It is believed that mathematics is the queen of sciences. With these it is difficult to argue, especially if you understand how many other sciences, spheres of life it affects. Mathematics accompanies us everywhere: in everyday life, and at school, including physics, chemistry, geometry. On the basis of this knowledge, the most complicated calculations are … Read more
Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky – one of the best Russian artists, whose name has recently been unfairly forgotten. The main subjects of his work are peasants, their way of life, children and the most ordinary life. Such a theme is also devoted to the painting “New Masters”, which was written in 1913. In this picture, the … Read more
Anthony Quinn is an American actor of Mexican descent who won an Oscar three times, an artist, a writer. Antonio was born in the Mexican city of Chihuahua on April 21, 1915. Quinn’s family was not rich, and when Anthony was still young, she moved to Los Angeles. In his youth Anthony Quinn in his … Read more
The article in the article “The Ray of Light in the Dark Kingdom” is about the work of Ostrovsky “The Thunderstorm”, which undoubtedly became a classic in Russian literature. In the first part, the author speaks of a deep understanding of the life of the Russian people by Ostrovsky himself. Further he tries to conduct … Read more
The name of the work is symbolic: the raven is a bird, pecking out the eyes and the brain, that is, blinding and depriving the mind. We learn about such love from the story of the main character. So, the rejected lover dreams a dream. He turns out to be alone at night in a … Read more
VG Korolenko Son of Makar Makar is the main character, a peasant. The author himself referred his work to “holy stories”. Written in the Yakut exile (the winter of 1883), the story was inspired by the real impressions of the young writer (he lived with peasant Zakhar Tsykunov, who became the prototype of Makar). But, … Read more
Valya is a young girl who works in a store on one of the construction sites of the distant Irkutsk. Vale is twenty-five and she’s a cashier. Merry and frivolous, she does not think much about how to behave, for which she deserved what everyone in the district calls her Valka – cheap. Valya’s ally … Read more
The end of XIX century. Countryside in Russia. Mironositskoe village. Veterinarian Ivan Ivanych Chimsh-Himalayan and teacher of the grammar school Burkin, having spent the whole day, are staying for the night in the barn of the village elder. Burkin tells Ivan Ivanych the story of the teacher of the Greek language Belikov, whom they taught … Read more
Before the court investigator was a very skinny peasant. In his eyes, a sullen severity could be seen from behind thick brows. His hair was tangled and uncombed, which gave him a spider’s harshness. “Denis Grigoriev, come here and answer my questions,” the investigator tells him. – On the 7th of July this year the … Read more
Mr. Jones owns the Manor farm near the town of Willingdon in England. The old boar, the Major gathers at night in a large barn of all the animals that live here. He says that they live in slavery and poverty, because man appropriates the fruits of their labor, and calls for an uprising: one … Read more
In the old castle of Abo lived an old house. He was only friends with the house chapel of the cathedral and the old gatekeeper of the castle, Matts Mursten, whom he met when he, while still a boy, climbed into the basement for cartridges, fell into a blockage and was released by the house-keeper. … Read more
Pascal says: “All the rules of decent behavior have long been known, stopping for small – for the ability to use them.” Any principle is contradictory, any term is interpreted in different ways. But, having comprehended the person, it is possible to comprehend all. The first book. ABOUT THE MIND AT ALL Some mix the … Read more
“The Adventures of Perigrin Piklyon” – the second of three novels that brought glory to Smollet – reveals the features inherent in the “novel of upbringing”, and the novel is enlightening, and satirical, and pamphlet pamphlet. In part, we can talk about the influence of “sentimentalists.” His hero passes in front of us a truly … Read more
Lance Armstrong – cyclist, born September 18, 1971 in the city of Plano, Texas. Lance Armstrong’s biography is best known as the biography of the seven-time winner of the Tour de France. Lance is the undisputed leader of the Tour de France, because from 1999 to 2005 he won seven times. The athlete managed to … Read more
(26.09.1823 – 27.01.1886) AKSAKOV Ivan Sergeevich (26.09.1823-27.01.1886), Russian publicist, poet and public figure. Together with his brother K. S. Aksakov and Yu. F. Samarin, he represented the so-called. “younger” Slavophiles. Son of the writer ST Aksakov. He graduated from the St. Petersburg School of Law (1838-42). On behalf of the Russian Geographical Society, he studied … Read more
Medieval people – knights, merchants, artisans, monks, pilgrims – was in constant motion. They moved slowly enough, because then the vehicles did not develop a great speed. There were three types of transport: land, river and sea. The development of land transport was influenced by the condition of roads. Even the ancient Romans built a … Read more
