The well-known master of landscape, Russian and Ukrainian painter is Vasilkovsky Sergey Ivanovich. Having graduated with high achievements of the Academy of Arts, he received permission to travel to other countries. He visited Germany, England, Africa, Spain, Italy, for some time he lived in France. But most of his paintings are devoted to his native … Read more
For many millennia since the creation of the first book, people have not stopped reading. The book accompanies a person throughout his life. The book for a person is a friend, assistant, mentor and teacher. From the book, a person derives new information, useful facts and new ideas. From the book a person takes food … Read more
In a deserted mountainous area, not far from the court of the Polish king, Rosaura, a noble lady dressed in a man’s dress, and her servant, lost their way. The night is approaching, and there is no light around. Suddenly travelers distinguish in the twilight a tower, from behind the walls of which they hear … Read more
What is the main theme of the novel? “David Copperfield” is a novel about the formation of personality, about the fate of a young man entering life. Can we call Dickens’s novel an autobiographical work? The novel is written in the first person, and on its pages many events from the author’s life were reflected, … Read more
One morning the old Water Rat leaned out of the hole. The duck taught her children to stand upside down in the pond. Water Rat: “Love is certainly a good thing, but friendship is much more sublime… A faithful friend must be betrayed to me.” Then Linnet began the story of a Faithful Friend. Once … Read more
I. Death of the gods Cappadocia. The Roman tribune condemned wanted to curry favor with his boss. To do this, he is going to kill two children – cousins of the current Constantinople emperor Constantius. Constantius is the son of Constantine the Great, who began his reign by killing many of his relatives, including his … Read more
Every day we come across different situations. And often we have to make our choice of how to act and what to prefer. In some cases, a person’s decision can depend not only on his own disappointment or satisfaction, but also on someone’s life. The problem of moral choice has been and will be eternal. … Read more
Spacious and comfortable kitchen. There is no one, only at the burning hearth warms the Cat. A tired passer-by comes in the house. This is Lancelot. He calls someone from the hosts, but there is no answer. Then he turns to the Cat and finds out that the owners – the archivist Charlemagne and his … Read more
SICILY EVENING Opera in five acts (six scenes) Libretto by E. Scribe in S. Duverie Characters: Guy de Montfort, Governor of Sicily Arrigo, young Sicilian Sire de Bétun, French officer Count de Vaudemont, French officer Giovanni di Procida, a Sicilian physician Danieli, Sicilian Thibaut, French soldier Robert, the French soldier Manfredo, Sicilian Princess Elena Ninetta, … Read more
Francois Fenelon (de Salignac, Marquis de la Mothe Fenelon, August 6, 1651 – January 7, 1715) – the famous French writer; was born in Perigord, in an ancient noble family. Until the age of 12, the boy lived in his ancestral castle, and did not devote much time to studies because of poor health; then … Read more
VV Nabokov Ada, or Passion “Hell” is a grandiose parody of different literary genres: from the novels of Leo Tolstoy through the cycle of Marcel Proust “In search of lost time” to fiction in the spirit of Kurt Vonnegut. The novel takes place in a country that originated from the assumption that the Battle of … Read more
And then came the spring. And with the advent of spring, all nature around is transformed. First, the days increase, and the temperature in the street gradually rises. When the sun shines, it is felt that it warms every day more and more. Rapidly warms, and all the snow, which did not have time to … Read more
Until recently, we dreamed of buying a ticket to one of the boarding houses on Dombai, went skiing in the Hibiny. For some time, “new Russians” spend their winter holidays in the Alps, in the resorts of Austria and France. And suddenly there is a magnificent ski resort in the south of Russia itself, in … Read more
Niki Minage is a rap singer, she became famous for seven songs in “Billboard Hot 100”, even before the release of her debut album in 2010. Her debut album, 2010 “Pink Friday” and her single “Your Love” topped the Billboard charts. In 2012, Minazh was one of the new judges of the twelfth season of … Read more
“Flowers, fruits, a bird” and butterflies. So it looks like the still life of Count Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, an outstanding sculptor, painter, draftsman, engraver. Putting your hand on your heart, you can honestly say that this still life is a work, to put it mildly, weird. Looking at the individual components of the picture, somehow … Read more
The old woman Anna lies without moving, without opening her eyes; it is almost frozen, but life is still warm. Daughters understand this, bringing to the lips a piece of a broken mirror. It fogs up, which means that my mother is still alive. However, Varvara, one of Anna’s daughters, believes that it is possible … Read more
It is very important for the diversified development of babies to pay attention to the seasonal changes of the world around us. For example, with the beginning of September, it is necessary to celebrate the autumn phenomena of nature, both living and nonliving. This is done on walks, during painting, manual work, speech development. Autumn … Read more
