Interview with artist and poet Evgeny Strelkov Nizhny Novgorod artist and poet Evgeny Strelkov has been studying the Volga for many years, studying it historically and artistically. The result of his research was the book “Volga Formula. Sketches of an Artist,” at Gorky’s request, Alexander Kuritsyn spoke with Evgeniy Mikhailovich about her, as well as about the author’s creative and reading biography.

Fragment of the book of diaries and letters by Etty Hillesum “I will never die anywhere” The diary of the Dutch Jewish woman Etty Hillesum (1914–1943), along with Anne Frank's Diary, is one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust. The records she kept between March 9, 1941 and October 13, 1942 show that even in such dire circumstances, Etty continued to love people and life and was ready to sacrifice herself to alleviate the suffering of others.

What to ask at bookstores The history of church strife, a study of the architecture of Kemalist Turkey, lectures on trauma, a programmatic work by the chief economist of the Prague Spring, and Mark Lipovetsky on the tricksters of Soviet culture. As usually happens on Fridays, the editors of Gorky talk about the new products of the week that they liked. All of us, since February 24, 2022, have found ourselves in the face of advancing barbarity, violence and lies.