G. Hauptmann Before sunset The action takes place after the First World War in a large German city. In the mansion of the seventy-year-old Matthias Clausen, a sleek gentleman, the secret commerce of an adviser, his anniversary is celebrated. There is a festive atmosphere in the house, many guests came. The Adviser by right enjoys … Read more
In 987, after the death of King Louis V of Lazy, the rule of the Carolingian dynasty ceased. The rulers of the duchies and counties elected a new king. He became a representative of the genus Robertinov – Count Hugo Capet. He was nicknamed the monastic hood, which was worn as a secular abbot of … Read more
This story was told to me by my friend Zhenya, and to him his uncle, an avid hunter and fisherman. Alexander Alexandrovich, Zhenya’s uncle, traveled all over Russia-Mother, saw many interesting and surprising things. I myself saw him only a couple of times, but my friend always on occasion will tell a couple of uncle … Read more
At the beginning of the narrative the narrator warns the reader that in his notes he will not adhere to any rules for creating a literary work, he will not observe the laws of the genre and adhere to the chronology. Tristram Shandy was born on November 5, 1718, but his misadventures, according to his … Read more
The city was located so that it was convenient to surround it with a protective wall, but that the environment should serve as protection for it. The first medieval cities were surrounded by an earthen rampart and a wooden palisade, the later ones were already renewed with one, two or even three stone battlements with … Read more
At the age of eight, Tan Ge was orphaned. He was brought up by Zhang Wen, an artisan. I regretted the orphan. The beauty of the girl admired the manager of the merry establishment of the dinger, Ding Wanqing. He became an artisan to court, to promise money. She sent gifts. And he yielded. In … Read more
Man is different to man. There are no identical people, there are no “good” or “bad” people. However, in society you can quite often hear something like “The main thing is to be a good person,” or “Well, be you a man!”. And how to be a good person and what it means to be … Read more
Bayard Rustin is an activist, a defender of human rights. Born March 17, 1912 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Biography Rastin Bayard is known as one of the most influential activists of the 1950s and 1960s, who defend civil rights. Together with Martin Luther King, Randolph Bayard organized protest rallies. He believed in non-violent methods. As … Read more
Our favorite park is surrounded on all sides by water. He is on an island that formed a river flowing through the city and man-made channel. To get to that island, you need to cross a small cozy bridge. And you find yourself in an amazing park, or rather, a hydropark. There is a steppe … Read more
Homeland – what is it? Every person has his own concept of homeland. For someone there is a small Homeland – this is the street, the house where he lives; and for someone there is a great Motherland – this is the country where a person was born and raised. In general, the concept of … Read more
Heath Ledger is an Australian, Hollywood actor. Heath Ledger was born on April 4, 1979 in the Australian city of Perth. Heath Ledger adhered to the active life position from the very childhood. He went in for sports. He received his first education at the Guildford school. Even while studying at school, I became interested … Read more
G. Nizami Khosrov and Shirin The truth of this legend is confirmed by the Bisutun rock with carved images on it, the ruins of Medaina, the traces of the milk brook, the passion of the unfortunate Farhad, the rumor about the ten-stringed Barbad’s sause… In ancient Iran, not yet illuminated by the light of Islam, … Read more
Evenings in our house on weekdays and weekends are not much different from each other. In the warm season, the boys play football on the sports ground, which is equipped in the middle of the yard. Kids spend time on a swing, in a sandbox. Benches at entrances – a traditional place of rest for … Read more
This picture was written by Isaak Ilich Levitan. Now she is in a private meeting in the city of Moscow. The landscape was painted by the artist in 1880. On this wonderful canvas, Levitan depicted the wide expanse of the river in the setting sun. Before us in the foreground we see trees. These trees … Read more
In Denmark, once ruled the king of the glorious kind of Skilding named Hrodgar. He was particularly fortunate in wars with neighbors and, having accumulated great wealth, decided to perpetuate the memory of himself and his government. He decided to build a magnificent banquet hall for the royal squad. Hrodgar did not spare neither the … Read more
In this picture AG Venetsianov portrayed peasant labor on a hot day. The canvas gives the viewer some kind of peace and tranquility. It is these feelings that arise in a person on a hot and sultry day, when there is no wind, and nature seems to have frozen in anticipation of a cool night. … Read more
On July 20, 1714, the most beautiful bridge in Peru collapsed, dropping five travelers into the abyss. The catastrophe struck Peruvians tremendously: the bridge of King Louis of Saint saw something unshakable, existing forever. But although everything was shocked, only one man, Brother Uniiper, a red-haired Franciscan monk who happened to be a witness of … Read more
