The new book by the poet Dmitry Bykov includes poems and political feuilletons in verse “Letters of Chain” written over the past two years, as well as a prev...

The articles of the famous publicist, poet, and prose writer Dmitry Bykov invariably evoke criticism from both the right and the left - and increase the circ...

Bykov is the author of the biography of B. Okudzhava in the “ZhZL” series. “Bulat Okudzhava lived among us recently: twelve years is not a long time for hist...

Why didn’t Turgenev’s novels become tabletop books to the extent they deserve; what is the difference between a “Turgenev girl” and a “post-Turgenev girl”; h...

A serious tragedy happened to Sergei Yesenin. This poet turned out to be privatized first by the thieves, then by the pochvenniks, that is, by the worst of R...

Dmitry Bykov reflects on how it happened that the devil became the most charming hero of Soviet literature. How does “The Master and Margarita” relate to the...

“Of all the canonical figures of Russian literature, Anna Akhmatova evokes the most heated and painful discussion, and sometimes the most lively hatred. In a...

The death of Lermontov is one of the main mysteries of Russian literature. Dmitry Bykov sets out his version of the reason for the duel, explains Lermontov's...

“Nekrasov, a cunning, inconsistent and sinful man, did a lot for Russian self-awareness and Russian literature. All his “immorality” was a way to maximize hi...

33 reflections-essays by Dmitry Bykov about the poetic path, creative style of outstanding Russian poets, and not only - from Alexander Pushkin to BG - are p...

This book is the second part of a two-volume series dedicated to Russian literature of the twentieth century. Each chapter is a page of history through the e...

Maxim Gorky is the most famous Soviet writer, immortalized in the names of cities, streets, airplanes and almost disappeared from cultural use in the new, po...