Notes of Ivan, the Flying Dutchman
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Notes of Ivan, the Flying Dutchman
9.99 €
Life is an unrivaled creator of incredible plots. And even the best novelists cannot compete with it.
In relation to the hero of this book, the goddesses of fate did not skimp on fantasy. The twists and turns in the life of a man with such a simple, even banal for a Russian person name, would be the envy of Jack London, Dumas, and the masters of adventure cinema.
Before you is the story of a simple guy from a provincial Russian city, who became one of the most titled pilots of the twentieth century and a hero of four countries, survived several wars, many dangerous adventures, was an exile, accused, homeless, stood at the origins of one of the oldest airlines in the world. History decreed that this amazing man is better known today in Europe and overseas, is unusually revered in the Netherlands - there are streets named after him, there is a museum - and almost no one has heard of him in Russia.
It's time to correct this injustice. Moreover, Ivan Smirnov himself spoke honestly and impartially about himself, without hiding or embellishing anything. Today we have the opportunity to read his memoirs and be amazed by such a difficult, bright, beautiful, honest life.
In relation to the hero of this book, the goddesses of fate did not skimp on fantasy. The twists and turns in the life of a man with such a simple, even banal for a Russian person name, would be the envy of Jack London, Dumas, and the masters of adventure cinema.
Before you is the story of a simple guy from a provincial Russian city, who became one of the most titled pilots of the twentieth century and a hero of four countries, survived several wars, many dangerous adventures, was an exile, accused, homeless, stood at the origins of one of the oldest airlines in the world. History decreed that this amazing man is better known today in Europe and overseas, is unusually revered in the Netherlands - there are streets named after him, there is a museum - and almost no one has heard of him in Russia.
It's time to correct this injustice. Moreover, Ivan Smirnov himself spoke honestly and impartially about himself, without hiding or embellishing anything. Today we have the opportunity to read his memoirs and be amazed by such a difficult, bright, beautiful, honest life.
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