Moscow. Kremlin. Already white-stone. The royal refectory. During the meal Ivan IV the Terrible. Behind, behind the king, are the stewards. On the contrary – the princes and the boyars. On the sides – guard, oprichniki. Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich is in a most delicious mood. Well, than not an occasion to turn a casual meal … Read more
Time eludes a brief moment between sleep and awakening. Within a few seconds, the narrator Marcel seems to have turned into what he read the day before. The mind is determined to locate the sleeping room. Is this the grandfather’s house in Combra, and Marcel fell asleep without waiting for Mom to come to him … Read more
In the summer, the narrator often goes hunting in the village of Glinnoe, which lies twenty versts from his village. Not far from Glynnogo is a manor consisting of an uninhabited manor house, a small outbuilding and a garden. In the wing lives a decrepit old man Lukyanich. From it the narrator learns that the … Read more
The first book. Fucking pit. The action takes place at the end of 1942 in the quarantine camp of the first reserve regiment, located in the Siberian Military District near the Berdsk station. Part one. The recruits come to the quarantine camp. After a while, the survivors, among whom Leshka Shestakov, Kolya Ryndin, Ashot Vasconian … Read more
Evgeny Alexandrovich Arbenin, a man of not the first youth, a player by nature and by profession, getting rich on cards, decides to change his destiny: conclude an “alliance with virtue,” marry and heal with a master. It is conceived – done. Life, however, makes a significant correction to this most beautiful plan. After getting … Read more
AS Pushkin The Queen of Spades “Once they played cards with Konnogvardeytsya Narumova”. After the game, Tomsky told the amazing story of his grandmother, who knows the secret of the three cards allegedly discovered by her famous Saint-Germain, who certainly win, if you put them in a row. After discussing this story, the players went … Read more
TANGER AND SINGERS IN VARTBURG Romantic opera in three acts (four scenes) R. Wagner’s libretto Characters: Hermann, Landgrave Thuringia Bass Tenor Baritone Tenor Tenor Tenor Bass Soprano Soprano Soprano Soprano and viola Knight-singers: Tannhauser Tungsten von Eschenbach Walter von der Vogelweide Bitarolf Heinrich Schreiber Rheinmar von Flower Elizabeth, the niece of the Landgrave Venus Young … Read more
In 1950 saw the collection “The Magic Ring”, which, in addition to the same name, included several Russian folk tales in the author’s processing. It was not the first such book in Platonov’s, he used to write for children. However, the fairy tale “The Magic Ring” (a brief summary will be presented below) received the … Read more
AI Pristavkin Night spent a golden cloud From the orphanage it was planned to send two older children to the Caucasus, but they immediately dissolved into space. And twins Kuzminy, in the orphanage Kuzmenshi, on the contrary, said that they would go. The fact is that a week before this they had undergone a dig … Read more
Composer Georgy Bashilov, listening to a guest at the usual, primitive-rough drinking song, frowns. The composer’s wife explains to others that he is not insulted by singing, but, on the contrary, feels guilty that his countrymen do not sing at all in the village where he comes from. Bashilov thinks that his fault is enormous. … Read more