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100 ВЕЛИКИХ ГЕРОЕВ

Bibliographic Description

100 великих героев / Шишов, А.В. – М. : Вече, 2005. – (100 великих). – ISBN 5-9533-0629-6.

Author
Шишов, А.В.
Publisher
Вече
Year of publication
2005
Classification index (UDC)
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Language
Russian
Publication type
Book
Country of Publication
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Access
Available to all

Description

The book by the military historian and writer A.V. Shishov is devoted to the great heroes of different countries and eras. The chronological framework of this popular encyclopedia runs from the states of the Ancient East and antiquity to the beginning of the 20th century. (The heroes of the past century could be devoted a separate volume, and not just one.) The word "hero" came into our worldview from Ancient Greece. Originally the Greeks called heroes the legendary leaders who dwelt on the summit of Mount Olympus. Later this word came to denote commanders and ordinary warriors celebrated in battles, campaigns and wars. Undoubtedly, all heroes are united by unparalleled valor, great self-sacrifice in the name of a lofty goal, and exceptional courage. Only this makes it possible, under the symbol of "heroism," to place together Ilya Muromets and Alexander the Great, Attila and Miloš Obilić, Alexander Nevsky and Jean Lannes, Lakshmi Bai and Christiaan de Wet, Jan Žižka and Spartacus...

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