"Kara Bugaz" i "Kolchida" Konstantina Paustovskogo: proverka evrazijskich predposylok

In 1930s Konstantin Paustovsky wrote two stories: “Kara-Bugaz” and “Colchida”. They can be referred to as part of so called industrial literature, but at the same time they are over-filled with symbols and archetypes: “aridness” and “dust” of the desert oppose “wetness” and “mud” of the marshes. Against the background of the battle of people with the fervent and jealous nature in Turkmen desert and in Abkhazian marshes, another battle is described – a struggle of the Soviet power against yhe traditional mode of life and thouth of people living in both areas. It reflects an endless conflict between the West and the East and thus adds to Paustovsky’s stories a bit of eurasian coloring. Though, the question whether the autor was an eurasianist should be examined separately.