“Mtsensk station. Suitcase in one hand, briefcase in the other and onto the platform. The train screeched and rolled away, but I stayed behind. A bench with ...
“In a quiet hotel on the outskirts of Paris, the Russian boy Dima was sitting in his room and was bored. His real name was Vadim, but everything about a six-...
“Apartment near PORTA NOMENTANA. Taller than a teacher, taller than a darner-tailor, even taller than two signoras, workers from a handicraft wicker furnitur...
“The corps de ballet teenager, the Russian dereza goat Vava Zhuravleva, despite her fifteen years, loved sweets so much that she would even fish out sugar fr...
The legend of Russian satire and subtle humor, an employee of the famous “Satyricon”, a man with impeccable taste - Sasha Cherny (A. M. Glikberg, 1880–1932) ...
“Do you know what a “prep” is? Once upon a time before the war, this was the name in Russia for boys who studied in preparatory classes in gymnasiums. A man ...
“The sea sometimes brings us wonderful gifts. Either he will throw away a board from which he can make a cozy bench behind the house for the entire populatio...
"Swan Coolness" is a cult literary masterpiece of the Ukrainian writer Pavlo Zagrebelny. The book tells about complex relationships in an intelligent family aga...
“It’s stuffy in the stable. A swallow flies in and out through the wide open upper half of the door. She has a nest above the door - five squeaky mouths, the...
Korea is a country of amazing but forgotten mythical creatures. It has long been inhabited by formidable dragons, the nine-tailed fox Gumiho, the phoenix Pon...
From each according to their ability, to each according to their E-point! This is the slogan of Sparta! “Single point” game currency created by the insidious...