A story about two boys Misha and Kolya. Kolya’s mom leaves for two days and leaves the boys alone to manage, explaining how to cook porridge. The guys spent the whole day resting on the river, fishing, and when they were hungry, they got down to business. Not such a simple thing, it turned out, … Read more
G. G. Byron Giaour Opens the poem stanzas about the beautiful nature, torn by the storms of violence and arbitrariness of Greece, the country of the heroic past, bent under the heels of the invaders: “These are the islands: Here – Greece, she is dead, But in the coffin is good, One scary: ? ” … Read more
In 1877, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Virgino Schiaparelli (1835-1910) discovered on Mars a network of straight lines, which he called the canals. There was a hypothesis that these channels are artificial structures. Such a point of view was later refuted, but during her lifetime, Schiaparelli enjoyed wide recognition. And from this the idea of the … Read more
The hero, describing the old house that belonged to his great-grandfather, the rural doctor, recalls: “The old utensils surrounded us with an indelible record, and we children got used to it, like an old book with pictures, the key to which was possessed only by the grandfather, he, the only one living life-writer of the … Read more
In the prologue the author reports that he saw in a dream a little bit of a fable about the Perugia Andreuccio, and the story of the false philosopher, who decided to boast of horns, but punished for neglecting the female sex. Two gobs have already appeared on the stage – it’s time to check … Read more
The Tsar leaves, and during his absence the Tsarina had a daughter. But the queen dies, as soon as her husband returns. The king grieves for a long time, but a year passes, and a new queen appears in the palace. This woman is very beautiful, but her temper is heavy: she is envious, cruel … Read more
SERGEI IVANOVICH TANEYEV 1856-1915 Taneyev is an outstanding Russian composer and music figure. In his work, the traditions of Russian classical music developed, and first of all Tchaikovsky Taneyev strove for art, imbued with philosophically significant ideas and a high ethical principle. In his numerous works of various genres, he appears as an artist-thinker, masterfully … Read more
Shortly before the death of A. de Saint-Exupery wrote a fairy tale “The Little Prince”, which was destined for the glory of the masterpiece of world literature. She became a kind of spiritual testament of the writer, and a testament addressed not only to children, but also to adults. “This sad and mocking tale is … Read more
In this play, the fat knight Falstaff appears again and some other comic characters of “Henry IV” – Judge Shelou, the pompous fighter Pistol, the mischievous page of Falstaff, the drunkard Bardolph. The action takes place in the city of Windsor and is frankly farcical. In front of Page’s house, a rich Windsor town dweller, … Read more
LN Tolstoy Three deaths Once in the fall on the big road two crews were traveling. In the front carriage were two women. One was a mistress, thin and pale. The other is the maid, rosy and full. She folded her hands on her knees and closed her eyes, swaying weakly on the pillows and … Read more