“Taras Bulba” is a story that is part of the cycle “Mirgorod”, written by N. V. Gogol. The prototype of the Cossack was Kuren Ataman Okhrim Makukha, who was born in Starodub and was an associate of B. Khmelnitsky himself. He had sons, one of whom, like Andrii in Gogol’s work, became a traitor. A … Read more
VF Odoevsky Moroz Ivanovich In one house there lived two girls – Rukodelnitsa and Lenivitsa, and with them a nanny. The needlewoman was a clever girl: she got up early, she put on clothes herself, without nurse, she was accepted for work: the stove was sinking, she kneaded the bread, she chalked the house, the … 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
Storyteller Maxim tells us about his meeting with a certain Konovalov, and the reason for the story was a newspaper article stating that the philistine of the city of Murom, Alexander Ivanovich Konovalov, who had been arrested for vagrancy, hanged himself in a prison cell because of melancholy. Maxim his story decided to clarify somewhat … Read more
MAYA NIGHT Opera in three acts (four scenes) Libretto by NA Rimsky-Korsakov Characters: Head Levko, his son The sister-in-law of the Head Ganna Clerk Distiller Kalenik Bass Tenor Mezzo soprano Mezzo soprano Bass Tenor Bass Pannochka Cutie Raven Stepmother } Mermaids Soprano Mezzo soprano Soprano Mezzo soprano Parables, girls, tenths, drowned mermaids. The action takes … Read more
AP Gaidar Chuk and Huck Chuck and Huck live together with their mother in Moscow. Comes from the father, who works in the taiga as the head of the geological exploration station, a telegram. He invites everyone to visit. Boys persuade mom to go. She agrees and goes for the tickets. At this time, another … Read more
Vardapet Grigor, the learned monk of the Narek monastery, the poet and mystic, the author of the interpretation of the biblical “Song of Songs”, as well as the hymnographic works and praiseworthy words of the Cross, the Virgin Mary and the saint, humbly turn to God “in the Book of Mournful Songs… together with oppressed … Read more
The cherry garden in the estate of Lubov Andreevna Ranevskaya had to be sold because of debts. For several years, Ranevskaya and her daughter Ana were living abroad for seventeen years. Behind the house, Lyubov’s brother, Leonid Gayev, was looking after, and Vanya, a girl of twenty-four years old, who was once adopted by Ranevskaya. … Read more
Ziggy Jepsen, a prisoner of the Hamburg colony for minors, receives a free German lesson for an unspoken essay on “The Joy of Executed Debt.” Yozvig himself, the beloved guard, escorts the youth to the punishment cell, where he is to “unlock the incombustible wardrobe of memories and push through the dormant past.” He sees … Read more
IA Bunin Mitya’s love Katya is Mitya’s beloved (“a pretty, pretty little face, a small figure, freshness, youth, where the femininity still interfered with the child”). She studies at a private theater school, goes to the studio of the Art Theater, lives with her mother, “always smoking, always a bruised lady with crimson hair,” who … Read more