Gogol cry. Gogol scream. Gogol's life The only photograph of Gogol was taken in 1845 by Sergei Levitsky. In the photo Gogol, along with artists and architects in Rome The gogol-gymnasium, going to play in the school performance of the old Bornage, bent his nose with his finger so that he touched the upper lip. So there should be an old man with a hooked nose! In St.

The Russian Orthodox Church and Patriarch Kirill became the absolute allies of the Kremlin. You can understand: the fate of the hierarchs who did not believe that "all power from God" was always unenviable Photo: Artem Krasnov / Kommersant The current Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, as you know, justifies and blesses all the actions of the current leadership of the Russian Federation.

Alexander Genis. New book in the genre The cover of the book of Alexander Genis "Saints of Culture" From the editorial office Alexander Genis published a book written in the traditional, but radically updated calendar genre. To introduce it to our readers, we offer the introduction to it and three “leaves” from the Genis calendar. From the author My love for this genre began with the "daily calendar of Martyanov." I knew his compiler well.

In those days, the expression “second Chechen war” was in free circulation, therefore, returning to this story, I will not change anything Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" I wrote this text 20 years ago. For one purpose - in order not to forget the life that turned us both. In those days, the expression “Second Chechen War” was in free circulation, therefore, returning to this story, I will not change anything. My guest of the capital has long grown, he has two children - a boy and a girl.

The thorny path of the theme of Babi Yar in Soviet music and poetry. 18+ Vasily Ovchinnikov. Fragment of the triptych “Babi Yar. The road doomed " There is a huge advantage in music: She can, without mentioning anything, say everything.

Thomas Mann, German Hesse and Tit Liby - about what is happening now Illustration: Anna Zhavoronkova / "New Gazeta" In my far from a short life there was no day without reading. I just do not know how to exist without a book that allows myself to rely on the most difficult days, like those that go a mournful series from February 24. I suspect that I am not the only one, so I’m ready to share the list of what I read.

It is difficult for people who are important for their group affiliation. That psychologists and philosophers know about collective responsibility The main gate of the Buchenwald concentration camp with the motto “everyone according to merits”. Photo: Wikipedia Recently, even in everyday conversations of citizens, the concepts of collective guilt and personal responsibility have firmly included.

The largest uprising of the prisoners of the Gulag, in which more than 16 thousand people participated. How it was Photo: Archive of the FSB of Russia in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Fund No. 7, Arch. No. P-21078, Volume 10, L.D. 166 l (package No. 1) The spring of 1953 in the Soviet Union turned out to be warm. Not only in terms of weather, but also in terms of politics. On March 5, Stalin died, and there was hope for a quick cessation of repression.

The associates of Medinsky could not rewrite the history of mass executions in Sandarmokh. Now they are trying to vulgarize her Photo: Arden Arkman / "New Gazeta" A portrait of a man in a cap and a guards overcoat hangs between the pines on a steel cross. He is a little full, he has sad eyes and thick black mustache. Yakov Komlev was 49 years old, he was shot in Sandarmokh on April 21, 1938.

The associates of Medinsky could not rewrite the history of mass executions in Sandarmokh. Now they are trying to vulgarize her Photo: Arden Arkman / "New Gazeta" A portrait of a man in a cap and a guards overcoat hangs between the pines on a steel cross. He is a little full, he has sad eyes and thick black mustache. Yakov Komlev was 49 years old, he was shot in Sandarmokh on April 21, 1938.