Devil amongst people
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Devil amongst people — is a 1991 Russian science fiction
novel by S. Yaroslavtsev
about "the time which created monsters".
The hero of the novel, Kim Kamanin, has passed through all horrors of the Soviet time (lost his family during the War
, suffered in GULAG
, was a liquidator
of the Chernobyl disaster
) and gained a supernatural ability to kill anyone who tried to hurt him.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
novel by S. Yaroslavtsev
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
The brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are Soviet Jewish-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated on their fiction.-Life and work:...
about "the time which created monsters".
The hero of the novel, Kim Kamanin, has passed through all horrors of the Soviet time (lost his family during the War
Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...
, suffered in GULAG
Gulag
The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. While the camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, large numbers were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas and other instruments of...
, was a liquidator
Liquidator (Chernobyl)
Liquidators , or "clean-up workers", is the name given in the former USSR to people who were called upon to work in efforts to deal with consequences of the April 26, 1986, Chernobyl disaster on the site of the event...
of the Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
) and gained a supernatural ability to kill anyone who tried to hurt him.