It must be admitted that Svyatoslav Rybas is a writer with an elite political position. He is positioned as the author of historical novels. His literary opponents are Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Varlam Shalamov, Fazil Iskander, Zakhar Prilepin.
In Rybas’s work, the method of positivism supplanted the instrumental view of history. The latter is that the past is motivated to oblige to work for the present. In the case of insufficient arguments, the story is edited, atrocities are obscured, and the facts are selected one-sided, under the concept put forward.
The writer’s understanding of the future of Russian society is strictly reduced to the imperial tradition, and, accordingly, within its framework he sets forth his view of it. The author captures the scale of the acts of persons with unlimited power, however, while he only formally draws attention to the purely human aspects of life. The heroes of the most significant books of Svyatoslav Yurievich are well-known Russian political figures, whom he openly idealizes, novels about which are published in the series “The Life of Wonderful People”.
About predictability
The works of the hero of this article are evidence of the modern crisis of Russian literature. Writers become publicists. Possessing an artistic word, knowing how to work with documents, Svyatoslav Yurievich Rybas in his work, unfortunately, is predictable. He always and relentlessly worked and works within the framework of the ideology prevailing in society. Drawing an analogy with the “Wolf Hunt” by Vladimir Vysotsky, he is the author who will never step beyond the flags.
This is not the communist Sholokhov, who allowed his talent to overcome political affection. The hero of this article is prudent; he is motivated by the selection of historical subjects, creating idols for compatriots.
The main idea of ​​creativity
Where to start expounding the biography of a writer whose main idea is to consolidate society around the elite at all stages of history?
Svyatoslav Yurievich Rybas does not write about the people, he does not seek to get to the depths of the souls of the afflicted, as Dostoevsky did. The author creates seasoned ideologically historical books about rulers, about reformers in favor of big business, about nationalists, about people involved in macro-politics.
Biography
Ironically, Rybas, who made an attempt to create an image of Stalin attractive to the modern mass reader, was born on 05/08/1946 in the Stalin Region (Makeevka). His father, Yuri Mikhailovich, as a scientist was awarded the Stalin Prize for the development of explosion-proof lighting for coal mines. As the biography of Svyatoslav Rybas testifies, his grandfather, Vitaly Ivanovich, was a White Guard. Rybas writes about him in the book "Moscow vs. St. Petersburg ...".
Before finding a writer's vocation, Svyatoslav Yurievich learned mining work, worked as a junior employee in a research institute, and then as a journalist.
Editor
At twenty-seven, Rybas received a diploma from the Literary Institute. He clearly understood the nuances of text correspondence with ideological principles, sensitively even caught slight hints of negativity in society, and fully recognized the presumption of state secrecy. He is appreciated as a master of political correctness, as indicated by the positions of deputy head of the publishing house “Young Guard” and “Literary Russia”, curator of the editorial boards of folk art and music programs, and a political observer for Central Television, who he held.
The initial stage of creativity
In 1974, the journalist Svyatoslav Rybas began his campaign in literature with the story “Above Us Donbass”. The creativity of the then-novice writer in the Soviet period is characterized by artistry and moderate ideologization. Being a workaholic, he really works a lot and systematically. From his pen come the novels “The Glass Wall”, “Variants of Morozov”, collections of novels and short stories “On Wheels” and “What Will You Say Goodbye”.
Literary rise
After the collapse of the USSR, the accomplished writer Rybas subtly felt the relevance of the theme of the renaissance of the imperial theme, and concentrated his efforts on it. Its ideal is an eternal state - an empire that certainly encompasses in space and time all the people living in it, united by the idea of ​​a higher transcendental truth. Moreover, all people are led by sole, sacred and secular power.
Since the 90s, novels dominated in the writer's work are published in the famous series of books, The Life of Great People, published by Young Guard Publishing House. We are talking about the works of "Stalin", "Stolypin", "General Kutepov", "Gromyko", "Vasily Shulgin", "The Fate of the Russian Nationalist." Books are written with a clear claim to absolute historicism. We should pay tribute to Svyatoslav Yurievich in working out a large mass of documentary material.
