Author and presenter: Peter Weil Peter Weil: The enormous and long-standing popularity of Sergei Dovlatov’s books is amazing. He avoided and was so afraid of any teaching, but one learns to live by it. They love him, no longer distinguishing between where the hero is and where the author is. Moreover, the hero of Sergei Dovlatov’s books is almost always called Sergei Dovlatov. What is the secret of loving this character? This is the next program from the “Heroes of Time” series.

Author and presenter: Peter Weil Peter Weil: Taking part in the program are: cultural critic Natalya Ivanova, literary critic, son of the author of the novel Evgeny Pasternak and screenwriter Yuri Arabov. Doctor Zhivago is a cult name not only for Russia, since the novel by Boris Pasternak, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has been translated into all major languages ​​of the world.

See also: RS programs dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the events of August 1991 Vladimir Baburin: 10 years ago, on August 19, 1991, among other things - the removal of the president, the deployment of troops - the most massive, probably since the beginning of the Bolshevik dictatorship, was carried out - an action to establish total censorship and strangulation of freedom of the press.

Author and presenter Alexander Genis <<< Program seven >>> "TERE-TERE" I came to Estonia in the spring of 1997 not because of Dovlatov, but at the invitation of the publisher. Having sent me to the Baltics, fate slightly confused me with the address - I ended up not in my native Riga, but in my cousin Tallinn. However, many people are not firm in Baltic geography.

Written and hosted by Mario Corti <<< Fifth gear >>> "Who was jealous of whom" Envy - this is what Pushkin initially intended to call his play about Mozart and Salieri. The legend has taken root. It is repeated in the drama by Peter Schaeffer and in the film by the American director Forman. This is an anachronism. Unlike Pushkin and the musical philistine of our days, Mozart did not think in terms of romanticism. Times were different.

On the last day of 2006, six matches of the regular championship were held in the NHL: "Minnesota" - "Anahaim" - 4: 3 Detroit - Los Angeles - 6: 2 "Columbus" - "Chicago" - 3: 1 "Dallas" - "San Jose" - 2: 4 "Carolina" - "Philadelphia" - 2: 5 "Kalgary" - "Edmonton" - 4: 2

Since January 1, Moscow has been increasing for housing and utilities. In particular, in houses with all amenities, without water metering devices - a monthly fee for cold water will be 67 rubles 80 kopecks, for drainage 90 rubles 90 kopecks. The cost of hot water in the same houses will increase to 228 rubles 70 kopecks per month from one person. One kilowatt -hour of electricity for residents of houses with gas stoves will cost 2 rubles 8 kopecks, with electric stoves - a ruble of 47 kopecks.

The results of 2006 will summarize political scientists Stanislav Belkovsky, Dmitry Oreshkin, Alexey Kara-Murza.

President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said that his country enters into "new economic reality." A few minutes before the New Year, Gazprom and Minsk signed a contract for the supply and transit of Russian gas for the next five years. At the final stage of negotiations, the Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky was present. Belarus begins to pay a hundred dollars for a thousand cubic meters of gas - against the previous 46.

On New Year's Eve, seven matches of the regular championship were played in the NBA: "San Antonio" - "Atlanta" - 95:81 Los Angeles Clippers - "New York" - 90:80 Detroit - "Phoenix" - 101: 108 "Houston" - "Memphis" - 111: 109 "Denver" - "Dallas" - 85:89 "Los Angeles Lakers" - "Philadelphia" - 104: 94 "Seattle" - "Boston" - 101: 95

Russia accepts from Qatar the post of chairman of the UN Security Council. On Tuesday, the Russian representative at the United Nations Vitaly Churkin will meet with the new General Secretary of the United Nations Pan Hi Muna. The chairman is changing in the Security Council every month.

Tens of thousands of residents of the Kaliningrad region remained on New Year's Eve without electricity. Due to the hurricane, the power supply of several areas of Kaliningrad and many rural settlements was violated. The restoration of damaged lines is planned to be completed in the evening.

A new Bulgarian coin minted to commemorate the country's entry into the EU The New Year holiday cost Bulgaria one and a half million euros. For such expenses, this small and poor country went for the first time, but the occasion is worth it: in the eighth year of hard work, the country entered the European Union. On New Year's Eve from the central streets of Sofia, the anthem of the European Union sounded, the capital until the morning was all in fireworks.

Russia widely noted the offensive of the new - 2007 - year. It is also noted by millions of people in other countries of the world. The first on the planet 2007 was the residents of the kingdom of Tong and New Zealand. A million people gathered in the port of the Australian Sydney, where a traditional counting of seconds was sounded before the New Year. About 250 thousand police officers were brought to Beijing's streets to prevent accidents during fireworks.

In Russia, the law on "maternal capital" entered into force - a woman already having children, at the birth or adoption of the next child, receives 250 thousand rubles from the state. “Maternity capital” cannot be cashed out - he can go to pay for the child’s education, the purchase of housing or to increase the pension of the mother. The childcare allowance is also increasing up to a year and a half.