On the 120th anniversary of the birth of Lazarus Lagin Today marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Lazar Lagin, the author of the Immortal "Old Man Hottabych." In honor of this significant date, Gleb Kolondo decided to speculate about what the gray -bearded genie in modern Russia could do - and how he could help us all. Starting from February 24, 2022, we were all in the face of the advancing barbarism, violence and lies.

About the unusual autobiography of the unusual theodore Michael Actor and journalist Theodor Michael (1925–2019) was born in the Weimar Republic, survived in the Third Reich, dedicated to post -colonial activism for many years, and yet, until the end of his days, he considered himself not just a German, but the bearer of Prussian identity. Arthur Grand tells about his amazing autobiography, unfortunately, not translated into Russian for readers of Gorky.

Who is Dietrich Sattler and what is the greatness of his publishing method On November 19, German textual critic Dietrich Sattler (1939–2023) passed away. A self-taught person who did not even have a high school education, Sattler became one of those who made a revolution in a highly specialized academic field - the technique of publishing manuscripts. The Frankfurt Collected Works of Friedrich Hölderlin, prepared by him, still remains one of the classic pinnacles of editorial practice.

Excerpt from the book of Vitaly Pen "The Battle of Golshah" The publishing house "Eurasia" was published by Vitaly Pensky's book, "The Battle of Golodi", dedicated to the battle of the many years of Russian-Crimean confrontation in 1572 in the Moscow Region: the Russian army defeated the army of the Crimean khan, Devlet-Girey I, thereby dispelled the imperial dreams of the Crimean ruling elite. We publish an excerpt from this study.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Towards the release of the Russian translation of Harald Jener’s book “Wolf Time. Germany and the Germans: 1945–1955”, prepared by the publishing house Individuum, the Tretyakov Gallery will show a retrospective film program “German Lessons”. It will include three films covering life in Germany after World War II from different angles, according to a press release received by the Gorky editorial office.