Leonid Samotsvetov One of the projects of the Open Society Institute - "Pushkin Library" - can hardly even be called a project. This is a project of projects, or a megaproject. However, that is exactly what it is officially called. (Photo: Pavel Gorshkov ) The era of book publishing that was as turbulent as it was chaotic is passing, thank God. Chaos is slowly but steadily acquiring the features of some kind of order. The time has come for more or less thoughtful projects.

Eduard Shulman They're calling from an overseas consulate. Are you so-and-so? Me: Is it possible, they ask, to invite your priest? No, I say, you can’t... for two years now. Sorry, I sympathize, but what about your grandfather... Here we need to digress and explain who we are and where we come from. Our surname is Bialystoksky, natives, therefore, of Bialystok. This city is in Eastern Poland - Bialystok.

N. T. (Photo: Alexander Sorin ) The main bourgeois secret was not the atomic bomb, not missiles, not even computers. All this was more or less successfully reproduced by Soviet industry - with the help of espionage or even without it. She never managed to organize the production of fashionable clothes - jeans, there, or ladies' boots - until the very end.

Inna Shulzhenko Between a fashion designer and a seamstress: the gallery owner’s attempts to become a manager and combine fashion with domestic industry were unsuccessful Alexander Petlyura, project "12 months": his collection of costumes reflects the entire history of the Soviet Union.

Maria Kuzkina We were driving along a nouveau riche highway. The sun was shining in the back, heating up the black Muscovite. Inside were a friend driving, his mother-in-law, who was being taken from her dacha to Moscow, and me. The brains melted and flowed down the collar. But boredom was more tormenting when a friend suddenly said: - And there is the pyramid of hunger.

Elena Grueva The citrus family never ceases to amaze us with its variety of shapes, colors and tastes. (Photo: Alexander Sorin ) After all, I know: “everyone lies on calendars.” But I still make inquiries about all sorts of exotic fruits - you can’t rely only on your own organoleptic experience.

Egor Bykovsky District Judge Jackson earns his place in history by ordering giant Microsoft to split into two companies So, in the long, long antitrust process against Microsoft, which has been going on for almost five years with some interruptions, changes in signage and formal charges, a radical turning point has occurred. If earlier the parties fought on approximately equal terms, now one of them has been declared clearly wrong.

Dmitry Tsilikin St. Petersburg residents celebrate their famous white nights with dancing and fireworks Among the ballroom entertainment in Tsarskoe Selo were reconstructed fragments of ancient palace celebrations (pictured), waltzes by Johann Strauss, a performance by the Viennese singer Marcela Cerno and fireworks. (Photo: Victor Vasiliev ) Thanks to the care of Irina Nikitina, the Vienna Charity Ball was held in St. Petersburg for the second time.

Sergey Ivanov (L.A. Batkin "Leonardo da Vinci) Our column is devoted to insights, but so far it has only been about realized, or more precisely, materialized insights. But is it said that an embodied idea is more valuable than one that remains a brilliant idea?

Boris Zhukov The authorities of Novorossiysk are trying to delay the holding of a referendum on the construction of an oil terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium at least until the completion of this construction (Photo: Max Novikov ) On the water of the Novorossiysk seaport covered with a continuous film of oil, two huge red floats are quietly swaying. These are remote mooring devices (SPU), which should end the main oil pipeline starting at the Tengiz field in Kazakhstan.

Ilya Kukin At EURO 2000 there is a chance to see the heroes of the new century (Photo: AP ) The long-awaited tournament of the best teams of the Old World, held for the first time through the efforts of two neighboring states, has begun. After 20 days of fights on the fields of Belgium and Holland, we will find out who will be the last in this century to gain the proud title of European champion.

Dina Goder “My uncle has the most honest rules, tram-pam-pam,” the artists from Taganka sang and danced, beating the drums (Photo: Pavel Gorshkov ) For inquisitive journalists looking for an explanation for everything, the press release before retelling the plot of “Eugene Onegin” (against which the ridiculed English film is a standard of philosophical depth) says: “The action takes place in the artist’s studio.

Maria Babalova Fans of the famous conductor of the La Scala theater were subjected to searches (Photo: Natalya Loginova ) Riccardo Muti and the orchestra of Milan's La Scala theater came to Moscow for just one evening thanks to the efforts of the artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev. It was he who agreed with Muti that on the way to St. Petersburg for the Stars of the White Nights 2000 festival, the La Scala orchestra would stop by the capital.