“...He was small in stature, strong built, as if filled with lead: his face expressed efficiency, concern, like that of doctors or accountants, but did not h...

Fiction is when a completely logical model is built on an incredible assumption. Three friends get their hands on a time machine. How they will manage it tog...

Published in the literary magazine “Reality of Fiction” No. 5 May 2005

There are wonderful people! Why, pray tell, should you paint your fence in different colors? There was a fence like a fence, indistinguishable from other vil...

The German writer Oskar Meding (1829-1903), known in Russia under the pseudonym Georgy, Georg, Gregor Samarov, a talented diplomat, memoirist, journalist and...

The outstanding Russian philosopher M.K. Petrov (1923–1986) was the founder of scientific studies in Russia, the creator of a philosophical school in Rostov-...

Pobedonostsev is one of the largest and tragic figures of the 19th century. At one time, he told Alexander III: “Your Majesty, Russia is on the brink of an a...

This story is about how the most ordinary story about a little rat living on the seashore turned into an emblem - a banner and symbol of all of today's moder...

A kind, wise fairy tale with a happy ending. About how important it is to help the weak and take care of each other.

The personality of Peter I and the era of transformations he generated is the starting point for most disputes about the historical fate of Russia. The publi...