In the autumn-winter semester of 1991 (September - December) I taught at Veslensky University in the USA. I taught two courses: “National Images of the World...

Is “pure reason” really that pure? - this is the question philologist Gachev asked, in zeal for philosophy, embarking on a scrupulous re-reading of the philo...

Georgy Arkadyevich Arbatov came into the system under Khrushchev and left it under Yeltsin. However, his memoirs are a look not only into the past, but also ...

The 1st bad joke is the author’s reworking of a story about how a family, in which the youngest member is overly curious, is driving a car. The 2nd bad joke ...

The story presents a generalized image of a representative of the Russian intelligentsia who survived the events of the early to mid-twentieth century and en...

The book contains stories: about three comrades who found themselves in a difficult situation, about a guy who drank moonshine, about Lilith, about an unknow...

A collection of short fictional stories and essays. "In a Moment" is about a bad trip along a country highway. "Bad Joke 4" tells the story of a closed socie...

The senile years of Emperor Pu from the Qin dynasty are described, who decided on his own to correct the disastrous demographic situation in the Celestial Em...

Have you ever been to the water calligraphy festival, which is held once every eighteen years in the village of Shodo, located on the shores of Lake Shakku? ...

“Monuments of Historical Literature” is a new series of e-books from Strelbitsky Multimedia Publishing House. This series includes works of various genres: h...

Dwight Eisenhower is a typical embodiment of the “American dream”: a person from a poor family who headed the state. He is the only US president to become wo...

Hormonal balance is a necessary condition for perfect human health. It is because of the improper functioning of the endocrine glands that such common ailmen...