Andrey Kurkov, one of the most fashionable contemporary writers, never ceases to amaze and amaze with the diversity of his talent. The author is distinguished by his signature style, unique to him, subtly combining reality, absurdity, parable, documentary story and Christmas story.

The purpose of the textbook is to familiarize students with various genres of Russian culture in the historical context of the country’s development.

Miniature edition. White paper, large, legible font. Flipbook format, great for reading in the subway, on the bus, in a plane.

Returning to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naïve epileptic Prince Myshkin - known as the 'idiot' - pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin and proceeds to charm the General and his family. But his life is thrown into turmoil when he chances on a photograph of the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna. Utterly infatuated, he soon finds himself caught up in a love...

The Everywhere Bear has a home on a shelf. But he doesn't spend very much time by himself, for each boy and girl in the class is a friend, and he goes home with one of them every weekend. The Everywhere Bear has a wonderful time with the children in Class One, but one day he gets more than he bargained for when he falls unnoticed from a backpack and embarks on his own big adventure!

Катерина Гордеева — одна из самых известных независимых журналисток России. Ее книга — о горе. Горе людей с разными политическими взглядами, из разных городов Украины и России, с разными судьбами, которых объединила общая беда — война. Десятки часов разговоров, сотни интервью — Гордеева сопереживает каждому из своих героинь и героев.

Gwen's life has been a rollercoaster since she discovered she was the Ruby, the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. In between searching through history for the other time-travelers and asking for a bit of their blood (gross!), she's been trying to figure out what all the mysteries and prophecies surrounding the Circle really mean.

The book talks about how Odessa residents ruined Putin’s long-term plans. It contains testimonies of people who, to varying degrees, determined the vector of resistance of Odessa residents to hybrid aggression. Their memories of the key events of the spring of 2014 allow us to feel the mood and atmosphere of what was happening.

For students of Russian who know Russian at the Certificate Level I. The course book is aimed to building vocabulary and speaking skills development. Level: B1.