莫斯科是一座美丽而又多灾多难的历史名城,俄罗斯历代皇朝的更迭、苏联解体的艰难岁月,不仅使这座城市历经沧桑,同时也使莫斯科人民饱受风霜。由现任莫斯科市市长卢日科夫撰写的《莫斯科,我们是你的儿女》一书所记述的正是这样一段历史。本文所摘录的章节既详细地描述了“八·一九”事件中俄罗斯人的狂热和非理性,也表达了作者个人对俄罗斯社会变革的立场、观点以及反思。 Moscow is a beautiful and disastrous historic city. The change of Russian dynasties and the difficult years of the Soviet Union’s dissolution have not only caused the city to undergo vicissitudes, but also endangered the people of Moscow. It is such a history that “Moscow, We Are Your Children,” written by the incumbent Moscow Mayor Luzhkov, tells us. The chapters excerpted in this article detail the avid and irrational Russians in the August 19 Incident as well as the individual’s position, perspective and reflection on Russian social change.