The book of Kondraty Birkin (P.P. Karataev), an almost forgotten Russian writer, opens up a rare opportunity for readers to feel the atmosphere of palace sec...

“On the day when I have to meet you, I leave the house earlier than usual so that I can walk along the embankment; I have a meeting in a high-rise building -...

Story-monologue. Author's cover used.

“...Lord! I just now thought that this whole situation exactly repeats “Tolstoy’s”: Anna K., Alexey V. and Betsy T.!..” The work is included in the collectio...

There are many realities. In one of the realities you have superpowers, in another you are the president or mayor of the city, in the third the love of your ...

We present to your attention previously unpublished stories by the famous writer A.P. Ladinsky, well known to the reader from the historical novels “When Che...

A romantic parable about a chance meeting between the famous Russian ballerina Anna and a New York policeman named Steve. There is practically nothing betwee...

The remarkable Russian artist Yuri Pavlovich Annenkov (1889–1974) lived the last half century of his life abroad, in France. The book “Diary of My Meetings” ...

A novel by the leading Russian writer A. N. Annenskaya (1840–1915), known for her works for children. Her heroes go through a difficult journey of trials. Fo...

A story about a tragic incident. About the fact that words must be handled very carefully, carefully...