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>>20131059
Putin recommends “Sketches from a Hunter's Album” by Ivan Turgenev.

>"I could recommend to you one of the best Russian classic writers, Ivan Turgenev, with his books translated into dozens of foreign languages including, certainly, English. His well-known A Sportsman's Sketches has been a favorite book of Russian hunting fans for more than a century, which reflects in general the philosophy of hunting in Russia, where the mere process, the fact that you are close to nature and communicate with people, matters-not the outcome. It does not contain any passionate chases or vivid description of hunting trophies. The main character, in a simple but picturesque and very sympathetic way, tells stories about people he met while hunting, and their lives. They are a sort of sketches on Russia's heartland of the mid-19th century that provide food for thought and allow us to see our country, its traditions and national psychology in a new light.”

http://favobooks.com/politicians/86-vladimir-putin-reads.html