Today’s selection of “Conversations” was sent to us by writer Nikolai Kalinin from Mtsensk. It included childhood statements from his son Pavel, who grew up long ago, became a director and made a film based on Ivan Bunin’s story “Mitya’s Love.” Four-year-old Pavlik is walking with his mother and suddenly starts limping. - Did you twist your ankle? - No, the shoe doesn’t fit. They took off the shoe, and there was a pea. * * * Pavlik is four years old. He sits on my lap after the feast.

Zhirya beats ladies in the Duma, And Zyugan is a bore. I’ll give my voice to Dima - He's a miracle in feathers! Marina Shcherbakova, Cherkessk

The dominance of fake paintings could ruin the Russian antique market. To combat the influx of them, Rosokhrankultura even publishes a multi-volume catalog of painting fakes. The third volume was recently presented to the public. How many there will be in total is a mystery - the market for fakes is inexhaustible... Meanwhile, for several years now, Colonel Koshkin has been offering his own method, which allows almost one hundred percent to distinguish “leftist” from masterpieces of painting.

After winning the World Athletics Championships, I received such attention... Very unusual! In two days I gave out as many interviews as I couldn’t get in a whole year. Having returned from Spain, I only managed to look into the dorm, threw my things and rushed by car to my native Bryansk for a couple of days to see my grandmother. I wanted to be with my family, chat with friends, but instead I answer endless questions - my cell phone just keeps ringing.

Zhirya beats ladies in the Duma, And Zyugan is a bore. I’ll give my voice to Dima - He's a miracle in feathers! Marina Shcherbakova, Cherkessk

A Russian must change his passport at the age of 20 and 45. I went on a spree for a month after my birthday, and the main document of the country is no longer valid. All you need to do to avoid a fine is to hand over your passport for exchange on time. But what about, for example, a bedridden patient or disabled person? Of course, if he has nephews or sisters, then they should take care of obtaining a new passport for the relative. Otherwise, they will leave him without a pension.

Children's montage for the 95th anniversary of Sergei Mikhalkov From Paris, Konotop, From the Balearic Islands They send greetings: “Uncle Styopa! Congratulations, stay healthy!” A warrior writes from a trench, A mother writes from the maternity hospital: “Happy anniversary, Uncle Styopa! Congratulations!

Commies re-imagined They gave me Zyuganov... Oh, I’m dying of laughter right now - They put it in the wrong hole. Mila Laskina, Moscow

Horoscope March 24–30 Aries. Passions around you are heating up - it seems to those around you that you are plotting something against them. Find the strength to explain yourself and prove that your intentions are noble. Taurus. Numbers will play a special role in your destiny - they will help in love and family matters. Remember that sometimes even small efforts can make a big difference. Twins. Passion will allow you to achieve a lot.

Month after month, week after week, we are subject to cyclone attacks. They created a literal walk-through yard out of the European continent. They sow dampness, dankness and a cloudy mood. And if earlier the arrival of the next cyclone was not given serious importance, well, it came, went, and life goes on, but now they began to pay close attention to the intrusive aliens.

Zhirya beats ladies in the Duma, And Zyugan is a bore. I’ll give my voice to Dima - He's a miracle in feathers! Marina Shcherbakova, Cherkessk

The choice has been made, gentlemen, And it looks like years... Fortunately for the masses, So many don't live with us. Vadim Ieromonakhov, Sergiev Posad, Moscow region.

Gennady Lyakhov lives near Kharkov, but not in his own house or even in an apartment. He spent the last ten years of his life in... a dugout on the shore of the Pechenezh reservoir. Moreover, Gennady’s love for fishing drove him underground. Dugout during the war People in the surrounding villages have heard about Gennady Lyakhov, but no one knows exactly where he lives. In this sense, Gennady is a real hermit. You can't easily reach him.

The wonderful film “Singles Are Provided a Hostel” was released in 1983, when women’s hostels and evenings “for those over 30” still existed, and newspaper advertisements for dating were not considered the machinations of swindlers. Would you say the world has changed? Undoubtedly. But getting rid of loneliness is no easier now, and maybe even more difficult.

On the stage of the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky on March 21, the legend of Soviet rock Vladimir Kuzmin will present his program “Today and Yesterday: Blues-Ballads-Rock and Roll”. Twenty-seven years ago, in 1981, Vladimir Kuzmin created his first team, Carnival. For the first time in the history of Soviet recording, on the vinyl record of “Carnival” it was written not VIA (vocal and instrumental ensemble), but “rock band”.