Anna Matveeva

Anna Matveeva - avtor romanov "Kazhdye sto let", "Pereval Djatlova, ili Tajna devjati", "Est!" i "Zavidnoe chuvstvo Very Steninoj", mnozhestva sbornikov rasskazov, a takzhe knig "Gorozhane" i "Kartinnye devushki". "Mozhno i tak skazat" - novyj roman Anny Matveevoj." Eto roman o prirode tvorchestva i o tom, chto vse knigi uzhe davno napisany, no daleko ne vse iz nikh - prochitany. A eschjo on o Moskve i o ljubvi. Mozhno i tak skazat!" Anna MatveevaMastityj pisatel Arkadij Nurov perezhivaet ne luchshij period. Ego knige ne dali Glavnuju premiju, molodaja zhena-aktrisa ushla k glavrezhu modnogo teatra, a byvshaja zhena - ego agent - obespokoena ne stolko ego literaturnoj kareroj, skolko svoim blagopoluchiem. Chto ostajotsja? Sdatsja, smiritsja, zapit... Ili uekhat s moskovskikh bulvarov na vyselki, zavesti tam novye znakomstva i nachat pisat - vmesto dolgozhdannogo romana - pesu? Vskore dejstvie pesy, proiskhodjaschee na bortu rejsa "Varadero-Moskva", kazhetsja Nurovu ne tolko interesnee, no i realnee ego nastojaschej zhizni. "- Mizanabim, - skazal kto-to emu v spinu, i on ot neozhidannosti vzdrognul. - Khudozhestvennyj prijom, kogda vnutri odnogo proizvedenija sprjatano drugoe po printsipu matrjoshki".

Ljubov, druzhba, semejnye tajny, letnie romany i komary - v rasskazakh sovremennykh pisatelej. Leonid Juzefovich, Majja Kucherskaja, Aleksej Varlamov, Anna Matveeva, Sergej Shargunov, Asja Volodina, Denis Dragunskij, Darja Beglova, Sergej Nosov, Elena Kolina, Dmitrij Vodennikov, Elena Kholmogorova, Jana Verzun, Vladimir Berezin, Marina Moskvina, Darja Bobyljova, Ivan Tsybin, Galina Kalinkina, Elena Levina, Andrej Nikonorov "Kniga, kotoruju vy derzhite v rukakh, - vsja posvjaschena dache. Kak mestu, kak javleniju, kak tochke otscheta i merilu vsego. Eto mesto, gde literatura vstrechaetsja s zhiznju. Zhelaju vam chitat ejo v gamake, pod staroj shershavoj jablonej, pod strekot kosilki i detskie kriki, i pust pakhnet smorodinovym listom, tolko chto politymi floksami i bessmertiem. My vse eto zasluzhili". Marina Stepnova

Anja Matveeva - khozjajka lavandovoj fermy, florist, predprinimatel, i avtor bloga "lavandamia" s auditoriej 20 000 podpischikov. Esli vy dumaete, chto vladet lavandovoj fermoj - eto krasivo guljat v shljapke sredi tsvetov, prigotovtes: eta kniga perevernet vashi predstavlenija! Zabudte o skuchnoj idillii: pered vami istorii, v kotorykh romantika pakhnet ne tolko tsvetami, no i stroitelnoj pylju, a ljubov proverjaetsja umeniem vmeste posmejatsja nad ljubym provalom. Zdes ljubaja katastrofa - bud to rukhnuvshij saraj, derzkaja krazha kolbasy ili bitva za urozhaj - prevraschaetsja v komediju, dokazyvaja, chto jumor - luchshij sposob vyzhit v khaose. V knige net skuchnykh sovetov po agronomii, zato est koloritnaja rodnja, svoenravnaja sobaka Sonja i beskonechnye remonty. Kazhdaja stranitsa zdes propitana ljubovju, kotoraja pomogaet ne opuskat ruki i chuvstvovat podderzhku blizkikh, dazhe kogda vse idet naperekosjak. Eti istorii stanut vashim lichnym antidepressantom i napomnjat: ne objazatelno byt idealnym, chtoby byt schastlivym. Ostorozhno: vyzyvaet privykanie i ostroe zhelanie obnjat svoikh!

