“Cursed Days” is a heavy book whose mood wears the most mourning colors. However, it is often her plot that helps in compiling reliable arguments for the essay. Therefore, the Literaguru team publishes a brief retelling of the work, where the abbreviation describes the main events set forth by the author.
(342 words) The book is written in the form of diary entries. The author writes his observations and impressions of the events in Moscow from January 1 (strictly style) 1918 to January 1920. The writer was not enthusiastic about the present and expected something even more terrible in the future.
Bunin writes with irony about the introduction of a new style. He talks about the unrest about the German offensive, to which some reacted positively. Describes the events and conversations that he observed on the streets of Moscow. The newspapers write about attempts to combat crime, the death of Russia and the Revolution, and the signed peace treaty between Russia and Germany, which, they say, was signed only by the first side. The people blame the bourgeoisie and the socialists for everything.
Critic Derman flees from Sevastopol to Moscow, who talks about the atrocities that are happening. He also recalls the old man who was burned in a firebox. Everywhere posters about Trotsky and Lenin are pasted up, where they are caught in connection with the Germans. They say that the Germans "decently" paid them to surrender the country. Bunin himself calls Lenin a crook and bitterly notes that he has a great influence on the working class.
Volunteers are afraid that released prisoners will again engage in crime. They sadly recall the king and complain about the absence of decrees that would not allow their robbery.
Odessa April 12 (old style) 1919 It's awful here. The ports are dirty and nobody is in them. Institutions do not work. The writer gives a description of the modern revolutionary that disgusts him, he is dirty, nasty and vile.
From victory to victory - new successes of the valiant Red Army. The shooting of 26 Black Hundreds in Odessa
Odessa is becoming "red." The streets of the city are filled with ragged and descending people. They hate about the past, behave aggressively towards others, swear, spit and yell.
The newspapers began to write disgusting, the writer notes. The authorities decided to "condense" residential apartments. One evening they reach the writer. Their appearance is terrible, they look like tramps. Bunin does not like it.
Mass shootings are underway. Gifts are sent to the Defenders of St. Petersburg by trains, although Odessa itself is starving.
In conclusion, the author says that his notes break off, and the rest is buried in the ground, but the writer did not remember the place to pick it up before fleeing from Odessa, at the end of January 1920.
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