Soviet Fiction

Москва 20-х годов — увлекательный рассказ знаменитого русского писателя, драматурга и театрального деятеля Михаила Афанасьевича Булгакова (1891–1940). Рассказчик в свое время обошел Москву вдоль и поперек, и знает каждую улицу и каждый дом. Он делится воспоминания о том, каким был этот город в 20-х годах XX века, о его домах с нерабочими лифтами, о коммуналках с тонкими перегородками и о болезненном "квартирном вопросе".

Moscow settings - is an exciting story by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940), an outstanding writer, playwright and theatre worker. Bulgakov was a Soviet playwright, novelist, and short story writer best known for his humor and penetrating satire. Because of their realism and humor, Bulgakov's works enjoyed great popularity, but their trenchant criticism of Soviet mores was increasingly unacceptable to the authorities.

The Komarov Case' - is an exciting story by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940), an outstanding writer, playwright and theatre worker. Moscow is in a cold sweat - people disappear one by one, and then the bags with their corpses are found in different parts of the city. According to the same mode of wounds and the method of tying of victims - all these murders is the work of the same person.

Максим Горький написал "Сказки", когда в 1906-1913 гг. жил в Италии, на волшебном, необыкновенно красивом острове Капри. "СКАЗКИ ОБ ИТАЛИИ" - на самом деле совсем не сказки. Это очерки, зарисовки реальной жизни, рассказы о простых людях, их чувствах, повседневных стремлениях и переживаниях.

8 июля 1709 года произошло генеральное сражение Северной войны, получившее название "Полтавской битвы". Разгром шведской армии русскими войсками под командованием Петра I стал важнейшим этапом в дальнейшей судьбе не только России, но всей Европы.

Akaki Akakievitch Baschmaschkin, fonctionnaire à Saint-Petersbourg, copie des actes à longueur de journée. Un jour, une constatation vient bouleverser le rythme paisible de ses journées : son manteau est usé jusqu'à la corde, et doit être remplacé. Alors, il se met à économiser, jour après jour, pour se payer un nouveau manteau. Enfin, il parvient à se l'offrir. Mais, en rentrant d'une fête organisée par ses collègues pour célébrer l'événement, Akaki est agressé et son manteau est volé.

War and Peace is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature.

War and Peace is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature.

Вы́стрел — четвертая повесть Александра Сергеевича Пушкина из цикла "Повести покойного Ивана Петровича Белкина". Это история об отставном гусаре Сильвио, и его шестилетнем ожидании мести.

НОС (в исполнении Владимира Левашева) С героем повести Н.В. Гоголя, майором Ковалевым приключился необъяснимый случай. Проснувшись утром, он обнаружил, что его нос, его собственный нос исчез! Фантастика? Анекдот? Шутка? Но майору не до шуток.

Christmas Eve is the first story in the second volume of the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol. The story opens with a description of the winter scenery of Dikanka, Ukraine, a witch flying across the night sky and the devil stealing the moon and hiding it in his pocket, first playing with it in the sky, which no one in the village notices. Since it is the night before Christmas, the devil is free to roam around and torment people as he pleases, so he decides to find a way to get back at the village blacksmith, Vakula, because he paints religious art in the church.

Part 5: Kostya and Kitty marry and start their new life on his country estate. Although the couple are happy, they undergo a bitter and stressful first three months of marriage. Kostya feels dissatisfied at the amount of time Kitty wants to spend with him and dwells on his inability to be as productive as he was as a bachelor. When the marriage starts to improve, Kostya learns that his brother, Nikolai, is dying of consumption. Kitty offers to accompany Kostya on his journey to see Nikolai and proves herself a great help in nursing Nikolai.

Part 4: When Anna and Vronsky continue seeing each other, Karenin consults with a lawyer about obtaining a divorce. During the time period, a divorce in Russia could only be requested by the innocent party in an affair and required either that the guilty party confessed or that the guilty party be discovered in the act of adultery. Karenin forces Anna to hand over some of Vronsky's love letters, which the lawyer deems insufficient as proof of the affair. Stiva and Dolly argue against Karenin's drive for a divorce.

Part 6: Dolly, her children, and her mother, the Princess Shcherbatskaya, spend the summer with Kostya and Kitty. The couple's life is simple and unaffected, although Kostya is uneasy at the "invasion" of so many Shcherbatskys. He becomes extremely jealous when one of the visitors, Veslovsky, flirts openly with the pregnant Kitty. Kostya tries to overcome his jealousy, and briefly succeeds during a hunt with Veslovsky and Oblonsky, but eventually succumbs to his feelings and asks Veslovsky to leave. Veslovsky immediately goes to stay with Anna and Vronsky at their nearby estate.

War and Peace is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature. Book 8: 1811-12: After Prince Andrew’s engagement to Natásha, Pierre without any apparent cause suddenly felt it impossible to go on living as before.

The terrifying, lengthening list of Russia’s use of lethal poisons against its critics has inspired acclaimed author Sergei Lebedev’s latest novel. With uncanny timing, he examines how and why Russia and the Soviet Union have developed horrendous neurotoxins. At its center is a ruthless chemist named Professor Kalitin, obsessed with developing an absolutely deadly, undetectable, and untraceable poison for which there is no antidote. But Kalitin becomes consumed by guilt over countless deaths from his Faustian pact to create the ultimate venom.

Судьба человека (1956-1957 гг.) - пронзительный рассказ о временах Великой Отечественной войны. Одно из первых произведений советской литературы, в котором война показана правдиво и наглядно. Плен, немецкие концлагеря, побег, возвращение на фронт, потеря близких, тяжелое послевоенное время, попытка найти родную душу, спастись от одиночества. Рассказ экранизировал Сергей Бондарчук, он же и исполнил в нем главную роль, - фильм начинающего режиссера получил главный приз Московского кинофестиваля в 1959 году.

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Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.

Memoirs of a Madman or Diary of a Madman is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol. Along with The Overcoat and The Nose, Diary of a Madman is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during the repressive era of Nicholas I. Following the format of a diary, the story shows the descent of the protagonist, Poprishchin, into insanity. Diary of a Madman, the only one of Gogol's works written in first person, follows diary-entry format.