About the book of Lyon Feikhtwanger "Moscow, 1937" Lyona Feikhtwanger, from the birthday of which has turned 140 years old, remembered the story as an apologet of the Stalinist terror, and not as a talented novelist. The reason for this is the book under the ominous name “Moscow, 1937”, justifying Stalin’s crimes in the name of the fight against fascism and other higher purposes.

About the novel by Asya Demishkevich “Once a boy, two boys” Asya Demishkevich’s novel “Once a boy, two boys” balances between a fairy tale and folk horror, but in fact it is a relevant and bitter statement about the reality in which we all find ourselves after February 2022. Read about him in the article by Sergei Syzgantsev. All of us, since February 24, 2022, have found ourselves in the face of advancing barbarism, violence and lies.

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Classics from the shadows: Alexey Zhemchuzhnikov In cultural memory, Alexey Mikhailovich Zhemchuzhnikov remained one of the “fathers” of Kozma Prutkov, although with his unusually long life by the standards of the 19th century, he was fully recognized and respected as an independent poet. Vasily Shubinsky explains why this happened. All of us, since February 24, 2022, have found ourselves in the face of advancing barbarity, violence and lies.

From the book "How China escaped shock therapy" Having occupied the post of Secretary General of the Communist Party of China in 1987, Zhao Ziyan proposed a plan for economic reforms, which were supposed to stabilize the prices of key goods. About how “soft landing” eventually served as a reason for criticism, and then the arrest of an official, read in an excerpt from the book of the German economist Isabella M. Weber.