Between 1829 and 1841—in just twelve years—Russia lost three of its most remarkable poets. On January 30, 1829, Alexander Sergeevich Griboyedov died tragical...

This book should have been called “The Book of Unexpected Discoveries.” You are reading a story that, in terms of its artistic merits, could well have belong...

This is the third book in the biographical cycle about Pushkin. It consists of separate short stories that reveal previously unknown aspects of the biography...

“A rooster in an aquarium” is, of course, a metaphor. A metaphor for self-irony that dominates this unusual book of memoirs. It is easy to read, with unflagg...

The book is a composition of fragments of testimonies and memories of notable personalities and events of the First World War and the Civil War, as well as t...