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Tolkien Through Russian Eyes

Table of Contents

• Preface for the Russian Reader 7
• Foreword (by David Doughan) 9
• Author and Source Abbreviations 11
• Russian Alphabet 13
• 1. A Short History of Tolkienism in Russia 15
  • Samizdat 17
  • The First Translation Boom 20
  • Perestroika 22
  • The Second Publishing Boom 24
  • The Adaptation of Imported Ideas 25
  • Tolkienism in Russia 30
  • Tolkianity 38
• 2. A Hobbit's Tale 49
  • Editions 53
  • The West is Dead. Long live God! 55
  • Map 69
  • Smaug 72
  • Gold 85
• 3. Giving up the Ring 103
  • Plan, Agreement and Promise 103
  • Bilbo's Joke 117
• 4. Hope Abandoned 123
• 5. Sam's Job: Frodo's Batman 145
• 6. The Temptation of Knowledge and Power 169
• 7. One Day in the Life of Frodo Drogovich: Stalin and Yezhov in the Shire 185
• 8. What's in a Name? 203
  • Baggins 203
  • Cotton 210
  • Crickhollow 213
  • Derndingle 215
  • Durin 218
  • Entmoot 219
  • Fallohide 224
  • Frogmorton 230
  • Gamgee 233
  • Goldberry 235
  • Hobbiton 236
  • Isengard 239
  • Lithe 241
  • Lune 243
  • Michel Delving 245
  • Mirkwood 247
  • Mount Doom 251
  • Oliphaunt 253
  • Pukel-men 253
  • Radagast 256
  • Rivendell 258
  • Rohan 260
  • Sandyman 262
  • The Scarlet Book of Westmarch 264
  • Shadowfax 269
  • Shire 272
  • Town Hole 274
  • Treebeard 275
  • Variags 278
  • Wargs 281
  • And the Winner is ... 284
• Bibliography of Translations 291
  • The Lord of the Rings 291
  • The Hobbit 295
  • Hobbit Knock-offs 298
• Index 299
• About the Author 321
• About Walking Tree Publishers 323