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"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.
A summary of Alexander Ostrovsky’s "Ardent Heart"
"Ardent Heart" is a comedy by Alexander Ostrovsky, written in 1868, published in 1869, and placed in the past because the note that the play took place "some 30 years ago" helped it pass censorship.
"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."
"The Thundering Brook" by Tatyana Korsakova, summary
"The Thundering Stream" is a mystical novel by Tatyana Korsakova, published in 2020. It revolves around the occupation, the massacre of civilians, and an ancient force that dwells in an old estate, making the horror of war even more terrifying.
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.
"Let’s Play, Dragon!" by Dakha Taratorina, summary
This book is a humorous and romantic fantasy about a professional bodyguard, published in 2019. The crucial plot element lies in the paradox of the main characters: a tough mercenary from Earth takes under her wing a weak, naive dragon alchemist from a parallel dimension.
Ivan Okhlobystin’s "Down House," a summary
The screenplay for "Down House" was written by Ivan Okhlobystin in the late 1990s. It is a grotesque, blackly humorous adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic novel "The Idiot."