Unknown Likhachev. Unpublished materials from the Russian Cultural Society archives.

Albert Camus: his life, his work, his impact on the literature. Biography and peculiar facts.

Great love stories of the famous people we all know, what they did for love, what happened with them and what is their true story. As always, an intellectual Boris Burda finds a story behind textbook history and tells us what truly happened.

Since his speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, Obama has captured attention as reporters, politicos, and ordinary citizens have wondered if he might be the nation's first black president. Chicago Tribune reporter Mendell argues that although Obama's rise to the national stage might seem unplanned, it is the outcome of a carefully calculated strategy by an ambitious man. Mendell...

Nadezhda Akinfova was enthusiastically loved by the Russian minister of foreign affairs, Prince A. M. Gorchakov. Moreover, Fedor Tiutchev devoted his verses to her; and then there's the story of her love for N. M. Leikhtenbersky, which was reflected in Tolstoy's novels 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina.' Now, unpublished confidential archival material has allowed the author to reconstruct the...