About Peter Cooper's Insectopolis A comic for kidults, on the pages of which large black cicadas with red eyes shout at each other with the word “SEEEEKKSS?”, sounds moderately promising, and in fact it is. However, Gorky's in-house art entomologist Gleb Kolondo is ready to explain to you how to get the most out of this strange work. All of us, since February 24, 2022, have found ourselves in the face of advancing barbarity, violence and lies.

From the book “The Battle for Spices. How the confrontation of the 16th century determined the structure of the modern world" The struggle for control of the spice trade in the 16th century launched the Age of Discovery, which brought many surprises and no less sorrows to the world. We are publishing an excerpt from the book by historian Roger Crowley, dedicated to the passage of Magellan's expedition across the Pacific Ocean.

In memory of Konstantin Bogdanov Konstantin Bogdanov, the author of works on folklore that significantly expanded the boundaries of this discipline in Russia, has passed away. His colleague at the Pushkin House, Valery Vyugin, recalls the scientific work and some of Konstantin Anatolyevich’s books. All of us, since February 24, 2022, have found ourselves in the face of advancing barbarity, violence and lies.