Books
automatic translate"Flights in Dreams and in Reality" by Viktor Merezhko, summary
Viktor Ivanovich Merezhko’s screenplay, written in the late 1970s and early 1980s, chronicles three days in the life of engineer Sergei Makarov on the eve of his 40th birthdayThe work became a landmark reflection of the midlife crisis and the era of stagnation, capturing the turmoil of a hero who, despite his intellect and charm, finds himself unable to find a place in the existing reality, ruining his own life and that of those around him.
Aristotle’s Politics, Summary
This treatise, written by the greatest ancient Greek thinker around 350 BC, lays the foundations of political philosophy and views the state as the natural form of human community.
"Full Immersion" by Tatyana Korsakova, summary
This book is a thrilling romance novel, written in 2007, where criminal intrigue is closely intertwined with themes of class differences and revengeThe main feature of the text is the mirror-image reversal of the characters’ fates: a modest girl from the slums becomes a tough millionaire, and a successful businessman endures physical and mental humiliation.
"Striped Flight" by Alexei Kapler, summary
The screenplay for this eccentric comedy was written in 1961. The plot revolves around events aboard a Soviet cargo ship transporting a shipment of predators.
"Memorial Prayer" by Grigory Gorin, summary
This play is a theatrical adaptation of Sholem Aleichem’s stories about Tevye the Milkman, created by the playwright in 1989. Grigory Gorin wrote it at the personal request of director Mark Zakharov specifically for the Moscow Lenkom Theatre.
"Remember Death" by Elena Topilskaya, summary
This detective novel by Elena Topilskaya, a StPetersburg prosecutor and writer, was published in the 1990s and is written in the first person. The protagonist, Maria Shvetsova, a senior investigator with twelve years of experience, handles several cases simultaneously, and her professional and personal lives are constantly intertwined.
"The Newcomer" by Narine Abgaryan, summary
This autobiographical novella was written in 2011. This book is an honest chronicle of a young provincial woman’s adjustment to a foreign metropolis in the 1990s. The events are conveyed through the lens of sincere humor, everyday troubles, and colorful characters of a transitional historical period.
"Monday Begins on Saturday. Screenplay" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, summary
The screenplay is based on the Strugatsky brothers’ novella of the same name, written in the 1960s. The work depicts the clash of the Soviet scientific and technical intelligentsia with the world of magic and Russian folklore.
A summary of "Escape Attempt" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
This science fiction novella was written in 1962. This book is the authors’ first work in which the bright communist world of Noon collides with an immature, cruel feudal-slave civilization.
A summary of Sergei Lukyanenko’s "Threshold"
This book is a science fiction novel published in 2019. The plot describes a paradox in the development of intelligence. Most civilizations inevitably destroy themselves in wars. They perish before reaching the fifth level of development and reaching deep space.
A summary of "Portrait of My Father" by Vadim Trunin
The text was written by a Soviet screenwriter in the second half of the twentieth century. The work tells the coming-of-age story of a Siberian boy, Kolya Burlakov. The book’s most important detail—the search for his father’s roots—takes place against the backdrop of the harsh life of workers in the taiga and tundra.
Vadim Panov’s "The Last Admiral of Zagrata," a summary
This book is a steampunk and astropunk science fiction novel, published in 2011. The narrative revolves around a critical military and political crisis on the agrarian planet of Zagrata, where the interests of the monarchy, separatists, and an interstellar trading corporation clash.
A summary of Sergei Lukyanenko’s "The Last Watch"
This book is the fourth installment in the acclaimed Others series, completed in 2005. The main intrigue revolves around an ancient artifact hidden by Merlin, capable of erasing the impenetrable barriers between the layers of the magical Twilight.
"The Last Tycoon" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, summary
The novel "The Last Tycoon" was written in 1940. The author died of a heart attack while working on the manuscript, leaving the book unfinished. The protagonist was based on executive producer Irving Thalberg.
Alex Keemen’s "The Last Dawn," Summary
This book is a 2020 science fiction story that serves as a prequel to the "Birth of the Gods" series. The plot follows the difficult moral choice of Commander Delion, who is forced to sacrifice his own fleet and an entire inhabited planet to save a small group of civilians and fulfill a cruel military order.