This collection includes stories by I. S. Turgenev from 1854–1860: ‘The Calm,’ ‘Correspondence,’ ‘Yakov Pasynkov,’ ‘Faust,’ ‘Asya,’ and ‘First Love.’ The book's content is determined not only by chronological order but also by the internal connection between these works—the theme of love. Turgenev temporarily leaves man alone with the profound, the primordial, and the eternal, revealing within...

'The Master and Margarita' by MA Bulgakov is the most amazing and mysterious work of the 20th century. Published in the mid-1960s, this novel amazed readers with its unusual design, brilliance and fantastic action, uniting characters from different eras and cultures. The author created a 'novel in a novel', where a religious and historical mystery dating back to the legend of the crucified...

Practice tests for the Level I of Russian as a foreign language.

Ionytch is an idealistic young doctor who is infatuated with Katya, the lovely daughter of the wealthy Turkin family. The eccentric Turkin family delights in throwing parties and Ionytch is often in attendance. Katya has inherited her father's penchant for practical jokes, never taking the young doctor seriously. She aspires to be a concert pianist and turns down his proposal of marriage. The...