"V novui͡u knigu "Vzvod. Ofit͡sery i opolchent͡sy russkoĭ literatury" voshli odinnadt͡satʹ biografiĭ pisateleĭ i poėtov Zolotogo veka -- ot Derzhavina i Denisa Davydova do Chaadaeva i Pushkina, -- umevshikh derzhatʹ v ruke ne tolʹko pero, no i oruzhie. Oni srazhalisʹ na Borodinskom pole v 1812-m i vstupali pobediteli͡ami v Parizh, podavli͡ali pugachëvskiĭ bunt i vosstanie v Polʹshe, anneksirovali Finli͡andii͡u, voevali so Shvet͡sieĭ, ekhali sluzhitʹ na Kavkaz... Kornet, poruchik, shtabs-kapitan, maĭor, polkovnik, general-leĭtenant, admiral: klassiki russkoĭ literatury."--Title page verso. This book "Platoon : officers and militiamen of Russian literature" introduces eleven biographies of writers and poets of the Golden Age - from Derzhavin and Denis Davydov to Chaadaev and Pushkin, who could hold not only a pen, but also weapons.