“Pushkin is at war with us in one line”: the way the books of the great poet inspired the Great Victory told about in Chisinau

Marking the World Book and Copyright Day, which is annually celebrated on April 23, the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Chisinau, in the framework of the project “At the Front with Pushkin” talked about the way the books of the great Russian poet helped fighters of the Red Army fight to survive and win in the most difficult conditions of war.

The soldiers and officers of the Red Army carefully kept the books of Alexander Pushkin in their travel bags, which not only morally supported the soldiers, but sometimes even saved their lives - traces of bullets and fragments remained on the surviving publications.

The Presidential Library’s portal features the materials of Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) electronic collection, dedicated to the life and career of the poet as well as the collection Memory of the Great Victory, which includes official documents, photographs and newsreels, collections of articles, testimonies of participants in military battles and rear workers, their personal documents and much more.

The Presidential Library provides publicly available only part of the materials from the electronic collections. The library’s information resources are available at the remote access centers in 30 countries of the world. One of them has been opened at the RCSC in Chisinau since 2012.

Based on the materials of http://mda.rs.gov.ru/ru portal.