Nadezhda Akinfova was enthusiastically loved by the Russian minister of foreign affairs, Prince A. M. Gorchakov. Moreover, Fedor Tiutchev devoted his verses to her; and then there's the story of her love for N. M. Leikhtenbersky, which was reflected in Tolstoy's novels 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina.' Now, unpublished confidential archival material has allowed the author to reconstruct the...

Vasilii Chapaev was one of the most active participants in Russia's Civil War; in our time, he is known as the hero of many jokes. The real story of his life is interwoven with fabrications from the well-known movie about his life. Before the fall of the USSR, the name Chapaev was surrounded by an aura of heroism and whole-hearted devotion to the Revolution. This book is based on archival...

A serious research of the last year of Dostoevsky's life. It sheds light on the drama of his life, death and the mystery of his departure.

Vlas Doroshevish. The Fate of The Feuilletonist. A full biography.

A biography of the famous Russian writer and a politician, Eduard Limonov.

This book is dedicated to the study of the work of the artist and poet Mikhail Grobman. One of the most important representatives of the Moscow artistic and literary avant-garde of the 1960s, he emigrated to Israel in 1971, where he became famous for his performances in the Judean Desert, carried out by the group ‘Leviathan,’ which he founded. Grobman's art occupies a special place between...

Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that 'can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist' (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets?and much more of an eyebrow-raising nature....

Американский писатель, журналист и альпинист. Среди наиболее известных его произведений — книги «В диких условиях» и «В разреженном воздухе». Сегодня Джон Кракауэр один из самых влиятельных писателей в Америке, его книги издаются многотысячными тиражами, снимаются документальные и художественные фильмы.

Wolfgang Leonhard war ein Junge von 13 Jahren, als er mit seiner Mutter das nationalsozialistische Deutschland verlassen musste und in die Sowjetunion emigrierte. Dort wuchs er nach der Verhaftung seiner Mutter in einem Heim für deutsche und österreichische Emigranten auf, studierte an der Moskauer Pädagogischen Hochschule für Fremdsprachen und trat dem Komsomol bei. Er erlebte den Ausbruch des...

Die erste große Biographie über die faszinierendste Autorin der DDR. Carsten Gansels umfassende Biographie liefert die spannende Neubewertung des Lebens einer Schriftstellerin in seinen Höhen und Tiefen und eines komplexen Werkes, das derzeit international entdeckt und gefeiert wird.