“Laowai” is the name given to foreigners in China. Vadim Chekunov and Harry Savulkin are attentive and ironic laowai. In their notes about the wonders and od...

The main character of Vadim Chekunov's novel “Shanghai” teaches Russian at one of the Shanghai universities. What remains in the Russian past are: the explos...

Describing the era of Ivan the Terrible, delving into all the horrors of that time, one cannot escape the indignation not so much from the thought that Ivan ...

Mid 19th century. The Celestial Empire, torn apart by wars and uprisings, is ruled by an emperor whose days are numbered, but he still does not have an heir....