The book examines the general trends and results of the social-economic policies of the USSR during the liberalization of the Soviet system. The author raises many interesting points of discussion. Based on archival materials and other documents.

The events in the novel 'Serpent's Bite' take place in the Far-East region of Russia. The corpse of a man with a cut throat is found on a staircase of an apartment building. A series of mysterious murders follow one after another. The investigation is assigned to a young police detective Belov, who finds himself in complex and dangerous situations throughout the novel. Due to his genuine...

This book discusses the history of the concept of an 'Aryan community' and describes the process of constructing an Aryan identity, as well as the persistence of the Aryan myth across both temporal and geopolitical dimensions. It addresses, for the first time, the evolution of the Aryan myth in Russia and its resurgence in the post-Soviet space. The study traces the formation and development of...

The book is dedicated to that chapter of the socio-political history of Odessa, which was not included in the official summaries of Soviet newspapers, textbooks, monographs. This is the history of social groups, a cross-section of the political mood of that era and the conditions of life in the metropolis.

This collection brings together plays by Mikhail Bulgakov that were not published during the author's lifetime. The action of *Flight* unfolds against the backdrop of the Civil War; it is a drama depicting the anguish and plight of the Russian émigré community. *Ivan Vasilievich* is a spirited comedy that later served as the basis for the screenplay of the beloved film *Ivan Vasilievich Changes...

*A Story of a Life: Books 1–3* introduces the reader to the most crucial stages of the author’s biography—childhood, youth, and early adulthood—set against the backdrop of the country’s rapidly changing history. – In *Distant Years*, Paustovsky portrays the world of his childhood: family, nature, early travels, and the impressions that shaped the future writer’s character. *Restless Youth*...

– *The Story of a Life* is not a dry memoir but a major literary work in which a real-life biography transforms into a genuine novel. – Through the author’s recollections, the reader journeys from his pre-revolutionary childhood and school years to his early literary successes. The protagonist describes wars, relocations between cities, newspaper work, and encounters with the people who shaped...

Gifted with an amazing instinct and a phenomenal memory, Agatha Mystery dreams of becoming a mystery writer. That’s for the future, though; for now, she is simply a brilliant sleuth! Together with her hapless cousin Larry—a student at detective school—she travels the globe solving the most baffling mysteries. Assisting them are a loyal butler, a cantankerous Siberian cat, and a host of...

Jenny Erpenbeck (the author of Go, Went, Gone and Visitation) is an epic storyteller and arguably the most powerful voice in contemporary German literature. Erpenbeck’s new novel Kairos—an unforgettably compelling masterpiece—tells the story of the romance begun in East Berlin at the end of the 1980s when nineteen-year-old Katharina meets by chance a married writer in his fifties named Hans....