(1905-1973) Panova Vera Fedorovna (1905 – 1973), prose writer, playwright, screenwriter. She was born on March 7 (20th century) in Rostov-on-Don. In his early childhood, having lost his father, Panova lived a difficult working childhood. I was engaged in self-education, I wrote poems from my youth. At the age of 17 she worked in the … Read more
Good is a bright and pleasant feeling, which gives a smile, brings joy. Sometimes it causes heart sinking. Good is comparable with a piece of happiness. All my friends have their own definition of good. Someone thinks that being kind is not to offend the weak, not to deceive and help people. Others believe that … Read more
1. What were the most ancient cities on our lands? The lands of Russia in 9-10 centuries. foreigners called the “country of hail”. “Grads”, that is, fortresses, were built of wood – they planted, hence the name – “garden”, or “hail”. The settlements gradually turned into cities. Large cities consisted of three parts. One of … Read more
Camomile is a very interesting plant. A modest flower, it seems to be quite unpretentious. Although there are different types of chamomile: small, field and with very large petals – garden. Camomile large does not look too modest anymore: on the contrary, it is very proud, elegant. When I was little, I thought that a … Read more
The narration is from the first person. The author and the narrator, who owns the Lotus Beauty Institute, paints a few strokes of the picture of Berlin during the occupation, in the cold winter of 1947: the population suffers from hunger, the surviving furniture goes on to kindle, the trade has stopped, no one pays … Read more
The Byzantine society consisted of aristocrats, officials, clergy, merchants, intellectuals, artisans, peasants and slaves. Vassal relations in it did not work out. Aristocrats lived at the expense of their estates, they despised craft and trade. Officials lived on state salaries, but more at the expense of bribes and robbery of the state. They climbed the … Read more
When moving deeper into the continent within the temperate zone, the amount of precipitation is gradually reduced. Wooded areas are becoming less and open spaces covered with thick grass are larger. So gradually the forest zone passes into the forest-steppe, and that, in turn, – into the steppe. Forest steppes and steppes occupy the interior … Read more
A. Hamilton Memoirs of the Count de Gramon In the romanized biography of his relative, Chevalier de Gramont, the author draws contemporary manners of the French nobility and the English court of the Restoration period. The reader gets acquainted with the hero during the military operations in Piedmont, where he thanks to a lively mind, … Read more
Permafrost… Is not it, sounds somewhat ominous? Imagination draws a kingdom of non-melting ice, an unassailable abode of the Snow Queen. Meanwhile, in Russia, as elsewhere in the world, they learned not to be afraid of permafrost, they built large cities on it. So, in Yakutsk there is a unique Permafrost Institute, engaged in research … Read more
(3.10.1742 – 14.1.1791) Knyazhnin Yakov Borisovich [3.10.1742 (or 1740), Pskov – 14.1.1791, St. Petersburg], playwright, poet, translator, member of the Russian Academy (1783). Of the nobility. From 1750 he studied at the Academic Gymnasium. From 1755 the Junker junior of the College of Livonian, Estland and Finnish Affairs, from 1757 the translator of the Chancellery … Read more