Evander Holyfield – American boxer, was born in the city of Etmore, Alabama. In 1984, he won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games. In 1988, the boxer again became world champion in light heavyweight. Back in the biography, it should be noted that in 1990 Holyfield defeated Buster Douglas, securing the world title of … Read more
At the end of IX c. Vikings from Norway settled on a large treeless island. They called it Iceland – “The Land of Ice”. The climate in Iceland was very unfavorable for agriculture, but the presence of fat pastures allowed to graze livestock. Soon the entire coast of Iceland was dotted with the hamlets of … Read more
Now we are at the age when we do not yet know exactly who we will be in the future. But after all, how our life will develop depends not only on the choice of the profession, but also on our character, which is now being formed. You can work well in life, get an … Read more
“This book has experienced recently the unfortunate credulity of some readers and even magazines… Others are terribly offended… what they put as an example of such an immoral person as the Hero of Our Time, while others very subtly noticed that the writer drew his portrait and portraits of their acquaintances… ” The author explains … Read more
One of the first readers of Nikolai Gogol’s poem Dead Souls PF Zaikin described his impressions after reading the work: “Everything that is ugly, vile and vile in Russia, everything has been found out here.” The conversation between the landowners, landlords, lackeys, coachmen with horses and the life of everyone and, in general, whole Russia, … Read more
One of the innovative and interesting topics in the literature of the 60s was the topic of camps and Stalinist repressions. One of the first works written on this topic were “Kolyma Stories” by V. Shalamov. V. Shalamov is a writer of uneasy creative destiny and his work is far from English fairy tales. He … Read more
Two young girls, “poplar and birch”, Lizaveta Grigoryevna Bakhareva and Eugenia Petrovna Glovatskaya return from Moscow after graduation from the institute. Along the way, they visit the monastery for Aunt Bakhareva, Mother Superior of Agnia, where Lisa demonstrates new views on the role of women in the family and life. There, the girls get acquainted … Read more
A. de Vigny Saint-Mar, or Conspiracy in the Time of Louis XIII. The plot of the novel is based on the story of the truly conspiratorial plot in 1642 of a favorite of King Louis XIII, the Marquis Saint-Mar, against the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu. 1639. Young Henri d’Affia, the Marquis de Saint-Mar, goes to serve … Read more
A person can not remain indifferent to the world around him. The objects that he uses, events, the witness or participant of which he becomes, cause in the person different Emotions. Joy, sadness, indignation, anger – all these are different emotions. Some things cause pleasure and joy in us, others – pain, fear, disgust… The … Read more
In the warning, the author writes that all his characters are fictitious and he would like his work to be read as “a fantastic story, where clouds reflected over the Essex district, but not even the span of his land is imprinted.” In one of the towns of New England, on the street, which everyone … Read more
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress, winner of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts. The name of the outstanding beauty Lauren is often included in the lists of the most attractive women in the world. Early years Actress Sofia Villani Shikolone was born in Italy, in Rome, September 20, 1934. Her father, Riccardo Chicolone, … Read more
Hristo is a Bulgarian-American painter, was born in the town of Gabrovo under the name of Hristo Vladimirov Yavashev. In his biography Hristo studied in Sofia, Vienna, Paris. His early experiments on installation led to the creation of a device for wrapping ordinary objects in fabrics and other materials. Thus, an artificial cover was created, … Read more
It sounds like an uncomplicated melody – about the grass, the sky, the foliage… Sixty-year-old salesman Willie Loman with two large suitcases goes to his New York house, sandwiched between skyscrapers. He is very exhausted and a little scared: after leaving the morning with samples of goods, he did not get to the place – … Read more
The main theme of the work of F. P. Reshetnikov is the theme of childhood: for young people he creates his own paintings, boys and girls make heroes of paintings. He is able to convey their thoughts and feelings, moods and experiences. In the painting “Again the deuce” – a whole story. The unlucky pupil … Read more
The events unfold in 1957. Walter Faber, a fifty-year-old engineer of Swiss descent, works at UNESCO and is engaged in setting up production equipment in industrially backward countries. At work he has to travel often. He flies from New York to Caracas, but his plane due to malfunctions in the engine is forced to make … Read more
Deaf English province of the end of the last century. In the valley of Blackmore there is a family of the driver Jack Durbeyfilda. One evening, on the evening of May, the head of the family meets a priest who, when answering the greeting, calls him “Sir John,” Jack is surprised, and the priest explains: … Read more
A strong man is always to blame: In History, we hear the darkness of examples, But we do not write History; But about how they say in Fables, – Thus begins I. Krylov’s fable “The Wolf and the Lamb”, which tells about the conflict between the Wolf and Lamb. On a hot day the Lamb … Read more