In the life of the urban lower classes, the features of peasant life and customs were preserved. Another thing – the life of rich burghers. The burghers increasingly preferred comfort and luxury, but did not show them off. Their houses they furnished with solid furniture. The life of a rich burgher hardly differed from the … Read more
The perception of the world by a medieval man was significantly different from ours. The man did not feel himself to be a citizen of the universe, he lacked the nearest environment, and everything else seemed alien and hostile. He determined the time approximately, according to the sun or by the rooster’s singing, and did … Read more
The question of choosing a profession is one of the most important issues in life. It depends on him what you will be doing during your life, your future, no doubt, a profession must necessarily be liked by a person and be his calling. I want to become a designer, I believe that this profession … Read more
Perov, one of the main masters of the Wanderers’ Association, was interested in the life of a particular person, his pain and suffering, the fate of the humiliated and insulted. His work is characterized by social criticism, condemnation of injustice, general lack of color, perceived today not as a flaw, but as a feature of … Read more
Andrei Sergeevich Arshavin – footballer, master of sports. He was born on May 29, 1981 in Leningrad. Football enthusiasm in the biography of Arshavin showed up at the age of seven. It was then that he began to play football in a sports school under the coaching of Gordeev, Vinogradov. Andrey entered the Institute of … Read more
Marcel Proust In search of lost time Towards Svanu Time eludes a brief moment between sleep and awakening. Within a few seconds, the narrator Marcel seems to have turned into what he read the day before. The mind is determined to locate the sleeping room. Is this the grandfather’s house in Combra, and Marcel fell … Read more
This picture was painted by the great Russian landscape painter Shishkin in 1891. The canvas is dedicated to the amazing beauty of our nature. The main character is the spruce forest, mighty and dense. High firs stretch to the sky and grow so close to each other that when you look deep into the forest, … Read more
This tank left us relatives, leaving for a long business trip. I did not buy fish myself, I was not even trusted to take care of the aquarium. But no one objected when I spent an hour or more sitting next to him, watching the unfamiliar water world and imagining what kind of life there … Read more
Senka Shaly decided to change his life. Enough. To him already soon twenty-six – all youth in the sea remained. In the army in the navy he served, demobilized, decided before returning home to earn extra money in the sea, and so he remained on the Atlantic as a “seagull” sailor. His marine life was … Read more
It was arranged, especially the daughter-in-law – after all she did not see anything further than her nose! Seijuro decided to steal ONATSu and flee with her to Kyoto, they hurried to seize the boat, sailing away before sunset. They only sailed in a boat full of all the people-there was a salesman, a soothsayer, … Read more
IV Goethe Faust The tragedy is opened with three introductory texts. The first is a lyrical dedication to friends of youth – those with whom the author was associated in the beginning of work on “Faust” and who has already died or is in the distance. “I again remember everyone who lived that radiant at … Read more
(1892 – 1968) Paustovsky Konstantin Georgievich (1892 – 1968), the prose writer. Born May 19 (31 N. s.) In Moscow in Granatny Lane, the family of railway statistics, but, despite the profession, an incorrigible dreamer. The family loved the theater, sang a lot, played the piano. He studied in Kiev in the classical gymnasium, where … Read more
The great Russian painter Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich was born on January 25, 1832 in the city of Elabuga. in the merchant family. He showed the ability to landscape painting and Shishkin, while studying at the Academy of Painting in St. Petersburg, was awarded a small silver medal for “View in the vicinity of St. Petersburg.” … Read more
Longren, a closed and unsociable man, lived by making and selling models of sailboats and steamships. The countrymen did not really like the former sailor, especially after one incident. Somehow during a cruel storm, the shopkeeper and innkeeper Menners was carried away in his boat far into the sea. The only witness to what was … Read more
The action takes place at the beginning of the XX century. Nine-year-old Philip Carey remains an orphan, and he is sent for education to his uncle-priest in Blackstable. The priest does not feel affection for his nephew, but in his house Philip finds many books that help him forget about loneliness. At school, where the … Read more
MA Sholokhov Quiet Don After the end of the penultimate Turkish campaign, the Cossack Prokofiy Melekhov led a captive Turkish woman home to the village of Veshenskaya. From their marriage a son was born, named Pantelei, as dark and black-eyed as his mother. Subsequently, Pantelei Prokofievich occupied himself with the arrangement of the economy and … Read more
JF Cooper Pioneers, or At the Beginnings of Susquehanne Early December Evening of 1793 Horses slowly pull up big sledges uphill. In the sledge, father and daughter are Judge Marmaduke Temple and Miss Elizabeth. The judge is one of the first settlers; one of those thanks to which this newly wilderness has changed. There were … Read more