From the book "Songs about nothing? Russian pop music at the turn of the eras: 1980-1990s " Contrary to the name, the book of Daria Zhurkova applies not only to the music of the 1980s and 1990s. The culturologist pays much attention to the rethinking of the perestroika and “Yeltsin” culture in the hits of the last decades.

In memory of Boris Ostanin Boris Ostanin, a writer, translator, essayist, researcher, who occupied an important place in the Leningrad underground, and in post-Soviet times was in no hurry to present his work to the city and the world, has passed away. Alexey Konakov reflects on what his life and work can teach us. All of us, since February 24, 2022, have found ourselves in the face of advancing barbarity, violence and lies.

About the book “Beyond the Secular Order” For 30 years now, Anglican theologian John Milbank has been waging an implacable battle with the modern world, using the means of what he himself calls radical orthodoxy. Albert Sarkisyants explains why the last of his books, translated into Russian, deserves to be read despite the unreadable style. All of us, since February 24, 2022, have found ourselves in the face of advancing barbarity, violence and lies.

Seven books about Pentecostals in Russia In the world there are about three hundred million followers of Pentecosts, almost a million of whom live in Russia. However, in our country, this branch of Protestantism is still perceived as exotic, and even representatives of close denominations are wary of its followers. About what books will help to understand this spiritual course, says Philip Nikitin.

About the new biography of Bismarck In the ZhZL series, a book about Otto von Bismarke - politics, which is not deprived of biographies, was published. Why the work of Germanist Nikolai Vlasov is not only the best biography of the Iron Chancellor in Russian, but also a labor that can interest even a German reader, says economist and political scientist Dmitry Travin. Starting from February 24, 2022, we were all in the face of the advancing barbarism, violence and lies.