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Sergeant Savely Govorkov (nicknamed Furious, also called Sergei (Rex) Govorkov in films) is a fictional character featuring in novels by Victor Dotsenko and others in the Soviet Union. A breakout character, Govorkov was created by Victor Dotsenko in the 1980s and by 1995 had featured in a number of novels by Dotsenko, making Dotsenko the most published and highest paid Russian writer.[1] He appeared in more than twenty novels, all of them became a bestsellers.[2] Other writers who have prominently featured the character in their works include Yuri Nikitin, Anton Pervushin, Valery Roschin, Kirill Vorobyev.
| Savely Govorkov | |
|---|---|
 | |
| First appearance | His Nickname Is 'Beast' (1989) |
| Last appearance | Return of the Furious (2005) |
| Created by | Victor Dotsenko |
| Portrayed by | Igor Livanov (1992 film) Dmitry Pevtsov (1989 film) |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Beast, Rex, Furious |
| Nickname | 30th |
| Title | Sergeant |
In the films portraying the character, his name was changed from the unusual Russian name "Savely" to the more common and catchy "Sergie". In the 1992 Soviet action/adventure film Terminate the Thirtieth!, based on the book by the same name, the character is played by Igor Livanov.
Short description
Savely Govorkov is a fictional character who squares off against the mafia, criminals, corrupt politicians, Chechen terrorists, and foreign enemies, saving President Yeltsin and receiving a Purple Heart from US authorities.[3] A veteran of the Afghan war, he is almost superheroic in his approach, often compared to Rambo.[4][5]
Further reading
- Eliot Borenstein "Overkill: sex and violence in contemporary Russian popular culture". Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008 - 265 p. ISBN 0-8014-7403-5, ISBN 978-0-8014-7403-3
- Michael L. Bressler "Understanding contemporary Russia". Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009 - 423 p. ISBN 1-58826-586-2, ISBN 978-1-58826-586-9 (Page 371)
- Anna Brodsky, Mark Naumovich Lipovetskiĭ, Marina Kanevskaya, Sven Spieker "The imprints of terror: the rhetoric of violence and the violence of rhetoric in modern Russian culture". Gesellschaft zur Förderung slawistischer Studien, 2006 - 290 p. ISBN 3-87690-979-1, ISBN 978-3-87690-979-0 (Page 121)
- Anthony Olcott "Russian pulp: the detektiv and the Russian way of crime". Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2001 - 207 p. ISBN 0-7425-1140-5, ISBN 978-0-7425-1140-8 (Pages 33,145,191,202)
- "Russian studies in literature", vol. 36. Periodical. Armonk, NY : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2000. ISSN 1061-1975
- "The Soviet and post-Soviet review", vol. 29. Periodical. Salt Lake City, UT : College of Humanities, University of Utah, 2002. ISSN 1075-1262
References
- (in Russian)Энциклопедия отечественного кино/Russian movies encyclopedia "В ДК «Меридиан» отмечают 30-летие творческой деятельности Виктора Доценко/Celebrating Dotsenko's anniversary: 30 years as a writer" (03.12.1995)
- The economist, vol. 347. Economist Newspaper Ltd., 1998. ISSN 0013-0613 (Page 83)
- Walter Gerald Moss "A History Of Russia: Since 1855", vol. 2. Anthem Press, 2004 - 643 p. ISBN 1-84331-034-1, ISBN 978-1-84331-034-1 (Page 563)
- Birgit Beumers "Pop culture Russia!: media, arts, and lifestyle". Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2005 - 399 p. ISBN 1-85109-459-8, ISBN 978-1-85109-459-2 (Page 300)
- Barker, Adele Marie (1999). Consuming Russia: popular culture, sex, and society since Gorbachev. Duke University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-8223-2313-6. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
На других языках
- [en] Savely Govorkov
[ru] Тридцатый
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