Features Five Great Short Stories by Chekhov, Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground, The Overcoat and Other Short Stories by Gogol, Pushkin's The Queen of Spades and Other Stories, The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories by Tolstoy, Fathers and Sons by Turgenev, and Gorky's Chelkash and Other Stories.

Шедевры Пушкина в прозе, в блестящих новых переводах удостоенных наград Пивира и Волохонского.Отец русской литературы, Пушкин любим не только за свою поэзию, но и за блестящие рассказы, которые варьируются от драматических повествований о любви, одержимости и предательстве до ярких комических рассказов, от сатирических эпистолярных рассказов до художественной исторической фантастики. В этот том включена вся проза Пушкина в блестящих новых переводах, в том числе его шедевры «Пиковая дама», «Сказки покойного Ивана Петровича Белкина» и «Капитанская дочка».Puskin's masterpieces in prose, in sparkling new translations by the award-winning Pevear and Volokhonsky.The father of Russian literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for his brilliant stories, which range from dramatic narratives of love, obsession and betrayal to lively comic tales, and from satirical epistolary tales to imaginative historical fiction. This volume includes all Pushkin's prose in brilliant new translations, including his masterpieces 'The Queen of Spades', 'The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin' and 'The Captain's Daughter'.

Puskin's masterpieces in prose, in sparkling new translations by the award-winning Pevear and Volokhonsky. The father of Russian literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for his brilliant stories, which range from dramatic narratives of love, obsession and betrayal to lively comic tales, and from satirical epistolary tales to imaginative historical fiction. This volume includes all Pushkin's prose in brilliant new translations, including his masterpieces 'The Queen of Spades', 'The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin' and 'The Captain's Daughter'.

On the eve of the Crimean War, the young, headstrong Yelena, the daughter of aristocratic Russian parents, falls in love with a revolutionary from Bulgaria named Insarov. Facing the wrath and disapproval of her family, Yelena abandons her home to follow Insarov to Bulgaria. Their fateful match sets in motion a series of tragic events which challenge notions of love, revolution and idealism. A highly controversial work upon its original publication, Ivan Turgenev's On the Eve is now recognized as one of the masterpieces of Russian literature and an essential document of the upheaval that dominated Russian society in the years prior to the Crimean War. Turgenev's restrained, nuanced prose is rendered beautifully in Michael Pursglove's new translation.

The symbolism surrounding the bird is unequalled by any other creature. Godlike, mysterious, benevolent or evil, they can be associated with fire, with freedom, with fragility and have been a recurrent symbol in mythology, literature and art through time. Illustrated with a beautiful collection of works from The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg and other 20th century Russian masterpieces, "Birds of a feather", figures the place of birds in human culture.

Пять сборников избранных эссе Иосифа Бродского (1940–1996), великого поэта, драматурга, мыслителя, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе (1987):«Будущее или далекое прошлое = The Future, or The Distant Past»,«Как читать книгу = How to Read a Book»,«О русской литературе = Essays on Russian Literature»,«О тирании = On Tyranny»,«Путеводитель по переименованному городу = A Guide to a Renamed City».Все тексты представлены на английском языке и в переводе на русский и открывают автора не только как поэта, но как историка, критика, и глубокого и ироничного мыслителя.

Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displays of the fantasies of the human spirit. In this ideal marriage of subject and critic, Nabokov analyses his endlessly inventive compatriot, focusing on the masterpieces Dead Souls, The Overcoat and The Government Inspector. Misunderstood by his contemporaries, mishandled by theatre directors and ending his life mistreated by doctors - with medicinal leeches hanging from his exceptional nose - it took Nabokov to give Gogol, 'the oddest Russian in Russia', the critical biography he and his singular, brilliant work deserve.

One has only to say "the Russian country estate" and the following picture arises in one''s mind: wrought-iron fence lattice; collapsed stone entrance arch; overgrown alleys; deserted pavilions and summerhouses; the manor, where the steps and whisperings of former dwellers seem to be heard. It is as if we visualize the Larin house from Pushkin''s famous novel in verses, a "gentry''s nest" from Turgenev''s novel and "the splendid muzzles on the age-old gates" from Marina Tsvetaeva''s poem. Thanks to the classics, the Russian reader has been familiar with the world of country estates since childhood and has many nostalgic associations. The book you hold is devoted to some few surviving masterpieces of Russia''s estate art. You''ll read about the royal country estates, such as Gatchina, Tsaritsino, Massandra; the seats of nobleman''s culture - Kuskovo, Ostankino, Arkhangelskoe, Dubrovitsy, Alupka; the Russian Parnassus - the estates turned into workshops and studios by workers in the arts:… Издание на английском языке.