Amedeo Avogadro is an Italian chemist and physicist known for his molecular theory. Childhood and early years Amedeo Avogadro was born on August 9, 1776 in Turin, Italy, to a family of lawyers. His father, Count Filippo Avogadro, was a well-known lawyer in Piedmont, an area in Northern Italy. His training begins at the age … Read more
In a deserted mountainous area, not far from the court of the Polish king, Rosaura, a noble lady dressed in a man’s dress, and her servant, lost their way. The night is approaching, and there is no light around. Suddenly travelers distinguish in the twilight a tower, from behind the walls of which they hear … Read more
On the destructive power of the sea compose poetry and write pictures. Many navigators share their observations. Some argue that among the rolling waves there is always one most powerful and destructive. The most shattering seafarers consider the ninth wave in the bill. It is following this belief, the famous artist Aivazovsky Ivan Konstantinovich creates … Read more
(1908 – 1981) Field (real name – Kampov) Boris Nikolayevich (1908 – 1981), a prose writer. Born March 4 (17 N. s.) In Moscow in the family of a lawyer. Children’s and teenage years passed in Tver, in the factory yard of the huge textile combine owned by Morozov. At home there was a good … Read more
The languages of the Germanic tribes of Northern Europe were similar. Often, the languages of neighboring tribes were mixed, so their grammar was simplified. This explains why the current English grammar is simpler than the grammar of other European peoples. The peoples of Northern Europe have a single written language, a single alphabet – the … Read more
“Merchant for tea” – one of the most famous paintings of the great Russian artist Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev (1878 – 1927). The painting was painted in 1918, canvas, oil, 120 x 120 cm. Currently he is in the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. Russian artist Kustodiev was not only a skilful artist who masterfully … Read more
Oles Semenovich Chishko The genus. in 1895 Chishko is a prominent Soviet composer who has worked extensively and successfully in various fields of musical art. Being a professional singer, Chishko paid much attention to vocal genres – opera, romance, song. His work is distinguished by the melodiousness, simplicity and accessibility of expression. From 1948 to … Read more
Denis Rozhkov is an actor of theater and cinema. According to Denis Rozhkov, his biography does not stand out against the background of his contemporaries-actors. He was born on July 3, 1976 in Moscow. In 1993 he graduated from the school. After an unsuccessful attempt to enter GITIS, he studied for a year at the … Read more
Vrubel, in my opinion, created an amazing picture, which impresses with its beauty and splendor. The painting shows an incredibly beautiful and amazing princess. I really liked how the artist painted her appearance. With what accuracy he depicted the eyes, in which tenderness, sadness and kindness are reflected. Her thin and fragile hands, carefully hold … Read more
M. Ye. Saltykov-Shchedrin. A tale of how one man of two generals fed. Two frivolous generals retired on an uninhabited island. “Generals served the whole life in some registry, they were born, brought up and grew old, therefore, did not understand anything, even the words did not know anything except:” Accept the assurance of my … Read more
1. Why is the density of population different in different parts of the world? For a long time, mankind has spread throughout the territory of the Earth, gradually accumulating in places most favorable for living. The further development of the society showed that, despite the state’s desire to level the density of the population throughout … Read more
Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin deservedly called the Sun of Russian poetry. And this is how we see it on the shoe of Orest Kiprensky’s work. This artist had the glory of one of the best portrait painters, and that is why Anton Delvig ordered to depict his friend – the great poet AS Pushkin. Contemporaries found … Read more
When I lived in the summer with my grandmother, one interesting incident happened. Grandmother had a beautiful black cat Murchik. He was very smart, but had an independent character. He freely walked around the neighborhood, terrifying neighbors’ cats and even their masters. If he was picked up, he immediately broke away and could scratch. And … Read more
A person must be intelligent! And if his profession does not need intelligence? And if he could not get an education: so there were circumstances? And if this intelligence made him a “white crow” among employees, friends, relatives, becomes an obstacle to rapprochement with other people? No no and one more time no! Intelligence is … Read more
The action of the trilogy novel Halldor Laxness unfolds in the late 16th – early 17th century. in Iceland and Denmark, as well as in Holland and Germany, where one of the main characters – poor peasant Youn Hreggvidsson – falls during his wanderings. The meaning of the title of the trilogy is revealed in … Read more
After the Battle of Kulikovo, the Moscow Principality began to “gather” Russian lands around itself. This was taken care of, in particular, by the great Moscow prince Ivan III, who resorted both to bribery and to violence. Ivan III became a widower early. The preeminent Italian diplomats, in order to persuade him to join the … Read more