From the book “Venice. History of water and land" At the West Wind European Film Festival in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the documentary film “Voices from Chernobyl” based on the book “Chernobyl Prayer” by Svetlana Alexievich will be shown, organizers report. The world premiere of the film by Luxembourg director Paul Kruchten took place in January last year at the Trieste Film Festival. Voices from Chernobyl was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Alexander Shubin about the evolution of the biographies of the leader of the Russian Revolution By the centenary of the Great October Revolution, Leo Danilkin wrote the biography “Lenin: Pantocur of Solar Politniks”; April 22 marks the 147th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ulyanov.

Fragment from the book “Pataphysics: useless guide” Pataphysics - the science of exclusive, ironically complementing metaphysics and standing at the origins of such important phenomena of the 20th century as Dadaism, surrealism and situationalism, invented by the French poet and playwright Alfred. Pataphysical ideas were reflected in the works of many writers, philosophers and artists.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" An announcement about the search for a new sponsor appeared on the page of the charitable publishing project “Quadrivium” due to the fact that the previous one “finally retired.” “We are considering proposals in the following formats: sponsor of the project as a whole (from 100 rubles per month) and sponsor of the series (from 20 rubles per month). Proposals from both individuals and organizations are being considered,” the statement says.