Самые известные речи и эссе Иосифа Бродкого (1940-1996), великого поэта, драматурга, мыслителя, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе (1987). В комплект входят восемь книг: «Полторы комнаты = In a Room and a Half», «Набережная неисцелимых = Watermark», «Как читать книгу = How to Read a Book», «Верь своей боли = Believe your pain», «О тирании = On Tyranny», «Путеводитель по переименованному городу = A Guide to a Renamed Gity», «Будущее или далекое прошлое = The Future, or The Distant Past», «О русской литературе = Essays on Russian Literature». В настоящих изданиях все тексты представлены на английском языке, а также в переводе на русский.

This book presents the history of the Russian state from the ninth century right up to the present day. It includes around 500 illustrations - paintings, works of graphic art, world-famous symbols of the Russian nation, masterpieces of Russian architecture and icon-painting, unique historical photographs and more. The main text has been written by the eminent Russian historian Yevgeny Anisimov, chief researcher of the Russian Academy of Sciences St Petersburg Institute of History.

Настоящая книга была опубликована на английском языке под названием "Stalinism: Russian and Western Views at the Turn of the Millennium" (London and New York. Routledge. 2005.). Издаваемая на русском языке монография является не только переводом ее английского варианта. В новой публикации многие разделы книги дополнены, откорректированы, в том числе и с учетом замечаний рецензентов издания на английском языке. 2-е издание, переработанное и дополненное.

Doctor Zhivago is the epic novel of Russia in the throes of revolution and one of the greatest love stories ever told. Yuri Zhivago, physician and poet, wrestles with cruel experience of the new order and the changes it has wrought in him, and is torn between love for his wife and family, and the passionate, beautiful Lara. Banned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivago was nonetheless published covertly in Russian by the CIA and translated into many languages. In 1958 Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Vintage Classic Russians Series: Published for the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, these are must-have, beautifully designed editions of six epic masterpieces that have survived controversy, censorship and suppression to influence decades of thought and artistic expression.

Издание на английском языке. "Russia. Culinary Guidebook" is an original combination of a guidebook, a phrase book, a gastronomic dictionary and a cookery book. The edition is dedicated to the culture of eating in Russia, that reflects the diversity of national history and traditions. The book will be useful not only for travellers and gourmets, but for all those who study Russian and are interested in Russian culture.

Пять сборников избранных эссе Иосифа Бродского (1940–1996), великого поэта, драматурга, мыслителя, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе (1987):«Будущее или далекое прошлое = The Future, or The Distant Past»,«Как читать книгу = How to Read a Book»,«О русской литературе = Essays on Russian Literature»,«О тирании = On Tyranny»,«Путеводитель по переименованному городу = A Guide to a Renamed City».Все тексты представлены на английском языке и в переводе на русский и открывают автора не только как поэта, но как историка, критика, и глубокого и ироничного мыслителя.

Самые известные речи и эссе Иосифа Бродкого (1940-1996), великого поэта, драматурга, мыслителя, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе (1987). В комплект входят восемь книг: «Полторы комнаты = In a Room and a Half», «Набережная неисцелимых = Watermark», «Как читать книгу = How to Read a Book», «Верь своей боли = Believe your pain», «О тирании = On Tyranny», «Путеводитель по переименованному городу = A Guide to a Renamed Gity», «Будущее или далекое прошлое = The Future, or The Distant Past», «О русской литературе = Essays on Russian Literature». В настоящих изданиях все тексты представлены на английском языке, а также в переводе на русский.

Пять сборников избранных эссе Иосифа Бродского (1940–1996), великого поэта, драматурга, мыслителя, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе (1987):«Будущее или далекое прошлое = The Future, or The Distant Past»,«Как читать книгу = How to Read a Book»,«О русской литературе = Essays on Russian Literature»,«О тирании = On Tyranny»,«Путеводитель по переименованному городу = A Guide to a Renamed City».Все тексты представлены на английском языке и в переводе на русский и открывают автора не только как поэта, но как историка, критика, и глубокого и ироничного мыслителя.