The book includes the memoirs of Mikhail Dmitriev (1796-1866), Russian poet and writer.

The book tells the story of Leiba Smilovitsky - a Jewish young man from town Rechitsa (Belarus) during the WW2 and immediately after its ending. The evacuation to Bashkiria (1941), voluntary joining the Red Army (1942), a game of hide and seek with death while serving in the anti-tank artillery Reserve Command, Battle for Smolensk and Vitebsk, captured of Konigsberg, injury, hospital,...

A new edition of the famous book about Marina Tsvetaeva. This is the most comprehensive biography of the famous Russian poet, with a strong emphasis on the last months of Tsvetaeva's life.

The book was based on materials from the family archive - memoirs, diaries, letters, photographs, as well as documents from the archives of the NKVD-KGB-FSB, which the authors managed to get acquainted only in 1998-2000. As a result, a story about many and many people connected with family, professional and friendly ties turned out. And broader is the story of the twentieth century, how it...

Pavel Annenkov (1813-1887) - Russian literary critic, historian of literature and a talented memoirist. He was acquainted with many outstanding personalities of his time (writers, artists, philosophers, critics, politicians, etc.). That is why his memories give an opportunity to immerse himself in the literary world of the middle of the XIX century and trace the development of Russian thought.

Memoirs of Georgii Svetlanin, the actor, who also was a play partner of the Russian Prince Alexey when he was a child. The volume includes many photographs.

Published for the first time, often from family archives, the book presents the memoirs of Generals F K Gershel'man and D I Gurko.