From the book “Venice. History of water and land" At a meeting on Wednesday, the Moscow City Duma approved the construction of monuments to writers Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Chingiz Aitmatov in the city, writes RIA Real Estate. They plan to erect a monument to Solzhenitsyn in the park on the writer’s street of the same name; the construction of the monument will be financed by the writer’s charitable foundation.

What Hitler read Gorky begins a series of materials about the book shelves of historical personalities. In the first issue, Yegor Sennikov talks about the beloved writers of Adolf Hitler. If we talk about Hitler and books, then he is better known as a writer, and not as a reader. Everyone heard about the book "My Struggle", which Hitler wrote sitting in the Landsberg prison; Some, perhaps, know that Hitler, like that writer from a joke, also had a second book, which was called “Zvitesbukh”.

Menshevik about red terror, Left Socialist -Revolutionary Office of Revolutionary Violence A review of historical literature from Dmitry Stakhov: the memoirs of the Bundian and the thoughts of the People's Commissar of Justice of the RSFSR about the October Revolution. Grigory Aronson. At the dawn of red terror. VChK - Butyrki - Orovsky Central. M.: Kuchkovo Field, 2017 Isaac Steinberg. Moral face of the revolution.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized as legal the decision to liquidate the association of public associations “International Confederation of Unions of Artists” at the request of the Russian Ministry of Justice, RAPSI writes . Thus, the appellate court left unchanged the decision, according to which the responsibility for liquidating the organization was assigned to one of the founders of the Union of Artists of Russia.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The jury of the literary award "NOS" ("New Literature") announced a long list of nominees for the award in 2017. The list included: Olga Breininger “There was no Adderall in the Soviet Union” Alexander Brener “Lives of Murdered Artists” Sana Valiulina “I’m not afraid of Bluebeard” Mikhail Gigolashvili “The Secret Year” Dmitry Glukhovsky * Recognized by the Russian authorities as a foreign agent. "Text" Lev Danilkin “Lenin.

Alexey Polyarinov on the anniversary of the author of “The Dark Tower” Today marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of Stephen King, one of the most popular modern writers. Especially for Gorky, Alexey Polyarinov talks about how King himself comprehends his writing skills and what he can teach aspiring writers. Almost all books about writing are useless.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" On September 25, the State Public Historical Library of Russia (GPIB) will open the main reading room, the library’s website reports . At 16.30, library staff will tell visitors how the restoration of the building took place, remind them of what the hall and library looked like before 2014, and show the restored large hall.