V. F. Tendryakov Sixty candles Nikolai Stepanovich Echevin celebrates his sixtieth birthday. He worked as a teacher for forty years, and his anniversary was an event for the whole city of Karasin: his portrait was printed in a local newspaper, congratulatory telegrams came down the stream, and musicians played for him in the local restaurant … Read more
AT Tvardovsky On the right of memory In the genre-thematic plan – this lyrical and philosophical meditation, “road diary”, with a weakened plot. The characters of the poem are an immense Soviet country, its people, a swift turn of their deeds and accomplishments. The text of the poem contains a joking recognition of the author … Read more
In 1918 Vladimir brought his beloved Olga a bouquet of asters. At this time, they give their loved ones mainly flour and millet, and bags, like corpses, lie under beds of Karelian birch. Tinting her lips with a gold gerlenov pencil, Olga is interested in her boyfriend, can it happen that Moscow can not get … Read more
The play opens with a scene in the salon of the illustrious intriguer Lady Sniruel, who discusses with her confidant Snake the latest achievements in the field of aristocratic wiles. These achievements are measured by the number of ruined reputations, upset weddings, outstanding rumors, and so on. Lady Snyruil’s salon is the holy of holies … Read more
Venice. At the house of Senator Brabantzio the Venetian nobleman Rodrigo, unrequitedly in love with the daughter of Senator Desdemona, reproaches his friend Iago for taking the rank of lieutenant from Othello, the noble Moor, the general in the Venetian service. Iago is justified: he himself hates the self-willed African because he, bypassing Iago, a … Read more
DAEMON Opera in three acts (six scenes) Libretto by Pavel A. Viskovatov Characters: Prince Gudal Tamara, his daughter Nanny Tamara Prince of the Synodal, the fiance of Tamara The old servant of Prince Synodal Messenger Daemon Angel Bass Soprano Contralto Tenor Bass Tenor Baritone Contralto Choruses of evil and kind spirits, Georgians and Georgians, guests, … Read more
Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov is a modern classic writer, an internationally recognized artist of the word. A master who knows how to interest, even fascinate the reader with original legends and stories, vivid metaphors and comparisons, unforgettable images of people and animals. Communication with a great artist brings into my life the joy of knowing the … Read more
On the way to Valaam on the Ladoga Lake there are several travelers. One of them, dressed in a novice cassock and in the form of a “typical hero”, says that, with the “gift of God” to tame the horses, he died, according to the parental promise, all his life and could not perish in … Read more
In the fifth grade of one of the schools in Severyansk comes a new boy Gesha Cheremish. Classmates and teachers are delighted, because the new student is the brother of the heroic pilot Klimentii Cheremysh. Gesha is becoming popular. First-graders and high school students look in the classroom to look at the hero’s brother. For … Read more
AI Solzhenitsyn Matrenin Yard In the summer of 1956, on a hundred and eighty-fourth kilometer from Moscow, a passenger leaves the railway line on Murom and Kazan. This is a storyteller whose fate reminds the fate of Solzhenitsyn himself (he fought, but from the front “delayed with a return of ten years”, that is, he … Read more