Among the numerous memoirs about Alexander Blok, the memoirs of Andrei Bely (B. N. Bugaev; 1880-1934), a major Russian symbolist writer, stand out for their ...

A long and cloudless friendship connected Bely with his university friend A.S. Petrovsky. It arose at the very end of the 19th century and ended only with th...

“Reproducing reality, a realist artist first works on its most general features, then he becomes a photographer of reality. His vision is developing. He is n...

“The blizzard blew pale whirlwinds from the roofs. Snow splashed upward and, like lilies, swayed over the city. Singing ribbons of silver flew in - flew by, ...

Correspondence between Andrei Bely (Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev, 1880-1934) and Alexander Blok (1880-1921), covering 1903-1919, reflected not only the history o...

We present to your attention the memoir book of the largest Russian symbolist writer, written in Berlin in 1922-1923, published for the first time based on a...

“A gray-ash cloud smoked and sparkled with its lower edges on the horizon. Above it the sky seemed golden-green, and under it a yellow-pink satin ribbon was ...

“The exclusiveness of the form of this work obliges me to say a few explanatory words. This work has three meanings: musical, satirical and, in addition, ide...

“The big moon floated along the torn clouds. Here and there, hills rose overgrown with young birch trees. Bald hills were visible, strewn with stumps. Someti...

“For me, Bely is an impressionist of the word. No one else can “draw” what is happening so accurately with just a few strokes. Just a couple of sentences - a...