More about Lama Bidiya Dandaron and his “Black Notebook” Recently, Gorky published an article by Alexey Strizhov dedicated to the Buryat lama Bidiya Dandaron and his book “The Black Notebook,” which, among other things, sets out the concept of “social karma.” This article came across to an independent researcher of eastern spiritual systems, Mikhail Matrekhin, who decided not so much to argue as to supplement the observations of his colleague on contemplating the black rocks of the Dharma.

From the book “Pictures from the exhibition: science and technology in the early USSR (based on the materials of the All -Russian Exhibition of 1923)” ” In the discussion of the forks in the development of the early Soviet state, the historian of science Olga Elina with the study of the first All -Union exhibition is included. We publish an excerpt dedicated to the ideological landmarks of this event, where not so much a portrait of a real country was proposed as its future and desired image.

Lessons of artistic lies from Prince Tsitinov Georgian Prince Dmitry Evseevich Tsitsyanov (1747–1835)-a secular lion, Kutil, a notorious liar and the main stand-up comedian of pre-Popuvernia Moscow. He entertained the audience with bikes about shaggy fish and alcoholic babies, and he convinced the audience of the veracity of his stories. Some of these stories have been preserved.