“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...

“...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...

“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, ...

“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...

“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...

“...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,...

“...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 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...

“…–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...

“No one doubted that as soon as the people of Versailles saw the Parisian omnibuses with red banners, and Bergeret again stood in a pose, shouting: “Soldiers...

“The guardsmen noticed that evening how the huge window of the Kremlin bedroom opened and the emperor appeared there. Snow covered the sleeves of his uniform...

“...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...