In the Yihs: a collection of articles on the Russian intelligentsia. M.: Publisher V. M. Sablin, 1909. 210 p. * * * When and how much The collection "Milestones" was published 16 (29 - in the new style) of March 1909 in Moscow in the publishing house of V. M. Sablin with a circulation of 3,000 copies (of which 2853 were sold in the first two days). Then, until the beginning of 1910, he withstood four more reprints.

From the editorial office. This week, June 22, a presentation of the new project "Civil Literary Forum" took place in the book cafe "Bilingual". The press conference was attended by writers Yuri Mamleev, Mikhail Tarkovsky, Vera Galaktionova, Zakhar Prilepin, Sergey Shargunov, Roman Senchin, Lidia Sycheva; Critics are Vladimir Bondarenko and Kapitolina Kokshenev (forum chairman), as well as the playwright Vladimir Malyagin.

Eternity is deafly heard in the name "Milestones". Significant coincidence. Written on the anger of the day and those that confused this great work of Russian journalism in fact contained something eternal, prophetic. The intellectual courage of the authors “milestone”, the stunning novelty of the position they declared did not receive proper recognition either a hundred years ago or now.

From the editorial office. From how the image of Russia is refracted in the Western public and media space, the “Russian magazine” was told by Anatol Liven, the famous British-American political scientist, one of the key Western experts in Russia and the Middle East, the former correspondent of “The Times” during the fighting in Chechnya.

The first reaction of President Obama to protests in Iran was silence. This means that he took a careful, almost neutral position, the purpose of which is to avoid accusations of "interference" in intra -Iranian affairs. I recall two cases here: Ronald Reagan’s neutral reaction to the electoral crisis in the Philippines in 1986 and the neutral reaction of George Bush Sr. to an attempt by a coup d'etat against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991. However, both Reagan and the Bush Sr.

The deterioration of Russian-American relations is, of course, a negative moment for China. China is primarily interested in economic development. And this requires two things: firstly, the global market, and secondly, calm and order in international relations. Any excesses in the international arena will not benefit the economic development of China. Of course, China is an important player in the international arena.

Last week, active YouTube and Live Journal resources throughout the world received two gifts. The first of them presented to them by the President of the United States of America, in an interview, answering the question of the domestic political state of his country, killed a well -aimed blow, according to some commentators, who is pretty boring to him. The second gift was presented with unknown dissidents from Iran.

1. Future in the Past - there is in English the following form of future tense: the future in the past . This is when I said three days ago that in 20 years everything will be so and so. But this phrase has another dimension. It consists in the fact that the future (if its approximate temporary range is fixed in speech or on paper) always has a tendency to approach. Up to the point that it can quite easily become the past. Up to repeat it.

From the editorial office. Israel the other day made the initiative to cancel the amendment of Jackson-Vennik. The country's leadership supports the Middle Eastern Conference in Moscow. Last year, there was a cancellation of visas for Russian citizens who wanted to visit Israel. According to international experts, this is an obvious evidence of a serious convergence of the interests of Russia and Israel.