"Semejnye obstojatelstva" - rasskazy i esse sovremennykh avtorov ob ikh blizkom kruge, o samykh dorogikh ljudjakh, kotorye darjat zabotu i ljubov kak mogut, kak chuvstvujut. Geroi knigi - roditeli i deti, babushki i dedushki, druzja semi, a inogda i vragi, te, bez kogo my - ne my. V preddverii Novogo goda avtory sbornika priglashajut poznakomitsja s raznymi semejnymi obstojatelstvami i vspomnit, chto semja - samoe glavnoe v zhizni. Illjustratsii Sashi Nikolaenko. Avtor idei Anna Popova. Redaktor-sostavitel Veronika Dmitrieva. Kniga izdana pri podderzhke kompanii "Logika moloka". Avtory sbornika: Tatjana Tolstaja, Emir Kusturitsa, Evgenij Vodolazkin, Tatjana Chernigovskaja, Sati Spivakova, Marina Stepnova, Shakhri Amirkhanova, Denis Dragunskij, Azarij Plisetskij, Elena Kolina, Aleksej Varlamov, Sasha Nikolaenko, Andrej Astvatsaturov, Anna Matveeva, Sergej Shargunov, Evgenija Nekrasova, Dmitrij Danilov.

Anja Matveeva - khozjajka lavandovoj fermy, florist, predprinimatel. Avtor bloga "lavandamia" s auditoriej 20 000 podpischikov. Kogda mir za oknom stanovitsja slishkom shumnym i suetlivym, a mysli sputyvajutsja v plotnyj klubok trevog, tak khochetsja najti tikhij ukromnyj ugolok, zavernutsja v pushistoe odejalo i otkryt knigu, kotoraja berezhno pereneset tebja v mir dobrykh i smeshnykh istorij. Eto i est tot samyj volshebnyj i vdokhnovljajuschij eliksir, napolnennyj aromatom lavandy i osvezhajuschim vkusom iskrennego smekha! Vas zhdut istorii o derevenskoj zhizni, gde vmesto umnogo doma - umnaja pech, a glavnyj nedrug - myshi, ustroivshie vecherinku v vashe otsutstvie. Vy uznaete, kak nakhodit krasotu v prostykh veschakh - v utrennej rose na tsvetakh, v zapakhe pechenogo khleba, v tishine nespeshnogo, ujutnogo utra i pervom luchike solntsa. Chitajte, smejtes do slez, naslazhdajtes legkostju i teplom, vejuschim ot kazhdoj istorii. Pochuvstvujte, kak prekrasna zhizn!

"Chudo kak predchuvstvie" - sbornik rasskazov i esse sovremennykh avtorov. Evgenij Vodolazkin, Tatjana Tolstaja, Aleksej Salnikov, Marina Stepnova, Aleksandr Tsypkin, Grigorij Sluzhitel, Majja Kucherskaja, Pavel Basinskij, Alla Gorbunova, Denis Dragunskij, Elena Kolina, Shamil Idiatullin, Anna Matveeva, Veniamin Smekhov i Valerij Popov pishut o chudesakh, povsednevnykh i rozhdestvenskikh, prostykh i neverojatnykh, nemyslimykh, no svershivshikhsja. Oschuschenie predstojaschego prazdnika, tepla, ujuta i sveta - kak v detstve, kogda my vse verili v chudo. Illjustratsii Sashi Nikolaenko. Avtor idei Anna Popova. Redaktor-sostavitel Veronika Dmitrieva. Kniga izdana pri podderzhke kompanii "En+".

Anna Matveeva - avtor romanov "Kazhdye sto let", "Pereval Djatlova, ili Tajna devjati", "Zavidnoe chuvstvo Very Steninoj" i "Est!", sbornikov "Katja edet v Sochi", "Devjat devjanostykh", "Sprjatannye reki", a takzhe knig "Gorozhane" i "Kartinnye devushki". Finalist premij "Bolshaja kniga" i "Jasnaja Poljana". Sbornik prozy "Lolotta" uvodit nas v Parizh. Vernee, v puteshestvie iz Parizha v Parizh: iz zapadnoevropejskoj stolitsy v selo Parizh Cheljabinskoj oblasti, ili v zhiloj kompleks imeni znamenitogo goroda, ili v kafe vsjo s tem zhe nazvaniem. V knige vy vstretite mnozhestvo personazhej: Amedeo Modiljani, odinokogo otstavnogo nachalnika, vora, uchitelnitsu frantsuzskogo, literaturnogo redaktora, razocharovavshegosja vo vsjom, krome rodnogo jazyka... U kazhdogo geroja "Lolotty" svoj Parizh: tot, o kotorom oni mechtali, no chasche tot, kotorogo zasluzhivajut.

