About the book of Dan Jones about the collapse of the plantagenet and the accession of Tudor The new book of the British historian Dan Jones, translated into Russian, shows that the so -called war of the scarlet and white rose, or rather, the civil war in England in the second half of the 15th century, was caused not by a clash of ambition, but by a crisis of the traditional monarchy, which has experienced very difficult times. Read more about this in the material of Dmitry Ivanov.

Andrey Ranchin - About the first Russian poet Why does the chameleon personify the effectiveness of Christ prayer, what is the similarity of the baroque emblem with television advertising and who are the "toads to be asleep"? Simeon Polotsk (1629-1680) - the first Russian poet in the proper sense of the word - brought up the sons of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, was fond of astrology and composed “Virsi” in Polish.

Fragment of the book of Tinto Brass "Thirst for Freedom" The films of Tinto Brass are called vivid statements about freedom, and his entire biography indicates a passionate desire to go beyond once and for all established social norms. This is also stated in the book of the Italian director with the subtitle "Ethics, Aesthetics and Erotica." We offer to read her fragment in which the novice filmmaker meets his first wife.