernova black wave" or "literature of super-realism" (hundreds of followers). Since 1991, he has been editing the Adventures, Fiction magazine, publishes works by many talented Russian authors (actually acting as a branch of the joint venture for working with young authors), dozens of authors who have gone through the school of Yu. D. Petukhov become members of the joint venture and recognized writers. Constantly speaks in the press with criticism of the regime. In August 1991, he puts forward the thesis about the Third World War (wars of a new type) and the new redistribution of the world (the thesis is widely used in the press without reference to the author). In 1991-93 shocks society with his "Divinations" - a sharp political pamphlet denouncing the policy of "reforms" leading to degeneration and destruction Russian society and world civilization. In 1993-95. publishes almanacs "Galaktika", "Metagalaktika". In October 1993, he took part in the People's Liberation Uprising in Moscow. From 1990 to 95 publishes a grandiose providential epic " Star Revenge in five novels. In 1993-96 an eight-volume collection of works by Yu. D. Petukhov is published. Since 1997 Chief Editor magazine "History" and scientific almanac "True History". Continues to work on scientific historical works. From 1994 to 2000 makes a series of long journeys across Europe, Asia, the Middle East in search of the ancestral home of the Indo-Europeans, studies the archaeological excavations of the most ancient civilizations, establishes close ties with the leading archaeological and historical museums of the world. Republishes the monograph "By the Roads of the Gods" (4th edition) and a number of other historical works. He sharply opposes the barbaric aggression of the "world community" in Iraq and Yugoslavia. In 2000, he starts publishing the three-volume "History of the Rus", which outlines the main discoveries in the field of anthropology, ethnogenesis, ethnology, history of civilizations) - the first volume "History of the Rus" is published. 40-5 thousand BC

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