The action takes place in the provincial town, in the house of the Prozorovs. Irina, the youngest of the three sisters of the Prozorovs, is twenty years old. “It’s sunny and fun in the yard,” and a table is set in the hall, waiting for the guests-officers of the artillery battery quartered in the city … Read more
“Do not let the soul be lazy.” These words of the Russian poet Nikolai Zabolotsky have long become winged. But what is the work of the soul? With the human body everything is clear: it walks, runs, carries loads, works with hands. And how can the soul work? In fact, the soul is responsible for … Read more
What is the plot? The concept of “plot” has many meanings depending on the sphere of use. The word itself comes from the French “sujet”, which literally translates as “subject”. If we consider the question of what is the story from the point of view of drama, epic, script, poem or film, then this concept … Read more
Yu. Slovakian Maria Stewart Hall in the palace Holy Rood. The queen’s page runs in. He says there are riots in the city. Some unfamiliar man at the head of the crowd – mummers, masks, dancers with bells, people in black hoods – threatened, predicted and urged the people not to obey the queen. The … Read more
MN Zagoskin Yuri Miloslavsky, or Russian in 1612 Never before had Russia been in such a distressed situation as at the beginning of the 17th century: external enemies, civil strife, troubles of the boyars threatened to ruin the Russian land. Moscow is dominated by the Polish King Sigismund, whose troops oppress and plunder the unfortunate … Read more
The old, fat, sickly man, sitting in someone else’s house, in someone else’s bedroom, in someone else’s chair, and looking at his body with bewilderment, listens to his feelings, tries hard and can not quite master thoughts in his head: “Fools!” They think that, telling me about the attempt on my life, telling me the … Read more
Ksenia Anatolyevna Sobchak is a Russian TV presenter. Xenia was born in the family of the mayor of St. Petersburg – Anatoly Sobchak. In her childhood in her biography Ksenia Sobchak was engaged in versatile activities – ballet, drawing. She attended the studio at the Mariinsky Theater, and studied in the studio at the Hermitage. … Read more
Lizards discuss that they are preparing to meet noble guests in a magical hill. When the hill opened, an old forest fairy came out of it, which wore an amber heart on its forehead. She asked the kozodoy to blow up invitations: to a big ball of all, even people, if they talk in a … Read more
The Cossacks had ancient fun, they liked to gather in crowds and storm the fortress, which was made from snow, this tradition was carried out on the last day of the Shrovetide week. This moment, and captured in the picture Surikov, look at such a bright and colorful presentation came a lot of people. All … Read more
Patriarch Cyril – Patriarch of Moscow, Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Kirill was born in Leningrad on November 20, 1946. The father of Metropolitan Kirill Gundyaev was a mechanic, who later became a priest, Mikhail Vasilyevich Gundyaev. In the family of Metropolitan Kirill was another son – Nikolai, who taught at the Theological … Read more