The manual explors typical difficulties in translating words from English to Russain and from Russian to English.

A condensed version of the famous 4-volume dictionary by Ushakov. This version contains words in their modern spelling. Over 70 000 entires. White paper.

A collection of poetry and authobiographic piece in prose devoted to Vladimir Mayakovsky.

Philological observations and literary criticism written in different years.

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.

The report that Nemtsov and Milov have prepared in 2009 reveals the politics of Moscow mayor, Iury Luzhkov. Authors tried to attract attention to Luzhkov's projects and the damage he caused to the city. This report was widely used in media when Luzhkov was expelled from his position as the long-serving Mayor of Moscow.

Aldous Huxley's lifelong concern with the dichotomy between passion and reason finds its fullest expression both thematically and formally in his masterpiece Point Counter Point. By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously, Huxley characterizes the symptoms of ‘the disease of modern man' in the manner of a composer—themes and characters are...

The author, who was one of the leading researchers of Russian cinematography, examines the depiction of Jews in Russian Film from 1919-1999.

The highest military decoration in the Russian Empire, and in the Russian Federation after 1994. The order was created by Catherine the Great in 1796.