About the book: 2020 / The famous French Slavist Georges Nivat (born 1935) had a life full of bright events. Close communication with Boris Pasternak, expulsion from the USSR, arrest of his fiancée, injury in Algeria, friendship with dissidents, May 1968, meetings with Solzhenitsyn... In the USSR he was treated cruelly, but if there are real Russophiles in the world, then he is alone of them. The book “Russophile” continues the series of Alexander Arkhangelsky “Happy Life”. Georges Nive's story about his fate against the background of Great History was born thanks to numerous conversations between the author and the hero. Photos from the personal archive of Georges Nive are not included in the electronic version.