Criticism

“The fate of a writer is a difficult, terrible, insidious fate. Nowadays, in Russia - especially. It seems that never before have writers found themselves in...

“Our memory is terribly short. We live with our hands and feet tied, and the most modest of our endeavors often end in failure. Everything “winds and spins” ...

An article published in the magazine “Ural Pathfinder”, No. 8, 1994. About the connoisseur of the fantastic genre, who showed promise, but is now little-know...

“Lermontov’s works, so closely connected with his personal fate, seem to me especially remarkable in one respect. I see in Lermontov the direct founder of th...

“Vladimir Viktorovich Kolesov, linguist, professor, doctor of philology, head of the Russian language department of the philological department of St. Peters...

“This, as it were, an introductory mini-phrase dotted everyday speech like a rash. Discussion of his parasitic essence set teeth on edge and turned into comm...

“We repeat once again: the decline of a country, a people, a state does not begin with a collapse of the economy, or a political fiasco, or a military defeat...

“Surprise is one of the enduring feelings. For ten years there have been discussions about obscenities - and they continue to amaze with their brainlessness....

“– Invited to TV. Prestigious talk show. Intellectuals are discussing why the corrupted jargon has taken root deeper than the wheatgrass and is heard from th...

“My favorite literary hero is Skalozub. Favorite rank is sergeant major. Points of view are best classified into: 1) mine; 2) incorrect. Once upon a time at ...

“Do you love theater as much as I love it? Then suck on a lemon to calm involuntary movements of the larynx. What the theater was and what it became - that i...