The Deaf Season of Leaf Fall

Yuri Davydov (1924–2002) was the author of historical novels and stories such as "The Fate of Usoltsov," "The Straw Hut. Two Bundles of Letters," "Evenings in Kolmov," and "Bestseller." He was a laureate of the "Triumph" award (1996) and a recipient of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland IV class (1999). The central plot of the novel "The Deaf Season of Leaf Fall" revolves around the tragic story of the disintegration of the organization "People's Will." One of the main characters, Sergey Degaev, also known as Yablonsky, a participant in the preparations for assassination attempts on the emperor, was recruited by the secret police. Degaev betrays the last remaining member of the Executive Committee of "People's Will" in Russia and takes over the Russian part of the organization… The novel is based on real historical facts and documents. "Yuri Vladimirovich knew the difference between freedom and slavery, love for the homeland and chauvinism, courage and provocation, beauty and ugliness, strength and violence." (Andrey Nemzer) "In his novels, there is no past, there is no history as such; there is only one unceasing, heated, non-random, and extremely tangled present." (Andrey Dmitriev)