Tale of the Troika

Tale of the Troika (?????? ? ??????) is a 1968 satirical science-fiction novel written by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky that criticises both Soviet bureaucracy and somewhat the Soviet scientific enviroment. Although the novel in itself is not directed against state per se and a number of points underlined are true of modern day bureaucracy and science, it met a cold reaction at Soviet times and was quite difficult to obtain, therefore acieving a "forbidden fruit" status.

Related Topics:
Science-fiction - Novel - Boris and Arkady Strugatsky - Bureaucracy

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The novel exists in two different versions. One version can be considered a more direct sequel to Monday Begins on Saturday, at the end of which the main character is told he will be sent to Kislovodsk for a business trip, and that is where this version of Tale of the Troika takes place. The other version takes place in Tmutarakan', on a previously unexplored and unreachable floor of the Scientific Research Institute of Sorcery and Wizardry.

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