Anna Matveeva - prozaik, finalist premij "Bolshaja kniga" i "Jasnaja Poljana", avtor romanov "Kazhdye sto let", "Pereval Djatlova, ili Tajna devjati", "Zavidnoe chuvstvo Very Steninoj", sbornikov "Sprjatannye reki", "Lolotta i drugie parizhskie istorii", "Armastan. Ja tebja tozhe" i dokumentalnoj knigi "Kartinnye devushki". V novoj knige "Kartinnye devushki. Muzy i khudozhniki: ot Velaskesa do Anatolija Zvereva" Anna Matveeva prodolzhaet rasskazyvat o sudbakh naturschits i muz izvestnykh khudozhnikov i o samikh khudozhnikakh. Geroi knigi - Diego Velaskes i Margarita Tereza, Zhak-Lui David i Zhjulett Rekame, Ivan Ajvazovskij i Anna Burnazjan, Ivan Kramskoj i Neizvestnaja, Dzhon Singer Sardzhent i Virzhini-Ameli Gotro, Edvard Munk i Dagni Jul-Pshibyshevskaja, Boris Kustodiev i Julija Proshinskaja, Arkadij Plastov i Natalja fon Vik, Fernan Lezhe i Nadja Khodasevich, Anatolij Zverev i Ksenija Aseeva." Eta kniga - vtoraja chast moikh volnykh izyskanij v oblasti iskusstvoznanija, kollektsija esse o naturschitsakh vydajuschikhsja khudozhnikov i, razumeetsja, o samikh khudozhnikakh, sredi kotorykh Plastov i Ajvazovskij, David i Sardzhent, Munk i Lezhe. Tema vzaimootnoshenij modeli i mastera - neischerpaema, ob etom mozhno rasskazyvat vechno... V novoj knige desjat istorij. A te voprosy, kotorye ja stavila pered soboj vo vremja raboty, ostalis neizmennymi. Kem byla ta zhenschina, kotoruju my vidim na khorosho znakomoj kartine? Kakoj ona byla? Sumel by khudozhnik stat masterom bez nejo?" (Anna Matveeva)

Anna Matveeva - prozaik, finalist premij "Bolshaja kniga" i "Jasnaja Poljana", avtor romanov "Kazhdye sto let", "Pereval Djatlova, ili Tajna devjati", "Zavidnoe chuvstvo Very Steninoj", sbornikov "Katja edet v Sochi", "Devjat devjanostykh", "Lolotta i drugie parizhskie istorii", "Sprjatannye reki". V knige "Kartinnye devushki" Anna Matveeva obraschaetsja k sudbam naturschits i muz izvestnykh khudozhnikov. Kem byli zhenschiny, kotorye smotrjat na nas s poloten Bottichelli i Brjullova, Matissa i Dali, Rubensa i Mane? Oni zhili v raznye veka, imeli raznoe proiskhozhdenie i takie nepokhozhie kharaktery; kto-to iz nikh ne khotel ustupat v masterstve velikim, napisavshim ikh portrety, a komu-to bylo dostatochno byt prosto rjadom s nimi." Moi geroini ne vsegda v polnom smysle slova naturschitsy, oni - devushki s kartin, "kartinnye devushki". Sudba kazhdoj iz nikh nerazryvno svjazana s sudboj mastera, i rasskazyvaja o Fornarine, nelzja ne govorit o Rafaele, a istorija Olgi Khokhlovoj ne obojdjotsja bez upominanij Pikasso; sovsem drugim khudozhnikom mog stat Bottichelli bez svoej Simonetty, Rembrandt - bez Saskii, a Modiljani - bez Zhanny". (Anna Matveeva)

Anja Matveeva - khozjajka lavandovoj fermy, florist, predprinimatel. Avtor bloga "lavandamia" s auditoriej 20 000 podpischikov. Byvajut dni, kogda mir rushitsja, na dushe ustalost i razdrazhenie, khochetsja vorchat, bit posudu i krapivu palkoj, k chertu na more i na ruchki k ljubimym. V takie momenty jumor mozhet stat otlichnym lekarstvom. Eta kniga - ne prosto poteshnye istorii o semejke, pomeshannoj na lavande, eto ujutnaja terapija, kotoraja pomozhet khotja by na vremja zabyt o neprijatnostjakh. Kak otkryt lavandovuju fermu, esli u tebja est tolko vetkhij domik i bezumnaja mechta? Kakie bollivudskie blokbastery sluchajutsja v sonnoj, na pervyj vzgljad, derevenke? V chem opasnost muzhskogo striptiza? Chto proiskhodit, kogda zhenschina skuchaet? Suschestvuet li instruktsija k ljudjam i pochemu muzhchiny kak kusty?

