Theme of "breath of freedom" in historical prose B. Okudzhava
The article deals with the theme of «breath of freedom», which is relevant for the entire creative Okudzhava. The idea of freedom in the act, behavior, creativity becomes the key to his artistic world. The historical prose of the author which accumulates in itself the most difficult processes of an era, can't be considered without its communication with the present. Historical novels Okudzhava representative in terms of understanding the writer historio- sophical representations about the powerlessness of "private" person in front of the historical reality and the quest for freedom as an absolute constant the value of life. Through all the novels Okudzhava is the idea of the synthesis of the "private " and " historical", that isolation from the history of human freedom does not exist. His historical works can be considered a reflection on the fate of intellectuals in certain historical circumstances.