THE IMAGE OF SEVASTOPOL IN KONSTANTIN PAUSTOVSKY’S CREATIVE SPACE
Journal: LCC MAKS Press eBooks
Year: 2023

The Crimea, the land of “peace, reflection and poetry”, and Sevastopol, the first city of the peninsula Paustovsky saw when he was 14, occupy a special niche in Paustovsky’s creative space, reflecting the would-be writer’s autobiography and the geography of his travels. Paustovsky called Sevastopol his second home because of the abundance of memories, joy, and sorrow generated by the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars. This city was a source of stories, as well as an environment that transformed peo