1. Why the description of the unsuccessful campaign of Prince Igor Svyatoslavovich in 1185 remained in the memory of the descendants In the 12th century. Our lands suffered from attacks of the nomadic people – Polovtsians. A participant in the struggle against them was Novgorod the Great Prince Igor. In 1185, together with his son … Read more
(1866-1941) Dmitry Sergeevich Merezhkovsky was born August 14, 1866 in St. Petersburg, in one of the imperial palaces – Elaginsky, in the family of a real secret adviser, the head of the court office. His great-grandfather, Fyodor Merezhka, was an army sergeant in the Ukraine and served in the Izmaylovsky regiment, and apparently then the … Read more
James Caine The Postman Always Rings Twenty-four-year-old hero-narrator Frank Chambers wanders around America, nowhere else for long. And now, after settling down to work for the Greek, Nick Papadakis, the owner of a gas station and a snack bar not far from Los Angeles, he is sure that he will soon be on his way … Read more
Spiritlessness is one of the biggest problems of modern society. Traditionally, with lack of spirituality, it is accepted to understand the absence of a person’s high life aspirations, principles, ideals of being, a sense of sublimity. Unfortunately, when looking at many modern people, it seems that they are completely soulless, it has many different manifestations. … Read more
(1817 – 1903) Sukhovo-Kobylin Alexander Vasilyevich (1817 – 1903), playwright, prose writer. Born September 17 (29 N. p.) In Moscow in an old noble family. Received a good home education. At age 17, he entered the Moscow University at the Physics and Mathematics Department of the Faculty of Philosophy. In his student years he became … Read more
Virdzhiniya Vulf at the lighthouse Ramsey Family: Father – Mr. Ramsey, mother – Mrs Ramsay (50 years old, but still quite attractive), children – Nancy, James, Cam, Pru, Rose, Andrew, Jasper, Roger. They live on the island of Skye. A lighthouse is visible in the distance. First in the narrative there are a lot of … Read more
Of all Likhachov’s letters, letters of absolutely remarkable, talented, wise, sincere and relevant, and this urgency, I’m sure, will remain eternal, I was especially concerned with Dmitry Sergeyevich’s thinking about youth. His letter made me analyze my thoughts about youth, and I realized how deep the meaning of youth is, maybe even deeper than the … Read more
The action takes place in one of the counties of the central strip of Russia. Nikolai Alekseyevich Ivanov, a landowner, sits in his garden and reads a book. Misha Borkin, his distant relative and the manager of his estate, drunkenly returns from the hunt. Seeing Ivanov, takes aim at him with a gun, laughs at … Read more
M. Ye. Saltykov-Shchedrin Lord Golovlevy Russia, the middle of the XIX century. Serfdom is already running out. However, the family of the Golovlevs’ landowners is still quite prosperous and is increasingly expanding the boundaries of its already vast estates. Merit in that entirely belongs to the owner – Arina Petrovna Golovleva. She is an adamant … Read more
FM Dostoevsky Demons The novel takes place in the provincial city in the early autumn. The events are narrated by Mr. Chronicler, who is also a participant in the events described. His story begins with the history of Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky, an idealist of the forties, and a description of his complex platonic relations with … Read more