But he is unlikely to hear the arguments of his compatriots about their relatives who died from reprisals, Svyatoslav Rybas, carried away by his work. Stalin, acting on the principle of "the end justifies the means", alas, is for him an absolute.
The writer’s argument is terrible for the thoughtful reader because of his inhumanity and factual indifference to the innocent victims. It is noteworthy that in an interview he formally recognizes them. However, constructing his further arguments, he invariably pronounces the short and very eloquent word “but”. After that, he begins at first carefully and then with inspiration to chant the Leader of the peoples.
Following the line of ideology
The view of Rybas regarding the figure of the reformer Stolypin is also subjective and far from a comprehensive historical assessment.
By manipulating statistics, the writer promotes the idea of ​​glorifying a pro-government reformer. He, ignoring alternative projects, is trying to prove the progressiveness of the ideas of Pyotr Arkadevich. Meanwhile, a more effective agricultural policy was offered by a contemporary reformer, Professor Chayanov, booed and ignored by compatriots. The Stolypin project died out with his death. The Chayanov project, based on cooperation, 70 years later raised the agricultural economy of half of Latin America.
It is noteworthy that on the stage of one of the capital’s theaters, the premiere of the same author’s play “Conspiracy of the Upper Plains or the Total Coup” (another name is “The Coup” ”took place. What can be said about the next, essentially absurd, historical fraud - the conspiracy of the Russian elite against Nicholas II? According to the creative concept of the Rybas playwright, a conspiracy against the emperor was created in 1916 by high-ranking officials, and the "third party", which was made by the Bolsheviks, took advantage of it. The question arises, how can one adequately comment on such a logical embarrassment?
Awards
Many talented people of the state were not awarded any insignia. You can recall, at least, the absolutely brilliant Vladimir Vysotsky or the Soviet theater critic Natalya Krymova, who opposed officialism to officialism with her high professionalism. True, she was awarded one prize, and then by accident.
On this account, Svyatoslav Rybas was lucky. His awards are not limited to prizes (N. Ostrovsky, A. Nevsky, A. Delvig, N. Karamzin). The writer was awarded the Russian Order of St. Anna of the 2nd and 3rd degree.
In addition, Svyatoslav Rybas has awards from the Russian Orthodox Church: the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Seraphim of Sarov, Daniel of Moscow. At one time, he presided over the Foundation, which was related to the restoration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. As you can see, the Lord’s ways are inscrutable, because we are talking about an author trying to whitewash Joseph Stalin, a man who repeatedly violated the First Commandment of God.
Conclusion
Summarizing the views of readers who oppose the hero of this article, we will try to figure out who Svyatoslav Rybas is for them. The answer lies on the surface: not by the engineer of human souls, but rather by the lawyer of the Empire. Technically, he is an editor retouching the story, craftyly justifying by the highest expediency the forcible destruction of millions of relatives of his potential readers.
By the way, this technique - to make history serve the sacralization of power, is by no means new. He practiced back in the Middle Ages. Both forgery and deceit were used. In particular, it was proved by the Italian humanist Lorenzo Valla that the document by which the emperor Constantine transferred power to the popes, “The Constantine Gift”, is a fake. Time puts everything in its place. Later, Rene Descartes became a real destroyer of medieval myths about God-given power.
However, let us return to the hero of the article, who is trying to return his people to the Middle Ages with his works. Svyatoslav Rybas, unfortunately, is not alone in this. Today there are a number of writers practicing an instrumental approach to history, fruitfully working in the field of the so-called “historical business”.
I hope that in the near future Russian literary criticism will create its fans to get to the bottom of the truth. That she will finally wake up from a dream and give a proper appraisal of literature that plays along with politics. Nevertheless, such creativity should reveal the truth and serve its people.