“Do not be lazy to read books…” from “Encyclopedia of Wisdom”, Publ. House “Bukolika”, 2007, “POOCCA”, 2007
” Do not be lazy to read books as you can easily find that what other people have acquired from life hard […]
“Russia Loves Her Poets, but She loves Her Poet Sons More than Her Poet Daughters…” (“Sophia Parnok, The LIfe and Work of Russia’s Sappho”, by Diana Lewis Burgin, New York University Press, New York and London, 1994
In the minds and hearts of most Russians, including memoirists of either sex, male geniuses in interest and importance; male […]
“His Majesty Begs Her Excellency the Countess Tolstoy to Enter”, said the Footman ( from “The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy”, translated by Cathy Porter, Harper Perennial, 1985, 2009)
“I followed him to the Tsar’s study and he bowed and left. The Tsar Alexander III came to the door […]
Folklore about Chinook Wind
Chinook arrived again to our area. Those terrible temperature hikes from plus to minus and vice versа, sometimes up to 20 degrees […]
BADEK NEWS 48
One. Russia stops Canada. For the first time in a decade, Canada fails to get the gold medal game of […]
A New Year – A New Beginning
People make sometimes unattainable resolutions. And when they cannot follow through for whatever reason: for example, health, time, responsibilities etc., […]