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FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY Raskolnikov is a troubled young man adrift in the dark and chaotic streets of St Petersburg. De...

With the help of my book reviews, take a voyage through the intricate web of Russian literature. I go deeply into the pages of these masterpieces, exploring themes of lo...

Alexander Griboyedov. Woe from Wit. A Comedy in 4 Acts. Play in Verse. Translated from the Russian by Alec Vagapov

LIFE OF THE MAIN CHARACTER NAMED SHADOU IS FULL OF ROUTINE: HOME - WORK - EVENING FATIGUE - DEBTS - INSIGNIFICANT CAREER PROMOTIONS. THE HABITUAL LIFESTYLE IS SUDDENLY C...

CONTINUED FROM BOOK ONE

This book is a compilation of Tolstoy's quotes and maybe, in the future, they'll be by other Russian authors.

War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, which is regarded as a central work of world literature and one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements. Th...

We live amidst the ruins of the Third Rome... and it's beautiful! For it is from destruction that creation arises, from creation - art, and from art - eternity. Russia...