Viktor Dotsenko Explained

Viktor Dotsenko is a Russian author. The author of a series of action/adventure novels featuring Savely Govorkov, Dotsenko has often appeared on best-seller lists and was one of the best-selling authors in Russia in the 1990s.^{[1] [2]} According to 2007's Literature, History and Identity in Post-Soviet Russia, Dotsenko's thrillers of the 1990s bore patriotic and anti-Western themes.^[3] 2007's Literary Russia: A Guide credits him, alongside Alexandra Marinina, with pioneering the thriller genre in Russia.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Marsh. Rosalind. Rosalind J. Marsh. Literature, history and identity in post-Soviet Russia, 1991-2006. 30 May 2011. 2007. Peter Lang. 978-3-03911-069-8. 83.
2. Book: Barker, Adele Marie. Consuming Russia: popular culture, sex, and society since Gorbachev. registration. 30 May 2011. 1999. Duke University Press. 978-0-8223-2313-6. 167–168.
3. Barker (2007), p. 493.
4. Book: Bartlett. Rosamund. Anna Benn. Literary Russia: a guide. 13 December 2007. Overlook Duckworth. 978-0-7156-3622-0. xii.