The action takes place in a provincial town. Victor Alexandrovich Zilov wakes up a phone call. With difficulty waking up, he picks up the phone, but there is silence. He slowly gets up, touching his jaw, opens the window, it’s raining outside. Zilov drinks beer and with a bottle in his hands begins fizzaryadku. Again … Read more
The protagonist of the novel is Yegor Tashevsky, a special forces soldier fighting in Chechnya. A platoon of special forces from the Russian town of Saint Spas comes to a business trip to Grozny. Spetsnazovtsy eighty people, commander Semyonitch, zamkvvzvoda Yazva, platoon Neck – so their names are subordinates. The platoon passes through the ruined … Read more
Hippolytus, the son of the Athenian Tsar Theseus, goes in search of his father, who has been traveling somewhere for six months. Hippolytus is the son of the Amazon. The new wife of Theseus Fedra disliked him, as everyone thinks, and he wants to leave Athens. Phaedra is also sick with an incomprehensible disease and … Read more
Main characters: Ranevskaya Lyubov Andreevna, landowner. Anya, her daughter, is 17 years old. Varya, her adopted daughter, 24 years old. Gayev Leonid Andreevich, brother Ranevskaya. Lopakhin Ermolai Alekseevich, merchant. Trofimov Pyotr Sergeevich, the student. Simeonov-Pischik Boris Nikolaevich, the landowner. Charlotte Ivanovna, governess. Epihodov Semen Panteleevich, clerk. Dunyasha, the maid. Firs, lackey, the old man is … Read more
Once upon a time in Moscow, the capital of Russian lands, a nobleman of noble bloods named Dimitri. He was distinguished by a good temper and mercy, for which God gave him a beautiful son, whom he called Alexander. The boy was easily given science, but he prefers entertainment to teaching. And somehow, when he … Read more
The first act. Apartment Turbine. Evening. Elena worries about how long her husband is gone so long. Nikolka and Alexei-her brothers-comfort her. Comes all the frozen Myshlaevsky. They help him undress, lead to the fireplace, give him a drink of vodka, Lena prepares a bath for him. He says that in a snowstorm and frost … Read more
Undertaker Adrian Prokhorov moved from Basmannaya Street to Nikitskaya Street in a long-liked cottage, but does not feel joy, as the novelty frightens him a little. But soon the order in the new dwelling is established, a sign is attached above the gate, Adrian sits at the window and orders to serve the samovar. Drinking … Read more
Euripides Hippolytus In ancient Athens, King of Theseus ruled. Like Hercules, he had two fathers – earthly, the king of Aegeus, and heavenly, the god of Poseidon. His main feat he committed on the island of Crete: he killed in the labyrinth of the monstrous Minotaur and freed Athens from the tribute to him. Assistant … Read more
The play takes place in Tambov: the first three paintings – in 1929, the remaining six paintings – in 1979. Former worker, former party member Ivan Prisypkin, who renamed himself for euphony in Pierre Skripkin, is going to marry Elzevir Davidovna Renaissance – a hairdresser’s daughter, a cashier of a hairdresser and a manicurist. With … Read more
In the vicinity of Moscow, near the Simonov Monastery once lived a young girl Liza with her old mother. After the death of Lisa’s father, a fairly well-to-do villager, his wife and daughter became impoverished. The widow became weaker day by day, and could not work. Liza alone, sparing her tender youth and rare beauty, … Read more