| Savely Govorkov | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
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][when?] 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.
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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ (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"[permanent dead link] (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.