Mikhail EPSHTEIN is a very serious person. He is a philosopher, culturologist, literary critic, member of the Pen Club, professor of cultural theory and Russian literature at Emory University (Atlanta). The books and articles he writes have titles that don't... M ikhail EPSHTEIN is a very serious person. He is a philosopher, culturologist, literary critic, member of the Pen Club, professor of cultural theory and Russian literature at Emory University (Atlanta).

Waiting for bad news spoils the mood more than the news itself. A classic anecdote: an old Jew wakes up every night from two thuds on the wall. This kicks off his boots, returning home from the second shift, his proletarian neighbor.... Waiting for bad news spoils the mood more than the news itself. TO A classic anecdote: an old Jew wakes up every night from two thumps on the wall. This throws off his boots, returning home from the second shift, his neighbor is a proletarian.

Her poems are wise and beautiful, and her fate is the hardest, like that of most poets. Ksenia NEKRASOVA is one of the quietest names in the poetry of the 20th century. A unique phenomenon in Russian lyrics - outlandish, lonely, not fitting into any framework and not ... Well Her poems are wise and beautiful, and fate is the hardest, like that of most poets. Ksenia NEKRASOVA is one of the quietest names in the poetry of the 20th century.

Traditionally, at the beginning of spring, films that are included in the cast of the elite are released on the screens of Russia: winners of the Globe, nominees for the Oscar. The public is in a hurry to deliver their verdict before the overseas academics. Iris is a biographical, somewhat... T Traditionally, at the beginning of spring, films that are included in the cast of the elite are released on the screens of Russia: winners of the Globe, nominees for the Oscar.

In recent days, my beloved has a mysterious face. I would like to think he is in pain. It's hard to surprise me. Especially about. It's nice to see when a man suffers for you. Dries. All women are latent sadists. I want my holiday... IN the last days my beloved has a mysterious face. I would like to think he is in pain. It's hard to surprise me. Especially about. It's nice to see when a man suffers for you. Dries. All women are latent sadists.

Beloved and always blooming Moldova is now Europe, very impoverished, but Europe. Very proud, but completely separate. “We are always between two breads,” a sad priest told me, who was a deputy, works in parliamentary commissions and ... L beloved and always flourishing Moldavia is now Europe, very impoverished, but Europe. Very proud, but completely separate.

Aggression is part of life. How to resist her? How to control the aggression that is inherent in all of us? Virtual corpses Aggression - causing damage to surrounding living organisms - is universal. People have wider parameters of struggle. We... Aggression is part of life. How to resist her? How to control the aggression that is inherent in all of us? virtual corpses Aggression - causing damage to surrounding living organisms - is universal. People have wider parameters of struggle.

The Mariinsky Opera opened the Golden Mask 2002 Rimsky-Korsakov's The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia and Wagner's The Valkyrie – operas doomed to bear the weight of national mythologies about the beginning and end of the world. Our context is change...

Eduard BOYAKOV, General Director of the Golden Mask Association: - Moscow Art Theater. A.P. Chekhov, the Documentary Scene Center and the Golden Mask have just established a festival of contemporary Russian play New Drama. The idea of ​​the festival was supported by STD... Eduard BOYAKOV, General Director of the Golden Mask Association: - Moscow Art Theater. A.P. Chekhov, the Documentary Scene Center and the Golden Mask have just established a festival of contemporary Russian play New Drama.

Grigory Pasko has been behind bars for 72 days. Say his lawyer Anatoly Pyshkin and public defender Alexander Tkachenko Anatoly PYSHKIN: - It so happened that today Primorye is in the lead in terms of the number of espionage cases. Apart from the Pasko case, this... G Grigory Pasko has been behind bars for 72 days.

It's amazing where the gentlemen screenwriters and writers are looking. They want to suck it out of their fingers, tear at each other's cardboard compositions, when here it is - a ready-made life, in which there is literally everything. What would you like? Historical thriller... At it's amazing where the gentlemen screenwriters and writers are looking.

Once the cat Matroskin comes to the postman Pechkin and asks: - Listen, Pechkin. The state of the press worries me. As soon as you find a good program on TV, someone immediately closes it. “For example?” Pechkin asks. —... ABOUT one day the cat Matroskin comes to the postman Pechkin and asks: - Listen, Pechkin. The state of the press worries me. As soon as you find a good program on TV, someone immediately closes it. “For example?” Pechkin asks.

The recent SU-24 crash kept the whole of Russia in suspense for almost a week. On February 19, while performing a training flight, a front-line bomber that took off from the Smuravevo airfield suddenly disappeared from the radar screens. Communication with board... H The recent SU-24 crash kept the whole of Russia in suspense for almost a week.

Vyacheslav Zaitsev, collection "Invasion" - 2003 The show at the "Novaya Opera" was an anniversary one - for the fortieth anniversary of the first Zaitsev collection (that collection of 1962 was called "Telogreika"). The Invasion models are dominated by the colors of 2003: coral,... Vyacheslav Zaitsev, collection "Invasion" - 2003 P The appearance at the Novaya Opera was a jubilee - on the fortieth anniversary of Zaitsev's first collection (that 1962 collection was called Telogreika).

Even after a court decision, officers cannot achieve justice A year ago (in Novaya Gazeta No. 14 of February 28, 2001), in the article “Officers under the general’s guns,” we talked about young officers - six captains, whom they ... Even after the decision of the court, the officers cannot achieve justice G One day ago (in Novaya Gazeta No.