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Short stories by Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков 1891-1940) Russian writer and playwright, master of satire and the grotesque, struggled with the Soviet authorities for artistic freedom. Several of his great works including…

Sud'ba Cheloveka 'The Fate of Man' a beloved story by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (Михаил Александрович Шолохов, 1905-1984). In this work as in so many others, he documents the horrors and cruelty of war, the personal suffering and loss in the…

Izbrannoe 'Favorites' is a collection of poems by Andrei Bely (Андрей Белый), a.k.a. Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (1880-1934). Bely was a poet, novelist, critic and theorist; influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Kant and friend of Solovyov he became…

Ia pridu na Posigelki 'I Go to Gatherings' is a collection of chastushkas, the Russian equivalent of limericks: short, rhyming, humorous, often satirical folk poems. Published by Molodaia Gvardiia (Youth Guard) a literary and political magazine of…

A miniature on miniatures, this book showcases the folk handicraft of  decorative lacquer miniature painting. While the tradition is originally rooted in icon painting, artists of the Palekh region typically apply their craft to small boxes, such as…