A strange time has come. Soon our poor teachers will introduce themselves like prisoners: first name, last name, article Elvira GORYUKHINA columnist for Novaya Teaching life is more stressful than ever.

The playwright and historian Edward Radzinsky is known throughout the country as a fascinating storyteller, whose expressive manner of narrating the affairs of bygone days came to every home through television, repeatedly became the object of parodies and found its own circle of admirers. You can come for it on October 5 at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall for Radzinsky’s author’s evening “The Damned Age”. What exactly will be discussed is unknown. Definitely not about Stalin.

On October 5, at the Arena Moscow club, the most out of this world - in the best sense of originality and uniqueness - group “Auktsion” celebrates its thirtieth anniversary. Strictly speaking, the history of the group goes back more than thirty years, as well as more than a dozen studio albums, not counting the side projects and solo works of the “manager of everything” Leonid Fedorov - the voice and soul of “Auktsion”. Well, it's really all about the numbers.

There is another bankruptcy on the media retail market. This time, it seems, caused by a conflict within the company itself Our readers know where to buy Novaya Gazeta: everyone probably has their own kiosk. And you are unlikely to be interested in the path the newspaper takes from the editorial office to your hands. Meanwhile, along this path, income and expenses are formed, that is, the budget of the publication.

A letter from Nadezhda Tolokonnikova from a Mordovian colony, in which the girl describes the inhuman living conditions of the prisoners, made the conditions of detention in Russian colonies the number one topic. Newspapers and television started talking about the “most terrible Mordovian camps in the country.” However, Mordovia is far from an exception. All over Russia, people are imprisoned in the same conditions as the women in IK-14.

August 21, 1991 and October 4, 1993 - the failure of the State Emergency Committee and the armed conflict between the elected president and the elected parliament, which ended in the victory of President Yeltsin - are considered fateful dates for Russia due to the freshness of the legend. So, they say, at this time it was decided, it broke down and moved on.

The mayoral campaign showed that opposition candidates have a chance in Moscow. It’s still small – somewhere around 30% of the vote – but quite noticeable. Now the number one goal is the Moscow City Duma: for the opposition - to conquer, for United Russia - to retain. After the “standard” mayoral campaign, the 2014 Moscow City Duma elections will be held according to new rules.

Galina Shirshina, who is called the “Karelian Cinderella,” can dramatically change the political situation in the region, where there has long been a war between Yabloko and United Russia. Train station in Petrozavodsk. In the center of the station square stands a homemade Big Ben - a stele with a clock and a portrait of Yuri Gagarin.

A revolution must be able to defend itself. Including the bourgeois revolution Former head of the presidential administration Sergei Filatov recalled how he stood and talked with Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Shumeiko, and the chairman of the Supreme Council Ruslan Khasbulatov, passing by, said to them: “Well, are you done playing, you sons of bitches?” To which Shumeiko replied: “Well, you morel, keep quiet, otherwise I’ll smear you all over this wall. What do you allow yourself?

An exhibition of works by People's Artist of the Russian Federation, corresponding member of the Academy of Arts Igor Pchelnikov and Sergei Antonov opened in the Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists on Kuznetsky Most, 3 Even very large collective exhibitions can be tediously homogeneous, for example in theme and style. Here is a different case: this small paired exhibition turned out to be extremely rich and varied, almost scattered - in subjects, genre, creative, and even human attitude.

This year the music world celebrates the bicentenary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi. October 10, the composer’s birthday, in the Concert Hall. Tchaikovsky Moscow Philharmonic and the Galina Vishnevskaya Center for Opera Singing present a large gala concert in which arias, symphonic and choral fragments from the operas “Don Carlos”, “Il Trovatore”, “Macbeth”, “Nabucco”, “Aida”, “Othello” will be performed.

Why is the crew of the Arctic Sunrise imprisoned? Novaya columnist Artemy Troitsky For a long time I did not dare to comment on the terrible events in the Barents Sea and the city of Murmansk for ethical reasons. The fact is that I have the honor and privilege of being a member of the board of Greenpeace Russia.

Exceptions to the capital's new urban planning policy make one wonder: have the rules of the game changed? Even in his first year as mayor, Sergei Sobyanin proclaimed new principles of attitude towards heritage: he spoke of the need for “conservation” of the historical center and a “virtual ban” on new construction.

— Dear Mr. President! After the events of October 3-4 and the decisive steps taken by the government, a certain part of society began to fear for the fate of democracy in the country. Is it possible to say that you personally made a choice in favor of establishing a tougher, authoritarian government, considering the democratic path of reforming the country to be no longer possible, or is this point of view, in your opinion, wrong?

October 5 is the anniversary of Inna Churikova In Moscow, in the most comfortable Domuseum of M.S. Shchepkin, the exhibition “Light Actress Inna Churikova” opened. There are stills from the films: “The Beginning” (replacing the legendary, never filmed “Joan of Arc”, “There is no ford in fire”, “Please speak”, “Vassa”, “Hen Ryaba”, “Field Romance”).