Geoffrey Hosking OBE, FR HistSoc, was Professor of Russian History, School of Slavonic & East European Studies, University College London from 1984–2007. He had previously taught at the Universities of Essex, Wisconsin (Madison), Cambridge and Cologne. He was BBC Reith Lecturer in 1988.

• Figures Preface Introduction Childhood and Youth Aleksandr’s political beliefs Aleksandr leaves home Precarious Existence in Smolensk Early struggles The family crisis Creativity and Danger Strana Muraviia The Literary Terror A Correspondent at War The German war In Moscow At the front again Vasilii Tiorkin After the War The postwar Soviet Union Tvardovskii’s integration into postwar society Literary life after the war Party control Tvardovskii’s post-war experience Novyi mir, 1950–54 Settling into his mission Agricultural policy Stalin’s death Achievement and Humiliation: Grossman’s Stalingrad The novel’s tortuous publication The stormy aftermath Tvardovskii’s First Resignation Interregnum: Tvardovskii’s Personal and Public Crisis Political changes Simonov’s Novyi mir Tvardovskii on course to return to Novyi mir The Tragedy of Aleksandr Fadeev 233 Tvardovskii’s Return to Novyi mir Why was Tvardovskii able to return? The new atmosphere at Novyi mir Tvardovskii’s program: Overcoming trauma and collecting memories Tvardovskii’s own convictions

Geoffrey Hosking OBE, FR HistSoc, was Professor of Russian History, School of Slavonic & East European Studies, University College London from 1984–2007. He had previously taught at the Universities of Essex, Wisconsin (Madison), Cambridge and Cologne. He was BBC Reith Lecturer in 1988.

• Figures Preface Introduction Childhood and Youth Aleksandr’s political beliefs Aleksandr leaves home Precarious Existence in Smolensk Early struggles The family crisis Creativity and Danger Strana Muraviia The Literary Terror A Correspondent at War The German war In Moscow At the front again Vasilii Tiorkin After the War The postwar Soviet Union Tvardovskii’s integration into postwar society Literary life after the war Party control Tvardovskii’s post-war experience Novyi mir, 1950–54 Settling into his mission Agricultural policy Stalin’s death Achievement and Humiliation: Grossman’s Stalingrad The novel’s tortuous publication The stormy aftermath Tvardovskii’s First Resignation Interregnum: Tvardovskii’s Personal and Public Crisis Political changes Simonov’s Novyi mir Tvardovskii on course to return to Novyi mir The Tragedy of Aleksandr Fadeev 233 Tvardovskii’s Return to Novyi mir Why was Tvardovskii able to return? The new atmosphere at Novyi mir Tvardovskii’s program: Overcoming trauma and collecting memories Tvardovskii’s own convictions

Geoffrey Hosking OBE, FR HistSoc, was Professor of Russian History, School of Slavonic & East European Studies, University College London from 1984–2007. He had previously taught at the Universities of Essex, Wisconsin (Madison), Cambridge and Cologne. He was BBC Reith Lecturer in 1988.

• Figures Preface Introduction Childhood and Youth Aleksandr’s political beliefs Aleksandr leaves home Precarious Existence in Smolensk Early struggles The family crisis Creativity and Danger Strana Muraviia The Literary Terror A Correspondent at War The German war In Moscow At the front again Vasilii Tiorkin After the War The postwar Soviet Union Tvardovskii’s integration into postwar society Literary life after the war Party control Tvardovskii’s post-war experience Novyi mir, 1950–54 Settling into his mission Agricultural policy Stalin’s death Achievement and Humiliation: Grossman’s Stalingrad The novel’s tortuous publication The stormy aftermath Tvardovskii’s First Resignation Interregnum: Tvardovskii’s Personal and Public Crisis Political changes Simonov’s Novyi mir Tvardovskii on course to return to Novyi mir The Tragedy of Aleksandr Fadeev 233 Tvardovskii’s Return to Novyi mir Why was Tvardovskii able to return? The new atmosphere at Novyi mir Tvardovskii’s program: Overcoming trauma and collecting memories Tvardovskii’s own convictions