It is no secret that one can achieve success in work and life not only with a special mindset, diligence and professional skills, but also having a set of specific traits of character, internal superiority and the art of management of other people. Change life for the better without the possession of secret knowledge, it … Read more
Mechanic Etienne Lantier, expelled from the railroad for a slap to the chief, is trying to get a job at the Monsu mine, near Vore, in the village of Two Hundred Soroca. There is no work anywhere, the miners are starving. The place for him at the mine was found only because on the eve … Read more
Russian poetry is our great spiritual treasure, our national pride. But many poets and writers have forgotten, they were not printed, they were not spoken about. These are such wonderful Russian poets as Anna Akhmatova, Nikolai Gumilev, Osip Mandelstam, Marina Tsvetaeva. From this magnificent galaxy, I am closer and dearer than MI Tsvetaeva, a wonderful … Read more
The novel is a continuation of the “Years of Wilhelm Meister’s Teaching.” The hero who, at the end of the previous book, became a member of the Tower Society, receives from his comrades a mission to go on a journey. At the same time he is given the condition not to stay under one roof … Read more
Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak – a political figure in Russia, the mayor of St. Petersburg. He lived in Uzbekistan for a long time, then moved to Leningrad. In 1956, in the biography of Anatoly Sobchak received admission to the State University of Leningrad for the legal department. After completing his studies, Anatoly worked as a lawyer, … Read more
N. S. Leskov Enchanted Wanderer Several travelers are encountered on the way to Valaam on the Ladoga Lake. One of them, dressed in a novice cassock and in the form of a “typical hero”, says that, with the “gift of God” to tame the horses, he, according to the parental promise, died all his life … Read more
VB Shklovsky Zoo. Letters not about love, or the Third Eloise Illegally emigrating from Soviet Russia in 1922, the author arrived in Berlin. Here he met many Russian writers who, like most Russian emigrants, lived in the vicinity of the Zoo metro station. Zoo is a zoological garden, and therefore, having decided to present the … Read more
MI Tsvetaeva Pied Piper “Pied Piper” – the first poem Tsvetaeva, written in exile, in Prague. This is a prophecy about the fate of the Russian revolution, the romantic period of which ended and began a deadly, bureaucratic, dictatorial one. It is the verdict of any utopia about the possibility of a people’s celebration, people’s … Read more
Gradual fading of classicism and the emergence and development of Romanticism led to a new approach to solving problems that occupy Russian writers. There is a change of canons, the characters of the works change and the hero’s ideal. Many secondary themes come to the fore and acquire a new meaning, as happened with the … Read more
Pedro Calderon de la Barca is a famous playwright and poet of the golden age. Pedro Calderon was born on January 17, 1600 in Madrid. His father was a secretary of the treasury, a nobleman. The first education in the biography of Calderon was received at the Jesuit College of Madrid. Then he studied at … Read more
Germany XIV-XV centuries. was distinguished by rapid development of cities, crafts and trade. This was facilitated by the favorable location of the country – at the crossroads of international trade routes. At the beginning of the XIV century. in Germany there were about 3500 cities. However, the development of the economy was significantly hampered by … Read more
In the main action of the novel there are two storylines. The first line is set in Moscow in the 1930s. The second line is a narration about what happened more than two thousand years ago in the city of Yershalaim. The story of these events is given either in the form of separate chapters … Read more
The mathematician and physicist of the highest level, Joseph Fourier, with his researches, revolutionized the scientific world. Childhood and early years Joseph Fourier, born in Auxerre, France, was a descendant of a modest family. Orphaned at an early age, Joseph receives primary education at the Cathedral School, which is run by a church music teacher. … Read more
The painting “Siverko” belongs to the brush of the Russian landscape painter of the late XIX – early XX century IS Ostroukhov, who occupies a special place in the history of Russian art. His name is associated not only with painting, but also with the opening of a private museum, collecting icons, teaching at the … Read more
The poem in 28 songs, from the Sanskrit original of which only the first thirteen and a half have survived, and the rest have survived in the Tibetan and Chinese transcriptions King Shuddhodana of the Shakya family who lives in the city of Kapilavastu in the foothills of the Himalayas, the son of Siddhartha is … Read more
Charlemagne is the King of the Franks and Lombards, the Emperor, who revived the Holy Roman Empire. According to scientists, Karl was born on April 2, 742. The place of his birth is also unknown, as possible indicated: Ingelheim, Aachen, Salzburg and some others. Karl’s parents were Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon. Carl … Read more
