Alexander V. Gulin

Gulin

DSc in Philology, Leading Research Fellow, A. M. Gorky institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9758-3681

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PhD thesis:

Historical sources in the epic novel “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy (1992)

DSc thesis:

Leo Tolstoy: the spiritual ideal and artistic creative work (1850s to 1870s) (2004)

Education and training, internships:

Graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University (Journalism Faculty) in 1980; in 1991, the main full-time postgraduate of A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Scientific and organisational activities:

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the academic edition of the Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy in 100 Volumes.

Member of the editorial board of the journal “Two Centuries of the Russian Classics” of IWL RAS.

Member of the editorial board of the journal “Herald of Tver State University. Series: Philology”.

Member of the editorial board of the scholarly collection: “Leo Tolstoy & of Leo Tolstoy”.

Dissertation Council Д.002.209.02 at IWL RAS: Scientific Secretary in 1994 to 2008; in 2008 to 2019, Vice-Chairman.

Member of the subject committee and jury for final stage of the All-Russia Olympiad in Literature from 2006 to 2015.

Award:

1997 – Medal “In memory of the eight hundred and fifty years of Moscow”.

 

Selected scientific publications:

Monographs

  • Leo Tolstoy and paths of Russian history. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2004. 254 p. (In Russ.)
  • A line of literature textbooks for secondary schools. Forms 5 to 9. Moscow, Russian Word Publ., 2019:

5 form. Part 1 (288 p.), part 2 (288 p.);

6 form. Part 1 (296 p.), part 2 (288 p.);

7 form. Part 1 (384 p.), part 2 (336 p.);

8 form. Part 1 (384 p.), part 2 (368 p.);

9 form (Gulin A. V., Romanova A. N., Fyodorov A. V.). part 1 (384 p.), part 2 (376 p.).

  • The texts written by A.V. Gulin, total 45 author's sheets.

Preparation for publication (compilation, scientific editing, commenting)

  • Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy. “Works of Art” series. Vol. 11. Moscow, 2020. 411 p. Responsible editor A. V. Gulin (jointly with Pyotr Paliyevskiy). (In Russ.)
  • International scientific conference “Russian literature and national sovereignty of the 18th –– 19th centuries”. Theses of reports. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2020. 160 p. Responsible editor A. V. Gulin. (In Russ.)
  • Leo Tolstoy & of Leo Tolstoy: Materials and investigations. Issue 3. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2009. 376 p. Responsible editor A. V. Gulin. (In Russ.)

Web of Science / Scopus publications

  • The “ghost of Pugachyov” in the “War and Peace” of Leo Tolstoy. The Problems of Historical Poetics. vol. 17, no. 4, 2019, pp. 173–192. (In Russ.)
  • The “rebellion” in Bogucharovo in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace: sources, philosophy, poetics. Studia Litterarum, vol. 5, no 1, 2020, pp. 162–177. (In Russ.)