Anna Matveeva - avtor romanov "Kazhdye sto let", "Pereval Djatlova, ili Tajna devjati", "Zavidnoe chuvstvo Very Steninoj" i "Est!", sbornikov rasskazov "Sprjatannye reki", "Lolotta i drugie parizhskie istorii", a takzhe knig "Gorozhane" i "Kartinnye devushki". Finalist premij "Bolshaja kniga" i "Jasnaja Poljana". Sbornik prozy "Katja edet v Sochi" sostoit iz devjati ochen raznykh istorij, obedinjonnykh rifmoj sudby. Nevolnymi i ne vsegda ochevidnymi dvojnikami stanovjatsja zdes khudozhnik i galerist, syn i mat, neznakomye zhenschiny i znakomye tolko po perepiske devochki... Eta kniga o tom, chto dazhe antipody mogut ponjat drug druga prosto ottogo, chto sposobny ispytyvat te zhe chuvstva i slyshat v oglushitelnom potoke zhizni rodnoj golos.

En samling berättelser och texter kopplade till det visuella: konstverk, målningar och teckningar. Anna Matveeva - avtor romanov "Kazhdye sto let", "Pereval Djatlova, ili Tajna devjati", "Zavidnoe chuvstvo Very Steninoj" i "Est!", sbornikov rasskazov "Katja edet v Sochi", "Sprjatannye reki", "Lolotta i drugie parizhskie istorii", a takzhe knig "Gorozhane" i "Kartinnye devushki". Finalist premij "Bolshaja kniga" i "Jasnaja Poljana". V novom sbornike rasskazov i povestej "Armastan" vse teksty tak ili inache svjazany s vizualom - rech pro kartiny, fotografii, plakaty, risunki, v obschem, pro vsjo, chto Gertruda Stajn nazyvala "izobrazhenijami na ploskoj poverkhnosti". Khudozhniki, muzei, tvorcheskie stradanija, a eschjo - muchitelnye poiski zhilja, ljubovnyj bred i nostalgija. Vsjo, chto my ljubim. Vot i "Armastan" po-estonski - "ljublju"." Armastan" Anny Matveevoj - kak sketchbuk khudozhnika-puteshestvennika. V iskusnykh zarisovkakh chuzhikh zhiznej nashlos mesto i vsklokochennym vorobjam, narisovannym khrupkoj sanginoj, i moskovskim mnogoetazhkam, vyvedennym flomasterami, i nezhnym uskolzajuschim svidanijam sredi kartin, peredannym akvarelju". Elena Sharova, Muzej russkogo impressionizma

Anna Matveeva - avtor romanov "Kazhdye sto let", "Pereval Djatlova, ili Tajna devjati", "Zavidnoe chuvstvo Very Steninoj" i "Est!", sbornikov "Katja edet v Sochi", "Devjat devjanostykh", "Lolotta i drugie parizhskie istorii", a takzhe knig "Gorozhane" i "Kartinnye devushki". Finalist premij "Bolshaja kniga" i "Jasnaja Poljana". Sbornik rasskazov "Sprjatannye reki" - o doroge i ljudjakh, kotorye vstrechajutsja nam na puti - zhiznennom, ili prosto puti iz punkta A v punkt B. Dazhe spustja gody geroi etoj knigi pomnjat tekh, kto vovremja skazal nuzhnoe slovo, protjanul ruku ili sluchajno razdelil s nimi gore i radost. Eta kniga o zhizni kak dolgom puti k samomu sebe: vse my piligrimy. My mozhem izmenit svoju zhizn v ljuboj moment. I eto prosche, chem kazhetsja. Tolko nuzhno nabratsja smelosti i sdelat pervyj shag.

