The chronicler begins the narrative in 1201, with the reign of the great princelyagalitsky Roman. He notes that in his deeds, Roman followed the example of his grandfather Vladimir Monomakh. After the death of the prince in Russia, a great turmoil began. In 1202, Rurik gathered an army of Polovtsy and Russians and went to Galich. But
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Pushkin’s love lyrics became the standard of the genre among Russian poets of the 19th century. Its transparent ease of verse, its exact rhyme, its deep emotional intensity - all this sunk into the soul of the reader. Even today, the poems of Alexander Sergeyevich are an unrivaled declaration of love for beautiful ladies....
The winner of the 11th season of the TV show “Battle of psychics” Vitaliy Gibert released a book several years ago in which he said that he did not believe in psychics. It turns out some kind of oxymoron, right? The psychic does not trust psychics. Before reading, I thought. Here Gibert, of course, well done, ...
Stephen Edwin King is one of the most successful and popular American writers of the 21st century. For many readers, he is known by the nickname "King of Horrors." And, indeed, King's mystical novels scare even the most avid horror story lovers. Moreover, based on books by Stephen King ...
(256 words) “People are not born, but become what they are,” said the French writer K.A. Helvetius. Indeed, there are many external and internal factors that shape a person, laying in it the concepts of morality. But what exactly qualities allow ...
Sixties. A small provincial town in Russia. Nineteen-year-old Valera Vazhenin lives with her mother and grandmother. Mom Valera works as a senior normalizer at the factory. The father left the family when his son was six or seven years old, and lives with his new wife Shura. He is a writer who writes reprises for ...
Story A.P. Chekhov's "Ionych" was published in the "Monthly Literary Supplements" to the journal "Niva" in the same year 1898 in which it was written. This work cannot be attributed to a specific topic. It simultaneously speaks of the development of man and the degradation of his soul. On the one hand, Ionych ...
(288 words) The story of B.L. Vasilyeva “And the dawns here are quiet” is known for her heroines who did not spare their own lives for the sake of defeating the enemy. The work teaches us true patriotism, courage and heroism. Thanks to the mastery of the author, the described events do not leave anyone indifferent....
A certain Yaksha, a demigod from the retinue of the god of wealth and lord of the northern mountains of Kubera, exiled by his master for some offense far to the south, at the end of summer, when everyone who was away from home, especially yearning for their loved ones, sees a lonely cloud in a sultry sky . He decides to convey the message of love with him ...
: An old experienced driver fades during a flight due to a lightning strike, his eyesight is restored, he is tried and sentenced to prison. His assistant invents a test with artificial lightning and saves the old man. The narration is on behalf of the assistant to the driver Konstantin. Alexander Vasilievich Maltsev ...
Italy, 1943–1944 Cesira is thirty-five years old; she is a native of Chocharia, a mountainous area south of Rome. As a young girl, she married a shopkeeper, moved to Rome, gave birth to a daughter, and at first she was very happy - until she revealed the true face of her husband. But then he became seriously ill ...
The events described in the letters that make up the outline of the story fit into a short period of time: August - December 17 ... But for such a short period of time from the correspondence of the main characters we comprehend their philosophy of life. Quite a long-term relationship link de Valmont, the main ...
The scene is Bonn, the time of the action approximately coincides with the date of creation of the novel. The story itself is a long monologue by Hans Schnier, a comic actor or, simply, a clown. Hans is twenty-seven years old, and he recently experienced the hardest blow of fate - she left him to marry ...
We can safely say that the work of I.S. Turgenev's “Mu-mu” is one of the most famous and interesting in the literary activity of the writer. The dramatic nature of the plot, the contrast between the characters and the overall coloring of the book simply cannot but leave a deep mark in the reader's memory. To ...
Colleen Fenwick was orphaned at eleven years old - at first his mother died, and a few days later his father died in a car accident; he was taken to his unmarried cousins by father Viren and Dolly Talbo. Virena is the richest woman in town: she owns a pharmacy, a ready-made dress shop, a gas station, ...
In Leningrad there are sisters - Nadia and Lida Ryazayev. They were left without parents early and grew up in an orphanage. Now Nadia works at a construction site and is studying at a technical school. Lida is a schoolgirl. Arriving once home, Nadia catches up with Lida her friend at the school of Cyril. They argue about happiness. Lida believes that happiness is in ...
Chapter 1. Like a squirrel in a wheel The essence of traditional meditation is to concentrate fully on breathing, to follow the rhythm of inspiration and exhalation. Concentration on breathing allows you to observe thoughts as they appear and gradually stop fighting them. At some point ...
Starting the story of the adventures of his hero, the author discusses two types of depiction of reality. “Historians,” or “topographers,” are content to engage in “copying from nature.” The author considers himself to be a “biographer” and sees his task in describing “not people, but ...
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