modern dystopia V. Sorokin’s Concept of History and Its Artistic Representation in the Novel Day of the Oprichnik The article researches the meaningful components of V. Sorokin’s artistic world picture: the idea of the ‘Russian metaphysics’ and ‘historic trauma’. The universal mythologem of oprichnina serves as the main means of their artistic representation. Read more about V. Sorokin’s Concept of History and Its Artistic Representation in the Novel Day of the Oprichnik