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The Return, released internationally in 2004, tells the story of two Russian boys whose father suddenly returns home after a 12-year absence. He takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake that turns into a test of manhood of almost mythic proportions. In contemporary Russia, young … [Read more...]
Surely no stranger work exists in the annals of protest literature than The Master and Margarita. Written during the Soviet crackdown of the 1930s, when Mikhail Bulgakov's works were effectively banned, it wraps its anti-Stalinist message in a complex allegory of good and evil. Or would that be the … [Read more...]
The movie tells a story of three provincial girls who come to Moscow in the late 1950s. The main character, Katerina, strives to earn her degree and also works hard at a factory. She house-sits a luxurious apartment for Moscow relatives for awhile, and the other girl Lyudmila convinces her to … [Read more...]
This early book from Mikhail Bulgakov, published in 1925, already shows the surreal comic genius that later produced The Master and Margarita, the writer's masterpiece. A kind of Frankenstein parable, Heart of a Dog is the story of a stray dog that gains a human intelligence after a prominent … [Read more...]
We've got used to movies and operas where Eugene Onegin’s Tatiana (Tatyana) is played by a woman well over twenty, or even thirty. It’s also a common habit to condemn Onegin for rejecting Tatiana’s true love. But according to Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, Onegin didn’t return … [Read more...]
One of the best contemporary Russian writers Galina Shcherbakova died on March, 23 at 78. She became famous in 1980s with her book "You wouldn't even dream it...", later a national blockbuster. The book and the movie (with a wonderful music by Alexei Rybnikov) tell a story of first love that … [Read more...]
April 12 is a huge day in space history. On that day fifty
