On my grandmother’s shelf there is a magnificent white steamboat. And there are probably tiny people living in the ship. Grandson Borya is trying in every po...

“The Mechanic of Salerno” is a story by Boris Zhitkov from the series “Sea Stories”. The main character managed to save all the passengers and crew of the sh...

Everyone has long known and loved the wonderful works of the writer Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov. There is no need to imagine his stories about animals: both pr...

“When I was little, I was taken to live with my grandmother. My grandmother had a shelf above her table. And there’s a steamboat on the shelf. I've never see...

“Black Sails” is a story by Boris Zhitkov from the series “Sea Stories”. The main character Gritsko had to endure a lot: Turkish captivity, a slave market, h...

“Vata” is a story by Boris Zhitkov from the series “Sea Stories”. The main character managed to identify the traitor and fool the customs inspector. Boris St...

“The Drowned Man” is a story by Boris Zhitkov from the series “Sea Stories”. The main character saves the merchant's son Fyodor, and then he himself is saved...

Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov (1882–1938) considered the novel “Viktor Vavich” to be the book of his life. Work on it continued for more than five years. During ...

“Myshkin” is a story by Boris Zhitkov about the true friendship of the main character with the cat Myshkin. And revenge for the death of a friend was terribl...