Like many of Dostoyevsky's stories, 'White Nights' is told in first person by a nameless narrator; the narrator is living in Saint Petersburg and suffers from loneliness. He gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love remains unrequited as the woman misses her lover with whom she is finally reunited.

The seminal work of the French Sociologist Roger Caillois, a translation of Les jeux et les hommes (1958). It is an influential book on the sociology of play and games, or rather in Caillois' terms sociology derived from play. Caillois sees many of the structures in society as elaborate forms of games and many behaviours as forms of play.

This book contains essays devoted to the formation of Russian historiosophy and ideas about the special historical path of Russia. The origins of such ideas are the idea of competition between Russia and the West, adopted back in the Petrine era. The author traces competitive overtones in the works of P.Ya.Chaadaev, S.S.Uvarov, I.V.Kireevsky, A.S.Khomyakov, K.S.Aksakov, S.P.Shevyrev,...

This manual is prepared for the teachers who use manual Golden Pen. The manual is designed for developing writing skills, which are necessary for composing business documents, personal letters, papers, and essays. Upon having mastered the skills presented in this book students will be able to successfully pass the test for II certificate level (B2). The manual is in pdf format, which makes it...

General Denikin's reign, which lasted a year and a half minus three days, forms a complete, complete era in the history of the ‘second Russian turmoil.’ It is this era that Sokolov, who ‘stood close enough to General Denikin's government that the main facts of the era remain imprinted in his memory more or less accurately,’ writes about. ‘I recount what I saw and observed myself, that is,...

The author examines turbulent days of 1917 and the rise of the Bolsheviks and the power-cult and dictatorship of Lenin and Stalin.

The book examines both Russian and non-Russian sources for theory and tactics of fighting non-state armed forces. Includes discussion of the Soviet/Russian experiences in Afghanistan and Chechenia.

The leader of the Russian Communist Party, Gennadii Ziuganov, describes how his party seeks to defend and strengthen the independence of Russia and its place in the world.