Anna Matveeva - avtor romanov "Pereval Djatlova, ili Tajna devjati", "Est! " i "Kazhdye sto let", sbornikov rasskazov "Lolotta i drugie parizhskie istorii", "Sprjatannye reki", "Katja edet v Sochi", a takzhe knig "Gorozhane" i "Kartinnye devushki". V romane "Zavidnoe chuvstvo Very Steninoj" rasskazyvaetsja istorija zhenskoj druzhby-vrazhdy. Vera, iskusstvoved, mat-odinochka, postojanno zaviduet svoej podruge Julke. Julke zhe vsegda vezet, i ona nikomu ne zaviduet, a mogla by - toj zhe Vere, ved ona obladaet unikalnym darom - po-osobomu chuvstvovat zhivopis: razgovarivaet s portretami, oschuschaet aromat narisovannykh tsvetov i slyshit muzyku, kotoruju igrajut izobrazhennye na kartinakh artisty... Roman mnogosloen: anatomija zavisti, soedinenie zapadnoevropejskoj traditsii s russkoj mentalnostju, legkij detektivnyj aktsent i - v polnyj golos - gimn iskusstvu i krasote." Istorija o zhenskoj druzhbe, granichaschej s ostroj zavistju (esli ne nenavistju), napolnena izjaschnoj igroj slov, a zaodno mozhet sluzhit otlichnym posobiem po istorii iskusstv: stroja obraz svoej geroini, Matveeva pokazyvaet, kak nuzhno pravilno smotret na shedevry zhivopisi, izobrazhenie prevraschaetsja v nabor zvukovykh, tsvetovykh i taktilnykh metafor". (KONSTANTIN MILCHIN, literaturnyj kritik, shef-redaktor Storytel)

Anna Matveeva - avtor romanov "Pereval Djatlova, ili Tajna devjati", "Zavidnoe chuvstvo Very Steninoj" i "Est!", sbornikov rasskazov "Sprjatannye reki", "Lolotta i drugie parizhskie istorii", "Katja edet v Sochi", a takzhe knig "Gorozhane" i "Kartinnye devushki". Finalist premij "Bolshaja kniga" i "Natsionalnyj bestseller". "Kazhdye sto let" - "roman s dnevnikom", lichnaja i ochen sovremennaja istorija, rasskazannaja dvumja zhenschinami. Oni nachinajut vesti dnevnik v detstve: Ksenichka Ljovshina v 1893 godu v Poltave, a Ksana Lesovaja - v 1980-m v Sverdlovske, i prodolzhajut svoi zapisi vsju zhizn. No razve dnevniki ne pishut dlja togo, chtoby ikh kto-to prochjol? Vzroslaja Ksana, talantlivyj perevodchik, postojanno zadajot sebe vopros: naskolko mozhno byt otkrovennoj s listom bumagi, i, kak v detstve, prodolzhaet iskat sledy Ksenichki. Pokhozhe, sudba vodit ikh odnimi i temi zhe putjami i uporno pytaetsja stolknut. Da tolko mezhdu nimi - pochti sto let…

Anna Matveeva - izvestnyj prozaik, urozhenka Ekaterinburga. Avtor romanov "Zavidnoe chuvstvo Very Steninoj" i "Est!", sbornikov rasskazov "Podozhdi, ja umru - i pridu", "Devjat devjanostykh", "Lolotta i drugie parizhskie istorii", "Sprjatannye reki", "Gorozhane", a takzhe knigi "Kartinnye devushki". Finalist premij "Bolshaja kniga", "Natsionalnyj bestseller". Roman "Pereval Djatlova, ili Tajna devjati" byl pereveden na frantsuzskij, cheshskij i drugie jazyki." TAJNA PEREVALA DJATLOVA" - tragicheskaja i do sikh por ne razgadannaja istorija o proisshestvii, sluchivshemsja v khmurykh, polnykh mistiki gorakh Cevernogo Urala. Zimoj 1959-go gruppa studentov otpravilas v pokhod i... propala. Ikh iskali dolgo, a kogda nashli pogibshimi - zagadok tolko pribavilos." Na odnom iz nochlegov, uzhe v temnote, strjaslos chto-to strashnoe... Oni vsporoli palatku, vybezhali na moroz kto odetyj, a kto v noskakh i pomchalis vniz po sklonu, unosja ranenykh druzej... Nikto ne spassja. Ni odin ne dozhil do rassveta. No vse, kto ostalsja v soznanii, borolis kak lvy. I mertvye snega sokhranili "dinamicheskie" pozy ljudej, polzuschikh k broshennoj palatke..." (Aleksej Ivanov)

