Biographies and memoirs

“We were the same age, we were on first name terms, we met in Paris, Rome and New York, twice I was his confidante, he was the best man at my wedding, I was ...

About the famous Soviet pianist Heinrich Neuhaus.

The waiter Yakov Fedorovich Uskov seemed small and old, but it was obvious that the guests were greeted in the restaurant not by an ordinary food front worke...

The book you are holding in your hands is dedicated to the life and work of the great Muslim theologian and thinker Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazal...

Boris Yakovlevich Yampolsky was born in 1921 in Astrakhan; in 1929 the family moved to Saratov. Immediately after graduating from school, he was arrested “fo...

The first book in a series of short stories about Russian musicians. A fictional story of the creation of the Second, “Bogatyr” Symphony of the great Russian...

The stories of Olga Savelyeva, a popular blogger and motivational speaker, are always appropriate. After all, she writes about our life: so simple and comple...

Everyone can hear a story. We don't know where they come from or for whom, they just hover in the air above us. I hear them all the time, hear them and write...

Each person understands freedom in his own way. Opinions vary depending on age, social status, and even place of residence. We tend to look for answers in ne...

Herod the Great was firmly established in his reputation as a “royal villain.” His name has become a household name. He is compared to Hitler, Stalin, Ivan t...