Natalia N. Karamzin, boyar daughter The main heroine is Natalia, she lives in pre-Petrine Russia. Her parents: father, boyar Matvey, – a rich man, a faithful adviser to the tsar; Natalia’s mother died and she was brought up by a nanny. The whole way of life of the heroes is regulated by the rules of … Read more
In 1348, Florence was visited by a destructive plague, and a hundred thousand people died. Separated family and friendly ties, servants refused to serve the masters, the dead were not buried, but dumped in pits dug in church cemeteries. When the city was almost empty, in the church of Santa Maria Novella, after the divine … Read more
Alexander Suvorov – great commander, Prince of Italy, Count of Rymnik, Generalissimo, General-Field Marshal. The owner of all Russian military orders of that time, as well as many foreign awards. Early years The date and birthplace of Alexander Suvorov is not known reliably, but many scientists believe that he was born on November 13, 1730 … Read more
The main characters in the play “Waiting for Godot” – Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo) – seem to be bogged down in time, nailed to one place by the expectation of a certain Godot, a meeting with which, in their opinion, will make sense in their meaningless existence and rid the threats of hostile the … Read more
There is no doubt that many strong people show character traits from childhood. However, to many, will power comes also during life with different tests and “testing for strength.” And if you are not lucky enough to get this quality from birth, you can still develop it in yourself gradually. A strong person is always … Read more
When Chekhov pronounced the name of his new play, it seemed to Stanislavsky that it was about something beautiful, dearly loved. The atmosphere of beauty, love, sadness envelops the image of the cherry garden from the beginning to the end of the play. A room that is still called a children’s room. One of the … Read more
What effect does true art have on man? Is it able to transform it morally? The author of the text makes us think about these questions. GI Uspensky in this text reflects on the role of art. He talks about how he accidentally went to the Louvre, saw a statue of Venus de Milo. He … Read more
Sherlock Holmes is one of those literary characters that is known to almost everyone, including even those who have not read anything about his adventures. He was due to appear to the great English writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who introduced us to him in his novel “The Study in Scarlet Tones” in 1887. Ironically, … Read more
BOHEMIA Opera in four acts Libretto by L. Illik and D. Giacosa Characters: Rudolf, the poet Marcel, artist Shonar, musician Collin, philosopher Benoit, householder Alcindor, State Counselor Mimi Musette Parpignol Customs sergeant Tenor Baritone Baritone Bass Bass Bass Soprano Soprano Tenor Bass Students, grisettes, townspeople, merchants and merchants, waiters in cafes, boys, girls, etc. Location: … Read more
Kurt Gödel is a well-known mathematician and philosopher from Austria. Childhood Kurt Gödel was born on April 28, 1906 in Brno, Austria-Hungary. He was the second son of the manager of the textile factory Rudolf Gödel and the German Marianne Handshuh. Kurt Gödel’s brother, Rudolf II Gödel, who was named after his father, was a … Read more
The action takes place in a secluded villa in rural Umbria at the beginning of the 20th century. The room reproduces the decoration of the throne room of Henry IV, but to the right and left of the throne – two large modern portraits, one of which depicts a man in the costume of Henry … Read more
According to the writer’s plan, the novel is “something more than a literary work: it is a living being, a story about the spiritual world of one woman”, covering forty years of her life – from a carefree youth to a courageous death. From the first pages of the novel we see “a strong, fresh … Read more
In my opinion, this picture is the most famous of patriotic works. It is over 40 square meters in size. The work was written in 1896 and was first presented at the show in Nizhny Novgorod. The picture shows an early morning. Time of the year is autumn. The alarming ringing of the bells gathered … Read more
As a child, every child makes plans for the future: who wants to become, what profession he will get, what kind of family he will have, what his life will consist of. I, too, like everyone else, reasoned and still argue about this. In addition to what I want to become and what my life … Read more
Hermann Hesse Steppenwolf The novel is a scrap of Harry Haller, found in the room where he lived, and the nephew of the mistress of the house in which he was renting a room. On behalf of the nephew of the mistress, a preface to these notes is also written. It describes the lifestyle of … Read more
My favorite flower I would call a tulip. He is spring. and usually tulips rush to grow by March 8. Papa often gives tulips to her mother for this holiday. But I do not like the tulip for that. Just the flower is very fragile and so tender that it captures the spirit. Tulip reminds … Read more
The author collected oral testimonies, his own observations and historical works of his time and on their basis recreated the life of the French society of the end of the 16th – the first half of the 17th century, presenting it in the form of a kaleidoscope of short stories, the heroes of which were … Read more
