“Infidel! Where are you? A long chain of lanterns stretches through the sleepy streets, And, pair by pair, lovers walk, Warmed by the light of their love...”...

“In those years when Russian new art was persecuted, artists stood up for themselves. Only a few cowardly fled from the battlefield. The rest - completely al...

“Fifty years ago, Apollo Aleksandrovich Grigoriev, a wonderful Russian poet and thinker of the forties, died. A very small part of his works has been publish...

“Why am I going to write down now my memories of the late Leonid Nikolaevich Andreev? Do I have any memories worth reporting? Have we worked on anything toge...

“First of all, I must limit my task. My topic is Russian drama theater of the near future. I have no desire to indulge in general discussions about the theat...

“Sad thoughts about the state of modern literature occur to many people. It is hardly a secret to anyone that we are experiencing a crisis. Only the yellow-t...

“Rozanov once wrote about Merezhkovsky: “Don’t listen to what he says, but look where he stands.” This remark is very profound; it often comes to mind when y...

At the end of 1916, all members of the Russian state body were struck by a disease that could no longer go away on its own or be cured by ordinary means, but...

“A shopping area with the mayor’s house in the city center. Morning. Ugly and gloomy facades of rather tall houses with tightly closed doors. There are almos...

“In the People's House, which became the theater of the St. Petersburg Commune, nothing has changed over the summer compared to last year. It is also felt th...

“I can’t object to the abolition of the right of literary inheritance...”

“The book entitled “Flame” cannot be classified as any kind of literary work; this is neither a “novel”, nor a “story”, nor “everyday sketches”, although the...