"Cutty Sark" | |||
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Short story by Ivan Yefremov | |||
Original title | Russian: ""Катти Сарк"" | ||
Country | Soviet Union | ||
Language | Russian | ||
Genre(s) | Novella | ||
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Published in | Krasnoflotets (Leningrad), 1944, №5 | ||
Media type | Print (magazine) | ||
Publication date | 1944 | ||
Chronology | |||
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"Cutty Sark" (Russian: Катти Сарк) is a novella about the sailing ship Cutty Sark by the Soviet writer and paleontologist Ivan Yefremov. It was written in 1942–1943 and first published in the USSR in 1944.[1]
Intrigued by the history of the Cutty Sark, Yefremov produced a sketch about her, which ended with a beautiful version of dry-docking the legendary tea clipper in the United States. The story was translated into English and other languages. Yefremov's story may have influenced the preservation of the Cutty Sark,[1] which was reconstructed and dry-docked in Greenwich, London, 1954.
The feedback from English-speaking readers forced Yefremov to "upgrade" the storyline with some new facts from clipper's life.[1]
The story popularized the Cutty Sark in the USSR and Russia.