2. NICHOLAS-SERGE TYRRAS
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NICHOLAS-SERGE TYRRAS is an academic who published a paper in 1978 entitled Historical and ideological aspects of the prose and dramatic works of A.N. Tolstoi. NICHOLAS-SERGE TYRRAS published this work as part of a team: Tyrras, Nicholas Serge. Here is a description of this work: In large measure the literary reputation of Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1883-1945) rests on the historical novel Peter the First. Before the novel and during its writing, he also wrote stories and plays set in the past. However, literature written int the Soviet Union very often needs to be considered against the background of current events, and historical fiction especially cannot be regarded apart from state ideology or the fluctuations in the political climate. Between 1917 and 1945, Soviet interpretation of the Russian past changed from contentious class-consciousness and dialectical rejection, to a determined rehabilitation of select personalities whose life and accomplishments were supposed to inculcate Soviet patriotism. With his heightened sense of history, Tolstoi often sought, to rationalize contemporary conditions throug.