Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1817-7115 (Print)
ISSN 2541-898X (Online)


evidence of historical reality

Siberian Sources of Vsevolod Ivanov’s Story The Running Isle: From Evidence to Representation

In this article we review Siberian sources of Vs. Ivanov’s story The Running Isle (Begstvuyushchiy ostrov). For example, there is a story about Pokrovsky Nunnery of the Old Believers which is reflected in the works of Siberian writers of the early ХХth century; and the Russian folk utopian legend about Belovodye. The author solves the problem of genuine peasant power by comparing the new government and the folk utopian ideal.