“...Peter inhaled through his nostrils the freshness of the birch forest, damp sand, and pine logs. Above the earthen crownworks of the fortress, a yellow st...

“…–Hold on to the rope! - the dark one shouted - The ball rose! Mitrushkin opened his eyes wide, gasped and choked on the air. A fresh noise began to sing in...

“...The blade flashed strongly, Cagliostro pulled out the sword. He hits the air with the blade, sniffles, tenses. Suddenly he jumped up and drew a circle on...

“...Mr. Khlestakov, Gogol’s immortal creation, was not taken out of thin air, but copied from a real incident and is very much akin to Russian nature. Howeve...

“...The treasured ring is, it seems, an indistinct echo of the poet’s unsolved love, a fragment of his unknown novel. What has come down to us: pen drawings,...

“Large lips, a half-open large mouth, a limply sunken chin and small eyes stubbornly looking through the glasses of pince-nez without rims - the expressionle...

“Since that cool September morning of 1825, when Emperor Alexander I, throwing off his gray overcoat, stood up in his carriage and crossed himself at the Kaz...

“The mystery of Alexander I, his death in Taganrog or abdication of the throne during his lifetime, remains unsolved to this day. Is it just idle curiosity, ...

“...But St. Petersburg - the magic wand of Russia - has long since begun to fade in souls. If the Moscow heart was still beating, the genius of St. Petersbur...

“You may not have forgotten the letter from the ballerina Karsavina to the Sydney Times, which we also cited, about the German film “The Patriot.” With noble...

“...Two people are walking in the grass. An old monk walks, bent by days. His canvas cassock and skufya turn white. In the thin darkness one can see a wrinkl...

“...Bent lanterns, piles of smoking rubble, trees broken into splinters, chimneys of collapsed houses like black fangs. Versaillese shells burst with a hot s...