Rudyard Kipling was born 145 years ago, on December 30, in the vast expanses of the British Empire, in Bombay. He was destined to travel around this very empire, and he wrote about it in such a way that it was largely thanks to him that it subsequently transformed into a light volunteer structure of the British Commonwealth of Nations.

Victor Orekhov after liberation from the Mari camp. 1986 “Dissa from the KGB” - this is the name of the book of the famous French journalist Nicolas Sorllo, who in March 2011 will be published in the French publishing house Stock. This is a documentary novel about the fate of the former captain of the KGB of the USSR Viktor Orekhov-a man completely unique in his own way.

And you, fry! New Year can do without anything, even without a Christmas tree. But never - without champagne. About where the “wine with bubbles” came from and which cocktails can be made from it - people recognized the New Times into those who do not drink champagne under any circumstances, those who cannot live without it, and on everyone else, that is, who use champagne from case to case to case. And it so happened that once a year, both aristocrats and ordinary mortals drink it.

Holidays are tiring. We are visiting us, guests ... therefore - this is the list of some events that will diversify the winter holidays Theater December 29 on the new stage of the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov will host an evening of poetry from the Circle of Reading Circle, which has been led by the director, actress and teacher of the Art Theater Marina Brusnikina for several years.

The performance, which for almost two years was played out for the whole world in the hall on the third floor of the Khamovniki Court, came to an end. Correspondents of The New Times watched the final act of this tragedy On the stairs sat a woman under 60, in a dressing gown and boots. Next to her stood a zinc bucket of water and a mop stuck in it. - Shall I sit? she asked a bald, thick man in a decent suit. "Sit, sit," he replied.