Articles

  • “Leo Tolstoy as a Singer of the Russian Empire.” Dva veka russkoi klassiki, vol. 4, no. 2, 2022, pp. 18–41.  https://doi.org/10.22455/2686-7494-2022-4-2-18-41 (In Russ.)
  • The Decembrists in the epic representation of L. N. Tolstoy and N. A. Nekrasov. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, vol. 3, no. 2, 2021, pp. 96–119. DOI https://doi.org/10.22455/2686-7494-2021-3-2-96-119 (In Russ.)
  • A free novel (introductory article). In Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina. Moscow, Detskaya Literatura (Children's Literature) Publ., 2020, pp. 5–60. (In Russ.)
  • An unrealised epic (Leo Tolstoy busy with a novel of the days of Peter I). Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, vol. 2, no. 3, 2020, pp. 86–117. DOI https://doi.org/10.22455/2686-7494-2020-2-3-86-117 (In Russ.)
  • Russia’s victory of 1812 and appearance of Pushkin before the people. In To Valentin Semyonovich Nepomnyashchiy, eds M. I. Shcherbakova, V. M. Yesipov. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2020, pp. 194–206. (In Russ.)
  • International scientific conference “Russian literature and national sovereignty of the 18th –– 19th centuries”: concept, results and prospects. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, vol. 2, no. 4, 2020, pp. 260–271. DOI https://doi.org/10.22455/2686-7494-2020-2-4-260-271(In Russ.)
  • Revolution and sovereign tradition in alexander Pushkin’s early works (“Ode to Liberty”). Herald of Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Humanities and social sciences, no. 2(95), 2019, pp. 24–40. (In Russ.)
  • An ideal female image in Russian epic prose of the 19th century. Masha Mironova and Natasha Rostova. Russian literature studies compilation, no. 6, 2019, pp. 71–81. (In Russ.)
  • Lessons of Literature. Russian revolt and Russian world in the novel “The Captain's Daughter” by Alexander Pushkin. Russian literature studies compilation. no. 2, 2018, pp. 93–102. (In Russ.)
  • “He’s like a God’s storm”. Peter the Great in the A. S. Pushkin’s poem “Poltava”. Literature at School, no. 3, 2018, pp. 2–7. (In Russ.)
  • Problem of the sources of the unfinished work “Prince Fedor Shchetinin” by Leo Tolstoy. Philological sciences: issues of theory and practice. no. 10 (88), 2018, part 1, pp. 17–21. (In Russ.)
  • Collegiality or a “swarm feeling”? (Russian world of 1812 in “War and Peace” of L. N. Tolstoy). Herald of Tver State University. Series: Philology, no. 3, 2018, pp. 11–23. (In Russ.)
  • The story “Sevastopol in December”: the philosophy of a modest feat. Russian literature studies compilation, no. 6, 2018, pp. 99–108. (In Russ.)
  • “To cry and laugh and love life”. “Religion of feeling” at the origins of the novel-epic “War and Peace”. Russian literature studies compilation, no. 6, 2018, pp. 10–21. (In Russ.)
  • The philosophy of life in the novel “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy. In ASOU Conferencium. Collection of scientific papers and scientific-practical conferences’ proceedings. Moscow, Academy of public administration Publ.. 2016, part 2, pp. 1298–1307. (In Russ.)
  • Poetry of delight and love (introductory article). In Borodino battle field: the victorious year of 1812 in Russian poetry. Moscow, Detskaya Literatura (Children's Literature) Publ., 2012, pp. 5–40. (In Russ.)
  • The novel “Youth” in Leo Tolstoy's spiritual and creative movement. Journal of Literary Studies, no. 27, 2010, pp. 42–56. (In Russ.)
  • Two “narratives” in Leo Tolstoy's “The Cossacks”. In Leo Tolstoy & of Leo Tolstoy: Materials and publications. Issue 3. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2009, pp. 112–127. (In Russ.)
  • Resurrection and “Resurrection” (Leo Tolstoy's last novel). In A modern reading of 19th century Russian literature. Moscow, Moscow Region State University Publ., Pashkov Publishing House Publ., 2007, pp. 467–498. (In Russ.)
  • Spiritual and moral ideal of L. N. Tolstoy in “Childhood”. Herald of the Russian Foundation for Humanities Research, no. 1 (38), 2005, pp. 112–121. (In Russ.)
  • War and freedom: Leo Tolstoy's Caucasian triptych (introductory article). In Leo Tolstoy. The Cossacks. The Prisoner of the Caucasus. Hadji Murat. Moscow, Synergy Publ., 2005, pp. 5–49. (In Russ.)
  • On Bowdown Hill (Moscow and Napoleon in the novel “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy). Literature at School, no. 9, 2002, pp. 7–12. (In Russ.)

Teaching activities:

2006 to 2019 – Professor in the Department of Philology (subsequently renamed Department for the Methods of Teaching the Humanities & Aesthetic Arts Disciplines) of the Academy of public administration in Moscow Region.