Interview with the historian of literature Svetlana Voloshina Why did Nicholas I close magazines like “domestic notes”, although he would like to get rid of them? Why did the head of his secret police write reports reminiscent of a criminal-erotic novel in places? And does Satan spread a stench smell when he comes to tempt an invisible way of the Minister of Education?

Seven (half) books about Pashkovtsy and their faith The history of Russian Protestantism began in the 19th century, and not somewhere, but in the highest circles of St. Petersburg society, but today we know little about this. To correct the situation, Philip Nikitin decided to talk about books that will help to better understand the movement of the Pashkovites - the followers of the teachings of the Christian preacher, the English Lord Grenville Rybstok.

Excerpt from the book “Red Easter”: the celebration of the anniversary of the October Revolution and the political culture of the Civil War ” On November 7, the Constituent Festival of the Soviet Union, far from immediately established itself in its usual form: it was preceded by the struggle between the scenarios of various political forces. With the involvement of previously unknown documents, the book of historian Konstantin Godunov tells about this.