Biographies and memoirs

Ten years have passed since the end of the war in Dagestan with international gangs. Dagestanis relive those memorable events again and again. The book gives...

From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters, here's a candid look at the inner workings of the world's most powerful royal family and how the battle for...

History of the Library of Alexandria and Hypatia of Alexandria - philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. This woman, who combined beauty, versatility, wis...

Rurik is one of the most mysterious figures in ancient Russian history. The founder of the Rurik dynasty - a dynasty of Russian princes and then tsars, which...

The roots of the Sheremetev family go deep into the history of Russia. These noble boyars were among the richest and most influential at court. Throughout th...

A collection of stories about medical deontology, about the life and work of a doctor, about his place among people. Stories - memoirs are based on real even...

In this essay, author-publicist Vladimir Korkosh talks about his hungry wartime childhood during the Nazi occupation and how their beloved cat Murka helped t...

“One memory is indelible for me. About twelve years ago, on a colorless St. Petersburg day, I accompanied the coffin of the deceased. Walking in front of me ...

The sixteenth story in the collection “Tales from the Crab” humorously tells about the capture and punishment of a house thief when the author was a student....

The seventeenth story in the humorous collection "Tales from the Crab" tells about the fate of an unusual cargo.

In the eighteenth story of the humorous collection "Tales from the Crab" the author's memories of the funny stories of the author's student youth.

The nineteenth story from the humorous collection "Tales from the Crab" is a story of failed love.