The mega-project “Anthology of Satire and Humor in Russia of the 20th Century” is the first attempt to bring together the works of the best satirists and hum...

When the witch Sasha Loye removes the spell from the daughter of businessman Tokarev, she does not even suspect that she is crossing the path of the famous t...

Sasha Cherny (1880–1932), the famous satirical poet, according to some estimates - “a hopeless pessimist”, according to others - “a child’s soul.” What was t...

“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 ...

“Mom is not entirely healthy, she doesn’t go out. Saturday is market day. Misha, as always, got ready early in the morning. He took his small net for provisi...

“Of course, there are different “terrible” things. A shark will chase you into the sea, you will barely have time to swim to the boat and flop over the side....

“Every time I go down to the well past the joyfully emerald shaggy vines for water, Fox Mickey appears from behind the house and follows me on my heels as if...

“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...

“Ivan Petrovich followed his wife’s sharp profile flashing in the mirror, looked at her dragonfly legs and sighed. The door in the hallway slammed. Gone..."<...