Dear honor
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Dear honor
19.99 €
One day, the writer and historian V. M. Glinka, while working with museum collections and archives, discovered an old engraving—a portrait of an officer with military decorations on his uniform, leaning his crutches against his shoulder, with the caption "Brave Colonel Nepeitsyn." Several years later, he discovered a drawing of a prosthetic leg designed by the famous inventor I. P. Kulibin for the artillery officer Nepeitsyn. This extraordinary incident intrigued the writer, and thus began work on books about the outstanding Russian officer Sergei Vasilyevich Nepeitsyn. In the first book, "The Tale of Sergei Nepeitsyn," the reader learns about the protagonist's childhood and youth, his studies in the Engineer Artillery Corps, and his participation in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1791.
The novel "On the Road to Honor" tells the story of the subsequent life of this extraordinary man. Having lost his leg as a young man during the storming of Ochakov, Nepeitsyn enlisted as a guard company commander at the Tula Arms Factory. He was subsequently dismissed by Arakcheyev because the prosthetic would squeak during a parade, thereby disrupting the proper order of the ceremony. He was appointed mayor of Velikiye Luki. With the outbreak of the Patriotic War of 1812, he volunteered for active service and soon earned a reputation as a dashing partisan commander (his prosthetic leg, created by Kulibin, allowed him to ride horseback and even dance). He was transferred for his distinguished service to the Semyonovsky Guards Regiment, with which he reached Paris.
Glinka's works, in addition to their documentary accuracy, are distinguished by the author's ability to narrate the events of our history in a way that is understandable and memorable to the reader, conveying immense respect and love for his humble heroes, who left behind fond memories.
The novel "On the Road to Honor" tells the story of the subsequent life of this extraordinary man. Having lost his leg as a young man during the storming of Ochakov, Nepeitsyn enlisted as a guard company commander at the Tula Arms Factory. He was subsequently dismissed by Arakcheyev because the prosthetic would squeak during a parade, thereby disrupting the proper order of the ceremony. He was appointed mayor of Velikiye Luki. With the outbreak of the Patriotic War of 1812, he volunteered for active service and soon earned a reputation as a dashing partisan commander (his prosthetic leg, created by Kulibin, allowed him to ride horseback and even dance). He was transferred for his distinguished service to the Semyonovsky Guards Regiment, with which he reached Paris.
Glinka's works, in addition to their documentary accuracy, are distinguished by the author's ability to narrate the events of our history in a way that is understandable and memorable to the reader, conveying immense respect and love for his humble heroes, who left behind fond memories.
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