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“The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov is a timeless classic that continues to captivate audiences from around the world. An iconic play set in pre-revolutionary Russia, it tells the story of a family struggling with the impending loss of their beloved home and orchard. It is a bittersweet tale of love, loss, and longing, full of humor and poignancy. The play is often read as a dramatization of the decline of the aristocracy and other socio-economic...
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"Fathers and Sons" is not only a portrait of individual characters but also a reflection of the broader societal changes taking place in 19th-century Russia. Turgenev's narrative captures the tension between traditional aristocratic values and the rise of revolutionary ideas that would shape the course of Russian history. He offers a poignant critique of both generations, showcasing their strengths, weaknesses, and their struggle to adapt to the shifting...
3) Absurdistan
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Welcome to Absurdistan, a small village in the high desert mountains, just on the outskirts of reality, where magical visions and bizarre events fuse together. The village is facing a water shortage, but the men are too lazy to fix a rickety pipeline and the women are getting fed up with their good-for-nothing husbands. Led by young Aya, the women make a simple vow: “No water, no sex.” The men's only hope is Temelko, whose long-promised wedding...
4) Zerograd
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Follows an Everyman engineer named Varakin who arrives in a remote city where nothing quite makes sense, but everyone acts as if it does. He's quickly drawn into the investigation of the suicide (or possibly murder?) of a local restaurant chef, Nikolaev, who may (or may not) be Varakin's missing father. The more complex and absurdist the mystery becomes, the more poignant and plaintive Varakin's predicament, 'I have to get back to Moscow,' he pleads...
5) The Overcoat
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"The Overcoat" follows the life of Akaky Akakievich, a low-ranking civil servant, who leads a mundane existence. When he decides to invest in a new overcoat, his life takes an unexpected turn. The story delves into themes of social inequality, bureaucracy
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“The Golden Goose” - is one of the best works by the famous explorers of the German folk culture brothers Grimm. This is an astonishing and didactic story about the silly boy Hendi, who felt pity about the poor old man, got the golden goose which helped him to become rich and to marry the beautiful queen.
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Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov’s multi-award nominated production of Ivan Vyrypaev’s thought-provoking and timely “Iran Conference” takes place at a symposium in Denmark where influential public figures and scientists gather to discuss the current clash of modern Western liberal ideology with traditional religious consciousness and way of life. An attempt to present reports prepared by the lecturers quickly transforms into a lively conversation...
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There’s a lot more stirring in this house than a mouse…
Everyone knows Santa arrives on the rooftop with the clatter of eight tiny reindeer. But did you realize that 2023 is the 200th publication anniversary of Clement Clarke Moore’s famous American poem about Santa coming down the chimney? And now, creative director Sally Veillette has packaged the ultimate version of this beloved rhyme to share with the world.
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The Griboyedov Prize laureate, the play «the Lower Depths» is legally considered to be the pick of Maxim Gorky's creative work. The dramatical piece was the result of almost twenty year author's observation after the impoverished people. The heroes of the play - are the inhabitants of the doss-house, people of hard destiny, who by lots appeared to be on the very bottom of the society. The author's absolute achievement is his try using this ambiguous...
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Critique of Judgment” - is the third critics by Immanuel Kant, the treatise, dedicated to aesthetics and teleology. It is dated by the year 1790. The main question of the book - is the notion of practicability. The subjective practicability, according to Kant, is present in the aesthetical ability to judge, and the objective one - in the teleological. The scientific heritage by Immanuel Kant will be interesting to those readers who are interested...
11) The Belkin Tales
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The Belkin Tales” by A.s. Pushkin, a great Russian prose writer and poet. It's the beginning of Russian classic literature that is highly valued by both contemporaries and further writers. The series consists of five short stories: "the Shot", "the Blizzard", "the Undertaker", "the Station Master" and "the Squire's Daughter". Each story is written in different genres: "the Shot". romanticism, "the Blizzard", "the Station Master" and "the Squire's...
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"Mademoiselle Fifi" is an absorbing novella by the worldwide famous French writer Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893). A group of Prussian officers entertain themselves in an abandoned chateau of a French count. They are joined by some women of easy virtue, and then the events have an abrupt turn.
13) Salomé
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Salomé” - is a work by the Irish philosopher, aesthete, writer and poet O. Wilde (1854 - 1900). One act play was written by the author in French in 1891. It was translated into English and published in London in 1894. The basis of the tragedy - is the story of Salome, the character of the New Testament. Salome - is the stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, she is the one, who tempted Herod by dancing the Dance of the Seven Veils. To her stepfather's...
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The Sayings and Bywords of the Russian people” - is a magnificent book by the outstanding Russian writer and scientist Vladimir Ivanovich Dal (1801 - 1872). For decades has the author been gathering, writing down and classifying according to their topicality the national sayings and bywords, and then he united all them in a book. Here you can find thousands of sayings about the weather, women, religion, personal qualities, children, life and death,...
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This book is a training manual for individual training. It is designed for a wide range of readers, martial arts fans, club instructors and coaches of law enforcement agencies. The book gives a unique material on the history, genealogy and philosophy of Agni Kempo. Exclusive technique of the 1st level, the basics of psychophysical preparation and much more are presented. With this textbook you will be able to lay the fundamental foundations of self-defense....
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The most famous works by the outstanding French writer Alexandre Dumas became the part of this illustrated collection of works «the Three Musketeers», «twenty Years After», «the Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later», «the Count of Monte Cristo », «queen Margot», «la Dame de Monsoreau», «the Black Tulip », «the Teacher of Fencing» and others.
17) Levsha
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The short story "Levsha" is a compulsory part of the school curriculum and the most famous work by Nikolai Leskov. It is an immortal story about a skillful armourer from Tula Levsha, who being an offspring of the common people managed to outshine the English craftsmen. In "Levsha", the author makes a try to show one of the problems of the Russian society, the lack of education among the people, disability to open the real talents in it.
18) Euthyphro
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“Euthyphro” - is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C). This is the conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro about the nature of holiness (godliness), in which the participants argue about the determination of godliness (as pleasing the gods), connecting it to justice and then disproving this statement.
20) Critias
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“Critias”is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C). This is the conversation between Critias and Socrates about the way of life of the ancient Athenians and also about the might and greatness of the island Atlantis.
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