Anna Matveeva - avtor romanov "Pereval Djatlova, ili Tajna devjati", "Zavidnoe chuvstvo Very Steninoj" i "Est!", sbornikov rasskazov "Sprjatannye reki", "Podozhdi, ja umru - i pridu", "Lolotta i drugie parizhskie istorii", "Gorozhane". Finalist premij "Bolshaja kniga" i "Natsionalnyj bestseller". Geroev etoj knigi zastali vrasplokh devjanostye: trudnye, besputnye, durnye. No dlja mnogikh oni stali "volshebnym" vremenem, kogda sbyvaetsja to, o chem i ne mechtalos, chego i predstavit bylo nelzja. Zdes dlja siroty nakhoditsja bogatyj tajnyj usynovitel, molodoj paren vmesto armii uezzhaet v Tsjurikh, obrechennoj na bezdetnost zhenschine sudba vse-taki posylaet rebenka, a Ekaterinburg legko mozhet prevratitsja v Parizh... Kniga "Devjat devjanostykh" poulchila priz chitatelskogo golosovanija premii "Bolshaja kniga" (2 mesto)." U Matveevoj udivitelnyj - chisto kortasarovskij - dar ostavljat v povestvovanii znachimye pustoty, v rezultate chego samo povestvovanie priobretaet poeticheskuju elliptichnost, da prostitsja mne moj frantsuzskij" (Viktor Toporov).

This book tells the story of insurgency in Ukraine’s Donbas region from the perspective of the rebels, who sought and continue to seek either independence from Ukraine or unification with Russia. As such, it provides a unique insight into their thinking and motivations, which need to be understood if the conflict is to be resolved. Those making and remaking the conflict are placed in the centre of the story which uses the words of the combatants themselves. It shows how volunteer fighters, driven by a wide and diffuse set of motivations, emerged from Ukraine, Russia, and different parts of the world, stood at the rebellion's heart. The book focuses on the participants’ own voices and personalities, drawing extensively on first-hand research and interviews. Rather than rendering Ukraine a chess piece on the geopolitical board, the rebellion shows that ordinary people, rather than elites, can act as a decisive force. Donbas says something about why large numbers of people make the decision to take part in a collective violent action, when material rewards are low or non-existent, and mortal risks high. It stands as an important text on the study of modern insurgencies, revealing how violent conflicts happen via issues of politicized identity and involvement of non-state actors. This book places this conflict into the context of other conflicts worldwide and demonstrates how ideas and narratives are constructed to provide meaning to a struggle. The insurgency has produced a conflict sub-culture, rich with symbolism, narrative, and communications, made possible by the digital age and a social media-savvy population. These beliefs and ideas have had the power to pull people from different parts of the world. This book follows the stages of assembling different conflict ingredients together, and the rebellion’s zigzagging fortunes after it became apparent that Moscow was not going to repeat the Crimea scenario in Donbas. It analyses the logic of armed struggle and the tactics deployed by warring parties. The book also sheds light on the developments in Moscow, discusses the phenomenon of the Russian Spring movement and concludes with the prospects for a peaceful solution.

This book tells the story of insurgency in Ukraine’s Donbas region from the perspective of the rebels, who sought and continue to seek either independence from Ukraine or unification with Russia. As such, it provides a unique insight into their thinking and motivations, which need to be understood if the conflict is to be resolved. Those making and remaking the conflict are placed in the centre of the story which uses the words of the combatants themselves. It shows how volunteer fighters, driven by a wide and diffuse set of motivations, emerged from Ukraine, Russia, and different parts of the world, stood at the rebellion's heart. The book focuses on the participants’ own voices and personalities, drawing extensively on first-hand research and interviews. Rather than rendering Ukraine a chess piece on the geopolitical board, the rebellion shows that ordinary people, rather than elites, can act as a decisive force. Donbas says something about why large numbers of people make the decision to take part in a collective violent action, when material rewards are low or non-existent, and mortal risks high. It stands as an important text on the study of modern insurgencies, revealing how violent conflicts happen via issues of politicized identity and involvement of non-state actors. This book places this conflict into the context of other conflicts worldwide and demonstrates how ideas and narratives are constructed to provide meaning to a struggle. The insurgency has produced a conflict sub-culture, rich with symbolism, narrative, and communications, made possible by the digital age and a social media-savvy population. These beliefs and ideas have had the power to pull people from different parts of the world. This book follows the stages of assembling different conflict ingredients together, and the rebellion’s zigzagging fortunes after it became apparent that Moscow was not going to repeat the Crimea scenario in Donbas. It analyses the logic of armed struggle and the tactics deployed by warring parties. It also sheds light on the developments in Moscow, discusses the phenomenon of the Russian Spring movement and concludes with the prospects for a peaceful solution.