The history of writing in China is unique. The oldest Chinese texts, fortune-telling inscriptions scrawled on a sheep’s shoulder blade or a tortoise shell, refer to the III-II millennium BC. e. such a shell or spatula was placed in the fire, and the answer to the question asked was “read” according to the shape and … Read more
It is worth noting that the great Russian artist Mikhail Vrubel is in itself a rather complex artist, which is not accidental in his film “The Demon Seated” turned to the image of Lermontov’s demon. Vrubel dreamed of a high monumental style. For him, the tragedy of an ideal person is close – a person … Read more
Nikolai Baskov is a Russian pop singer who has a unique voice and unrivaled talent. He was born on October 15, 1976 in the town of Balashikha outside Moscow. His father, Victor Baskov, is a military man, Elena’s mother is a teacher. Since his father was a military man, the family had to travel all … Read more
In the well-to-do house live Vasily Vasilyevich Bessemionov, 58, the foreman of the paint shop, who marks a deputy in the city duma from the shop class; Akulina Ivanovna, his wife; son Peter, a former student, expelled for taking part in unlawful student meetings; daughter Tatyana, a schoolteacher who sat up in brides; pupil Bessemeenova … Read more
The novel in three books, saturated with excerpts from authentic ancient Egyptian texts, adjacent to the highly modernized social realities of the distant past, begins with an introduction in which the author sets out his views on the history of the ancient Egyptian state: “Egypt flourished as long as a monolithic people, energetic kings and … Read more
The action takes place in the USSR in the summer of 1928. Vladimir I. Persikov, Professor of Zoology at the IV State University and Director of the Moscow Zoo Institute, quite unexpectedly makes a scientific discovery of enormous importance: in the eyepiece of the microscope, with a random motion of a mirror and lens, he … Read more
On the main square of Argos there is a mosquito-stained statue of Jupiter, Waving off large fat flies, enters Orestes. Screams scream from the palace. Fifteen years ago, Clytemnestra, the mother of Orestes and Elektra, and her lover Egisf killed their father Agamemnon. Aegisthus wanted to kill Orestes, but the boy managed to escape. And … Read more
Performed in picturesque contrasts, the color of “Giaura” is distinguished also by the following Byron’s work of the “eastern” cycle – the more extensive poem “The Corsair” written with heroic couplets. In a short prosaic introduction to a poem dedicated to the writer’s fellow author and fellow thinker Thomas Moore, the author cautions against the … Read more
One of the most famous works of Isaak Levitan “Quiet abode” was written in 1890 in the genre of “church scenery.” What could be simpler than this picture? Summer morning. Windless weather, calm, cool river surface smoothly skirting a wooded toe. Through it will be thrown a thin bridge over the perches. Because of the … Read more
Heraclitus is a Greek philosopher, known as the “weeping philosopher” because of his contempt for the human race. Childhood and youth Little is known about the birth and early years of Heraclitus. It is only known that he was born into an aristocratic family in Ephesus. His father’s name was either Bloson or Gerakon. In … Read more