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A summary of "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away" by Alexey Ivanov
"The Geographer Drank His Globe Away" is a 1995 novel by Alexei Ivanov. Set in Perm in the first half of the 1990s, the plot revolves around the intersection of Viktor Sluzhkin’s home life, his school career, and a river trip with his students.
Euripides’s "Heraclides," a summary
This tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright describes the wanderings of Heracles’ children, seeking refuge from the persecution of the Argive king. The work was written around the spring of 430 BC.
Richard Wagner’s "Götterdämmerung" (The Twilight of the Gods), summary
The musical drama "Götterdämmerung" was composed by Richard Wagner between 1848 and 1874. The opera serves as the final chord of the monumental tetralogy "Der Ring des Nibelungen."
Xenophon’s Hiero, Summary
The work is a fictional dialogue written by the ancient Greek historian and philosopher Xenophon, probably after 365 BC (the action of the dialogue is dated to 474 BC
"Stupid for Others, Smart for Yourself" by Lope de Vega, summary
This comedy is a classic work by the Spanish playwright, published in 1635. The play’s protagonist is forced to play the role of a village idiot to save her life, outwit numerous enemies, and secure her rightful throne.
"Vertical Racing" by the Vainer brothers, summary
This book is a detective novel by Arkady and Georgy Vainer, first published in 1974. The most important feature of the text is its dialogic narrative structure. The authors alternately give the floor to two antagonists: Moscow criminal investigation inspector Stanislav Tikhonov and recidivist thief Alexei Dedushkin.
"The Hounds of Lilith" by Christina Stark, summary
"The Hounds of Lilith" is the debut novel by Russian author Christina Stark, a dark romantic thriller. Published in 2016, it follows twenty-year-old Skye Polanski from Dublin, a girl with few illusions about herself and the world around her, who is gradually drawn into a web of manipulation.
"Burn, burn, my star..." by Yuliy Dunskoy, summary
The action takes place during the Civil War and depicts an attempt to create a "revolutionary" traveling theater in a provincial town, where power and morals change faster than the scenery can be replaced.
"The City Accepted" by Arkady and Georgy Vainer, summary
Arkady and Georgy Vainer’s novella was published in 1978It’s a detailed chronicle of exactly one day in the life of a Moscow police duty station. The writers minutely chronicle the endless cycle of incidents, false alarms, genuine tragedies, and petty domestic squabbles that befall the officers of this vast metropolis.
"Guest from the Future: A Film Screenplay" by Kir Bulychev, summary
The children’s science fiction film’s script was created in 1983, based on the novella "One Hundred Years Ahead."
"State and Revolution", V.I. Lenin
The book The State and Revolution was written by Vladimir Lenin, a communist revolutionary.
A summary of "Count Cagliostro" by Alexei Tolstoy
The story was written between 1919 and 1921—begun in Odessa and completed in Paris—and first published in 1922 in a Berlin collection under the title "Moonlit Dampness." It was included in the writer’s collected works under the title "Count Cagliostro."
A summary of Elvira Baryakina’s "Coffin with Music"
This book is an ironic detective story, written in 2000, set in Nizhny Novgorod around the investigation of the mysterious murder of the director of a major newspaper alliance.
Alexander Ostrovsky’s "The Storm," a summary
This play is a five-act drama written in 1859. It meticulously depicts the stifling atmosphere of the merchant class in the fictional Volga town of Kalinov, where fear, hypocrisy, and blind obedience to one’s elders reign supreme.
A summary of "The Humanist" by Alexander Shevtsov
"The Humanist" is an original screenplay about a public "human rights activist" who, confronted with the reality of 1937, gradually transforms his personal salvation into complicity with the repressive system.