The Great Patriotic War is a huge spiritual wound in human hearts. This terrible tragedy began on the twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, and ended only four years later, four heavy years – the ninth of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. This was the greatest war in the … Read more
Standing three hundred odd years on the banks of the Angara, Matera saw everything in her lifetime. “By the time of the Angara, the bearded Cossacks ascended the Irkutsk jail up past the Angara, the trading people who were scurrying to and fro on that side, were tugging at it for the night, carrying convicts … Read more
In this picture, the author depicts the moment when the governess takes in a rich house. Although this situation was the most usual, it was perceived all the same unusually. Wealthy people invited a girl to the house, who will teach their children the right manners. These wealthy gentlemen themselves were far from scientists, but … Read more
Who in Baghdad does not know the great Giaffar, the sun of the universe? Once, many years ago, he was still a young man, Giaffar was walking around Baghdad. Suddenly a hoarse scream reached his ears: someone was desperately crying for help. Giaffar differed between his peers with prudence and thoughtfulness; but his heart was … Read more
Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael died almost simultaneously. The third brilliant master of the high Renaissance, Michelangelo Buonarroti, has outlived his great contemporaries. The first half of his work takes place in the same socio-political environment in which Leonardo and Rafael had to work. The second half of the life of Michelangelo falls to a … Read more
Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky is a Russian dramatist who confirmed the principles of realism on the domestic stage and raised the national theater to a fundamentally new level. Ostrovsky Theater, numbering more than 700 actors and covering all social strata, is a kind of encyclopedia of everyday life and mores of an era in the history … Read more
In the beginning of spring 1857 the spouses of Volgina stroll through Vladimirskaya Square in St. Petersburg. Twenty-nine-year-old journalist Alexei Ivanovich Volgin is ugly, clumsy and seems to be a phlegmatic. His wife, twenty-three years old Lydia Vasilievna Volgin, on the contrary, is attractive, curious and used to produce the effect. During the walk, Volgin … Read more
Mom is the first word in a person’s life and the most important value of life. Mom is our parent, teacher and nanny for life. She gave a lot of energy to our upbringing and caring for us. This person never betrays and does not wish for bad. After all, for our sake, moms are … Read more
In the big house on Gorokhovaya Street, in one of the apartments the main character of the novel lives – Ilya Ilich Oblomov. He is about thirty-two or three years old, his height is average, his appearance is pleasant, his eyes are dark gray, but they completely lack any idea, while in the whole face … Read more
A true friend. Who is it? And can there be several? How to recognize a true friend? So many questions arise immediately in my head. Do I have real friends? And at what age can friendship be called real and already grown-up? Mom and Dad said that a true friend always comes to the rescue … Read more