From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The “Read and Retell” book club has announced enrollment in a school for reading key philosophical texts, according to the Facebook page of the club’s founder and creator of the educational project “Gutenberg Smoking Room,” Mikhail Yanovich.

Konstantin Lvov - about the book "Young Proust in letters (1885–1907)" The lifestyle and way of thinking of the author “in search of the lost time” is well known to us not only from his seven -year epic, but also thanks to numerous documents, among which the writer's letters occupy a special place. It was they who clearly demonstrate how the young aristocrat was gradually preparing to become the author of one of the largest works of world literature of the 20th century, Konstantin Lviv is sure.

Andrey Karagodin about the crisis of historical science and about one new book about Crimea The publisher of Kriga published the 1200-page work of the local historian Alexander Krasnolutsky “The Southern coast of Crimea. The history of estates and cottages from 1783 to 1920.

A similar story happened in the United States, where a raised hand gesture was used to greet the state flag. It was introduced after the Civil War of 1892 as part of the program to strengthen state patriotism: schoolchildren were supposed to start the first lesson, having previously raised their hands (“Salute Bellamy”) and swearing in fidelity to the American flag.

Fragment of the book of Mungo Melvin "History of Crimea and Sevastopol" In Russian, a monograph by a British scientist, a specialist in the wars of Mungo Melvin “The History of Crimea and Sevastopol, is released. From Potemkin to the present day ”(the original book is called more colorful:“ Sevastopol's wars. Crimea from Potemkin to Putin ”). Gorky publishes a fragment dedicated to the first failures and successes of Russia in confrontation with the Crimean Tatars. Mungo Melvin.