The picture “Birch Grove” Isaak Levitan wrote four years. The main characters of the picture are white-birch birches. Long work on the picture is not accidental. The author perfectly knew with what tenderness the birch belongs to the Russian people. Our ancestors used this tree for numerous rituals. Birches were sung by poets. The picture … Read more
From the pages of this parable and breathes humanity and kindness. Indeed, a person endowed with reason simply does not have the right to be indifferent to the fate of our smaller brothers. And if you can not take a homeless kitten home, at least feed him. The main characters are Akbar and Tashchynar – … Read more
Since ancient times, between people and books, there is a connection that has lasted for more than 2000 years. The books were written on plaques, beaten on stone tiles, in Egypt they wrote on papyrus, folded into scrolls, and in China on the first paper made of rags. The very first books were written more … Read more
The first steps in space exploration were made in the early 30-ies of the century in the works of the founder of astronautics of the Russian scientist Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, who said: “Impossible today will be possible tomorrow.” These words turned out to be prophetic. October 4, 1957 in the USSR was launched the world’s … Read more
Last year I had a misfortune. I walked along the street, slipped and fell. I fell down unsuccessfully, worse and nowhere: I broke my nose, my hand jumped out of my shoulder, I fell with my whip. It was about seven o’clock in the evening. In the center of the city, on Kirovsky Prospekt, near … Read more
It is believed that mathematics is the queen of sciences. With these it is difficult to argue, especially if you understand how many other sciences, spheres of life it affects. Mathematics accompanies us everywhere: in everyday life, and at school, including physics, chemistry, geometry. On the basis of this knowledge, the most complicated calculations are … Read more
This story was told to me by my friend Zhenya, and to him his uncle, an avid hunter and fisherman. Alexander Alexandrovich, Zhenya’s uncle, traveled all over Russia-Mother, saw many interesting and surprising things. I myself saw him only a couple of times, but my friend always on occasion will tell a couple of uncle … Read more
Our favorite park is surrounded on all sides by water. He is on an island that formed a river flowing through the city and man-made channel. To get to that island, you need to cross a small cozy bridge. And you find yourself in an amazing park, or rather, a hydropark. There is a steppe … Read more
Homeland – what is it? Every person has his own concept of homeland. For someone there is a small Homeland – this is the street, the house where he lives; and for someone there is a great Motherland – this is the country where a person was born and raised. In general, the concept of … Read more
Evenings in our house on weekdays and weekends are not much different from each other. In the warm season, the boys play football on the sports ground, which is equipped in the middle of the yard. Kids spend time on a swing, in a sandbox. Benches at entrances – a traditional place of rest for … Read more