“A wide and trembling silver strip of moonlight stretched for dozens of miles; the rest of the sea was black; the regular, dull sound of waves rolling along ...

“On March 5th, the second exhibition of the Society for Exhibitions of Art Works opened at the Academy of Arts.” With sad reflections I climbed the granite s...

“Great is the audacity with which I, a man of the crowd, decide to talk about painting. Several years ago, in one of the large newspapers, an opinion was exp...

“There lived in a certain country a ruler; his name was Haggai. He was glorious and strong: the Lord gave him complete power over the country; his enemies we...

“- Take off your clothes! - the doctor said to Nikita, who stood motionless with his eyes fixed on an unknown distant point. Nikita shuddered and hastily beg...

“Today I feel as if a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Happiness was so unexpected! Down with engineering shoulder straps, down with tools and estim...

“The city of Belsk is nestled on the steppe river Rokhla. In this place it makes several sharp bends connected by channels; the whole plexus, when viewed on ...

“The pocket watch lying on the desk sang two notes hastily and monotonously. The difference between these notes is difficult to discern even with a delicate ...

Still, it would be nice to stand on this slippery, wet edge of the ice hole. She would have slipped on her own. It’s just cold... One second - and you’ll flo...

“Semyon Ivanov served as a watchman on the railway. From his booth it was twelve miles to one station, ten miles to another. A large spinning mill was opened...