material: Eduard Limonov illustrations: Sofia Khananashvili Yesterday, the Alpina.Proza publishing house published Eduard Limonov’s novel “Moscow in May,” the manuscript of which was considered lost for many years. We are publishing two chapters from it, in which Ed Limonov comes first to the funeral of the “last futurist Kruchenykh”, and then of the artist Hulo Sooster. The hero reflects on death, meets Gennady Aigi, Voznesensky, Lilya Brik and others, cries, drinks vodka and eats raw meat.

material: Sergey Galaktionov illustrations: Sergey Galaktionov Demagogue launches a series of online lectures on perestroika. On Sunday, our YouTube channel hosted an introductory lecture about perestroika by historian, social anthropologist and co-founder of Demagogue Sergei Galaktionov. About why perestroika happened at all and whether it was possible to do without it, what it became for Gorbachev and the country, why it failed and where it found its end - in the recording of the lecture !