Земцов В.Н. "Французское" Бородино (французская историография Бородинского сражения), статья в формате pdf. Опции

[Kirill]

Спасибо konstantyn_lvk за присланный материал.

Сама статья здесь, обсуждаем тут.

[leon]

Александр Мекаберидзе - грузинский историк, в 2000 г. эмигрировавший в США, защитил кандидатскую диссертацию по биографии П.И. Багратиона, планировалось её издание в виде монографии под заглавием "Lion of the Russian Army: Life and сareer of Peter Bagration", в настоящее время Мекаберидзе преподаёт в государственном университете Флориды. Автор фундаментального биографического справочника по русским генералам 1792 - 1812 гг. "The Russian officer core in the Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars. 1792 - 1815" (N.-Y., 2005. 534 p.) - лучшее издание по теме (отечественные аналоги проигрывают как в объёме, так и в качестве материала), а для западной историографии настоящее событие, по словам автора, работая над данным трудом он освоил огромный массив архивных источников в архивохранилищах России, стран Западной Европы и США. В 2006 г. он стал одним из авторов англоязычного трёхтомного справочника по истории периода Революции и наполеоновских войн. Автор в 2005 г. перевёл на английский воспоминания А.П. Ермолова, благодаря чему "открыл" для англофонов сей ценный источник.
На русском, насколько я знаю, его работы не издавались.

Вот интервью А. Мекаберидзе (пардон, что на аглицком, переведу чуток позже.)

Alexander Mikaberidze is the author of The Russian Officer Corps in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1792-1815 (ISBN 1-932714-02-2; 820 biographies, 440 b&w portraits, 38 charts, tables, and graphs, 534 pages, hardcover, dust jacket, 7 x 10). The book contains more than 800 biographical sketches of Russian officers and is based upon years of research in a variety of Russian and European archives. Mikaberidze sat down recently with Sarah Stephan of Savas Beatie LLC to share his passion for the Napoleonic period and what he hopes readers will gain from his work.

Q: What draws you to Napoleon and this particular period in Russian history?

A: For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with Napoleon’s personality. The first two books I read on Napoleon, by Eugene Tarle and Albert Manfred were so well written, I found myself immersed in a new world. I grew up in Georgia (formerly part of the Soviet Union) which was torn by civil wars. I searched for books written in Georgian, my native language, but only found one: Napoleon’s memoirs. Because of this, I started working on a book in Georgian that described Napoleon’s rise to power.

Q: How did your research lead to writing The Russian Officer Corps?

A: During research for my first book, I met scholars at Tbilisi State University in Georgia who were also interested in Napoleon. In 1999, a group of us established the Napoleonic Society of Georgia and conducted a few seminars. The next year, we even convened an International Napoleonic Congress in Georgia! Although my first degree was in international law and I served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Georgia, my interest in Napoleon soon changed my life.

Q: How so?

A: While presenting a paper at Napoleonic Congress in Israel, I met two people who were students at the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution at Florida State University. At the time I was living in Georgia with a salary of $17 and never imagined actually moving to Florida, but in 2000, I received a full scholarship to study at the Institute from the director, Professor Donald D. Horward. It was a dream come true for me.

Q: I can imagine it was! Can you describe for our readers your experience moving to the United States?

A: Well, I arrived in Florida on August 15, 2000, Napoleon’s 231st birthday!

Q: That sounds like a good start!

A: Yes. It was a decisive move that not only led to me writing The Russian Officer Corps, but also impacted my entire life. Thanks to Horward’s invitation, I met my wife in the United States. Studying the Napoleonic period at the Institute was a great experience, in part because of the work I did with other students. We held Napoleon seminars where we discussed every aspect of Napoleonic Europe in great detail. My decision to write The Russian Officer Corps emerged out of these discussions.

Что касается работы Уртуля по Бородину - по моему мнению - х-ня, да, действительно, автор работал во французских архивах, нарыл некоторые новые материалы (которые использовали в частности Попов и Васильев), но в целом всё равно очень поверхностно, а по русской армии - так и вообще позорище, пересказ французского перевода Бутурлина.