Source base
Nicholas Zharkikh
The sources for the biography V. Zabila we divided for classes on the values (from most reliable to least reliable): autobiographical materials, documents, letters, diaries, memoirs, retellings, fiction.
Unfortunately, the most widely used sources are of the lowest classes.
Separately, it should be noted very poor sources for literary creativity V. Zabila.
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