{{short description|1994 novel by Vasily Aksyonov}} {{infobox book| | name = Generations of Winter | title_orig = Московская сага | translator = | image = File:Generations_of_Winter.jpg | caption = | author = Vasily Aksyonov | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Russia | language = Russian | series = | genre = | publisher = | release_date = 1994 | english_release_date = | media_type = | pages = | isbn = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}
'''''Generations of Winter''''' (in Russian, '''''Московская сага''''' - '''''Moskovskaya Saga''''') is a novel by the Russian writer Vasily Aksyonov.
Many{{quantify|date=April 2018}} critics have praised ''Generations of Winter'' as a new ''Doctor Zhivago''-style, large-scale Russian novel,{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} which tells the story of a Russian/Georgian family, the Gradovs, struggling to survive in the Stalin era.
As the ''Wall Street Journal'' put it: "Aksyonov has ambitiously set out to challenge Tolstoy on his own ground, creating a gigantic historical novel on the grand pre-revolutionary model."
In late 2004 a television-series based on the novel premiered on Russian television. It has 22 episodes.
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==References== <!--these need converting to English in some form --> *{{cite book |last = Аксёнов В. |author-link = |title = Московская сага к. 1 Поколение зимы |year = |publisher = Изографус |isbn = 5-94661-100-3 }} *{{cite book |last = Аксёнов В. |author-link = |title = Московская сага к. 2 Война и тюрьма |year = |publisher = Изографус |isbn = 5-94661-101-1 }} *{{cite book |last = Аксёнов В. |author-link = |title = Московская сага к. 3 Тюрьма и мир |year = |publisher = Изографус |isbn = 5-94661-100-3 }} *{{cite book |last = Aksyonov |first = Vassily |author-link = Vassily Aksyonov |title = Generations of Winter |year = 1994 |publisher = Random House |edition = (English) |isbn = 0-394-56961-X |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/generationsofwin008800 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060108074312/http://www.ozon.ru/context/dvd_detail/id/2321928/ The series on DVD, in Russian].
Category:1994 Russian novels Category:Novels set in the Soviet Union Category:Family saga novels Category:20th-century Russian novels Category:Epic novels
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