The Life and Death of the Red Prince

This article reviews Svyatopolk-Mirsky, a book by M. V. Efimov and G. Smith published Molodaya gvardiya in the Lives of Remarkable People series (2021). It was written oldest English specialist Russian literature Professor S. well-known researcher culture Russia abroad Efimov. Both have studied life literary legacy character their for many years. For first time Russia, using European tradition biographical studies historical-literary, cultural, textual practices, authors carried out full-scale reconstruction biography one most striking enigmatic figures wave emigration. The introduce significant scope archival materials memories contemporaries, hard-to-access émigré periodicals, other sources into scholarly circulation. makes it possible to create detailed account main events prince D. P. Svyatopolk-Mirsky’s – from his childhood tragic death Magadan camp, dramatic twists fate reasons behind them, close circle distant environment, political, historical, context described. biographers’ interest inner world psychology actions is combined with subtle philological analysis criticism studies. According reviewers, major event literary, cultural history 1920s–1930s.