1. Why did the share of oil and gas sharply increase in the structure of consumed fuel? Fuel is the name of combustible substances, the combustion of which generates heat energy. The main constituent of these substances is carbon. By origin, fuel is divided into natural and artificial; on the aggregate state – on solid, … Read more
In the frozen haze the lyrical hero sees his “star of the fields.” From a great height, she looks at the ground, in the wormwood (an unfrozen or slightly melted place on the icy surface of the reservoir). But the clock struck twelve. So, the field came down midnight. There was a borderline time of … Read more
Australia separated from the “mother” of the ancient mainland of Gondwana earlier than other continents. For a long time she had almost no connection with the world. This explains the uniqueness of its vegetation and fauna. Here, a large number of representatives of the organic world that existed on Earth 50 million years ago remained. … Read more
Worship those great years. On the day of remembrance – to the sons of Russia Bearing wreaths live ligature, Heat bouquets of different colors, So as not to lose contact with the past. 1941-1945 … Years of the Great Patriotic War. The events of that terrible war we know only from movies, art works. It … Read more
Landscapes of the famous Russian artist N. P. Krymov are beautiful and diverse. Many of them are devoted to the depiction of winter nature. Apparently, the author found in her a special charm, magic and poetry. A number of such paintings include and written in 1919, the painting “Winter Evening.” Spectators see here a small … Read more
F. Grilpartser Dream – life In the old days in Persia, in a picturesque mountainous area, among the rocks and trees, the family of the rich villager Masud lives. Every summer evening, Mirza, the daughter of Masud, awaits with fear and trepidation the return from the hunting of Rustan. This is the nephew of Masud, … Read more
The main part of the inhabitants of the mainland is the indigenous population, belonging to the three races – Caucasoid, Negroid and Mongoloid. Representatives of the Caucasoid race live mainly in the north of Africa. These are samples and Berbers, who in ancient times moved here from Asia. They are characterized by dark skin, dark … Read more
Mowgli, a human cub, is brought up by the Indian she-wolf Raksha and her pack, led by the leader Akella, since he was brought to them as a baby Bagheera, a black panther. Bagheera trains Mowgli to live according to the law of the pack, but Mowgli faces certain problems and lags behind his wolf … Read more
I was born in the city, but my grandmother was born in the village. She often likes to remember her youth and her native village, and her grandfather grew up in a neighboring village. My dad was also born there, but when he was young, my grandmother and grandfather decided to move to the nearest … Read more
England, early thirties. Hercule Poirot with his old friend and assistant captain Hastings come to the seaside resort of Saint-Loup in the south of England. Near the hotel “Majestic”, in which they stopped, they meet a young girl, Nick Buckley. In conversation for a cocktail it turns out that she is the proprietress of a … Read more
“On the shore of the desert waves” of the Neva is Peter and thinks of the city that will be built here and which will become Russia’s window to Europe. A hundred years have passed, and the city “from the darkness of the forests, out of the marshland / blossomed magnificently, proudly.” Peter’s creation is … Read more
The magic Christmas holiday my family celebrates every year. The tradition to assemble the whole family at a large table existed as much as I can remember. Grandfather always sits in a place of honor and tells stories from his life. Many of his stories we know by heart, but each time we listen carefully. … Read more
1. What is the peculiarity of the geographic location of the Arctic Ocean? How does it affect its nature? The peculiarity of the geographic location of the Arctic Ocean lies in its name. This is the northernmost of the oceans. A significant part of it is covered with thick ice that does not melt throughout … Read more
(1818 – 1887) Katkov Mikhail Nikiforovich (1818, Moscow – 1887, pp. Znamenskoe Moscow Province) is a journalist. The genus. in the family of a small office clerk, childhood and youth passed in poverty. Katkov studied at the Transfiguration Orphan School of the 1st Mosk. gymnasium and in a private boarding house. In 1834 – 1838 … Read more
Son of Professor of the Kiev Theological Academy, was born on May 3, 1891 in Kiev. In 1909 he graduated from the first gymnasium in Kiev. In 1916 – Kiev University of Medical Faculty. In 1916-1917, he served as a doctor in the zemstvo of Smolensk province. In 1918-1919 he lived in Kiev, – the … Read more
ANTONIN Dvorak 1841-1904 Antonin Dvořák is the largest Czech composer who, along with his older contemporary Smetana, is a classic of Czech music, the founder of the national composer school. In the formation of the national original art of the Czech Republic, he played a huge role. Dvorak’s music is distinguished by its exceptional melodic … Read more
Each of us wants to be happy. We hope that troubles and troubles will bypass us. But there are a number of circumstances that do not always depend on a person. Unfortunately, our life consists not only of happy and joyful minutes. Many tragedies can affect every person: illness, accident, accident, man-made disasters, terrorist acts. … Read more