The story begins with a description of a terrible fight between the Orlovs in their apartment, which is located in the basement of the old and dirty house of the merchant Petunnikov. Behind the fight watches the whole yard led by Senka Chizhik – pupil of the painter – a mischievous boy of 12 years … Read more
A great misfortune came. The monstrous multi-headed Serpent began to raid Russia, stealing innocent civilians and glorious warriors who could not resist him. Dobrynya Nikitich decided to fight the Serpent. He did not listen to his mother, who warned him not to go far in a clear field, to the Sorochinsky mountain, where small snakes … Read more
There were five peas in the pod; they themselves were green, the pod too green, well, they thought that the whole world was green; it should have been so! The pod grew, peas grew; they adjusted to the room and sat in a row. The sun lit and warmed the pod, the rain watered it, … Read more
Nezhdanoff gets a home teacher from the Sipyagins at a time when he is in great need of money, even more in changing the situation. Now he can rest and gather strength, most importantly – he “fell out of the care of the Petersburg friends.” In Petersburg he lived in a dark little room with … Read more
Dostoevsky acquaints readers with the Karamazov family. Its head Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is a small landowner. The author characterizes him as a man of “stupid”, “crappy and depraved”, but cunning. Fyodor Pavlovich was twice married. The first wife belonged to the rich and influential Miusovs. Immediately after the wedding Karamazov took away her dowry and … Read more
February 20, 1598. For a month already, Boris Godunov has shut himself up with his sister in a monastery, leaving “all worldly” and refusing to accept the Moscow throne. The people explain Godunov’s refusal to marry the kingdom in the right spirit for Boris: “He is afraid of the radiance of the throne.” Godunov’s game … Read more
IVAN IVANOVICH DZERZHINSKY The genus. in 1909 The opera genre is the main sphere of Dzerzhinsky’s creative interests. The heroics of the revolutionary and people’s liberation struggle, the pathos of labor, the images of contemporaries-these are the themes of his work. The wide use of revolutionary and Soviet songs, the simplicity and accessibility of the … Read more
Alexey Arseniev was born in the 70’s. XIX century. in the middle zone of Russia, in his father’s farmstead, on Kamenka farmstead. Childhood years passed in the silence of the discreet Russian nature. Endless fields with aromas of grasses and flowers in summer, vast snowy expanses in winter gave rise to a heightened sense of … Read more
LEOSH YANACHEK 1854-1928 Janacek is an outstanding Czech composer, conductor, teacher, music critic and music and public figure. His art is marked by progressive aspiration, loyalty to humanistic ideals, folk traditions. In his works, closely related to the advanced Czech literature, he glorifies the common man, his spiritual strength, honesty and diligence, he flouts social … Read more
Vseslavich was marked by significant phenomena in nature: “the moon shone brightly in the sky a month the cheese of the blue earth shook.” But this is not all – at the time of the appearance of the baby the fish went to the depths of the sea, the birds took off for the clouds, … Read more