Beautifully written descriptions of people and places that no longer exist, this book makes you understand why the Bolsheviks did what they did.
Favourite stories: Singers, Chertopkhanov and Nedopyuskin, The End of Chertopkhanov and Living Relic
Beautifully written descriptions of people and places that no longer exist, this book makes you understand why the Bolsheviks did what they did.
Favourite stories: Singers, Chertopkhanov and Nedopyuskin, The End of Chertopkhanov and Living Relic
Despite the books popularity i am surprised that this is the first review that has been written on this site. This is more of an essay on my own th...
Lermontov is by no means the best writer i have read as a part of my russian wintertime affairs, but it is impressive what he manages to do so earl...
Going into this blind, skipping the introduction and being greeted by verse was one of my biggest joys on my commute to work. As soon as i read the...
I loved these as well! I heard that these stories encouraged Tsar Alexander II to abolish serfdom.