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
I think that it is pleasant for many to look at a pretty girl’s face from the cover of a glossy magazine, to a sweet child, to an elegant man. We admire the beautiful people. And Antoine de Saint-Exupery in his famous fairy tale “The Little Prince” said: “The most important thing is what you … 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
The first edition of the “Categories of Medieval Culture” was published in 1972. The book was translated into Hungarian, Polish, Czech, German (in the GDR and West Germany), French, Italian and English and evoked a response in the form of numerous reviews in the domestic and foreign press. I was particularly pleased with the interest … Read more
The dynasty of the Habsburgs did not remain in power for long. At the beginning of the XIV century. the feudal lords elected King Henry VII of Luxembourg. He founded the Luxembourg dynasty, which persistently tried to conquer Italy, quarreled with the popes. All this, in the end, fed up with the princes. To the … Read more
A charming composition about the New Year reminds us of the approach of New Year’s holidays and real magic that will make us a little kinder, wiser and happier. Every child and even an adult dreams of finding a cherished gift under the Christmas tree, about which he dreamed all the previous year. Everyone gathers … Read more
All is well in my room: flowers, sofa, chandelier, curtains. But these things are quite ordinary and standard, but with a view from the window I was more fortunate: every day I can admire the beauties of Mother Volga right from the apartment. In the morning I open wide curtains, and to my gaze the … Read more
Today I’m starting a small but very informative series of articles on how to sell a song to our artists. This question is sooner or later raised by any person who writes songs “to the table”. And since almost no one has the opportunity to self-actualize on stage, as a rule, all newcomers write songs … 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