Biographies and memoirs

In this wonderfully intelligent, stunningly honest, and painfully funny book, acclaimed writer David Shields uses himself as a representative for all read...

“Zhilka” was a small “state within a state” with its own “institutions,” recalls Alexey Snezhinsky, who was released on July 26, 2016, and has a series of co...

“Don’t swear off scrip and prison,” says a Russian proverb. Indeed, how often do young people, out of ostentatious bravado or for other reasons, become crimi...

In his debut book, one of the most popular football players in the country, Igor Akinfeev, reveals to readers many secrets of his life. Answering questions f...

“My saber had long been enclosed, and I stood in the interval between the Moscow square and the column of the Guards crew, pulling my hat down and clasping m...

Mysticism happened yesterday. Because yesterday, I went to the FantLab website, which I don’t go to in principle. And I saw that a certain writer had died. T...

“Genius is simple. The combination of simplicity with genius was - this is recognized by all - the main feature in Ilyich’s personality. At first glance, he ...

The published excerpt from the extensive memoirs of V. A. Novobrants tells about his work in the Intelligence Directorate of the Red Army.

“Abramtsevo, November 14, Sunday. Today I didn’t go to mass because I went yesterday, but the sisters went today. - The mail was delivered early, - besides t...

“...January 30, 1853. Exactly one year ago in the evening Gogol came to our small house in which we lived. We sat in small rooms. Gogol came up and, in respo...

From the author: I am the record holder of the Russian Internet for age: I am 84 years old. If this doesn’t scare you, and if you are seriously interested in...