Controversial writer - Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy.  Tolstoy A.N.

Years of life: from 12/29/1882 to 02/23/1945

Well-known Russian, and after the Soviet writer, playwright, essayist, public figure, count, academician. In the USSR, he was considered one of the main "official" writers. He left behind a vast creative heritage in a variety of genres.

Born in the city of Nikolaevsk (now - Pugachev) of the Samara province. Mother A.N. Tolstoy, being pregnant, left her husband for her lover - Alexei Apollonovich Bostrom, a landowner and an employee of the Zemstvo Council. The childhood of the writer passed in his estate Sosnovka. A.N. Tolstoy's stepfather was his father and until the age of 13 bore his last name, and the final recognition of Tostoy's right to the title occurred only in 1901. He received his initial education, as was the custom of that time, at home, and in 1897 the family moved to Samara, where the future writer entered a real school. After graduating in 1901, he went to St. Petersburg, where he entered the department of mechanics of the Technological Institute. By this time, his first poems, published in 1907 in the form of a collection, belong. In the same year, the writer leaves the institute without defending his diploma, deciding to devote himself to literary work.

Since that time, A.N. Tolstoy works hard and hard. Fame comes to the writer in 1910-1911 after the publication of novels and short stories, which later compiled the book "Trans-Volga". Before the First World War, Tolstoy wrote many stories, novels, plays, poems, fairy tales, he was a regular literary evenings, salons, theatrical premieres. After the start of the war, AN. Tolstoy worked as a war correspondent, wrote a number of essays and stories about the war. He took the October Revolution with hostility. In 1918 Tolstoy left for Odessa, and then through Turkey to Paris. However, life in exile did not go well, Tolstoy experienced financial difficulties, could not get along with the emigrant environment (for his cooperation in the newspaper Nakanune, Tolstoy was expelled from the emigrant Union of Russian Writers and Journalists). Moving to Berlin in 1921 did not improve the situation, and in 1923 A.N. Tolstoy decides to return to the USSR.

The writer was received well and immediately began to work fruitfully. During this period, his most famous fantastic works("Aelita", "Hyperboloid engineer Garin"). At the same time, in the work of A.N. Tolstoy, ideological moments play an increasingly important role, and in the 1930s. By direct order of the authorities, Alexei Tolstoy wrote the first work about Stalin - the story "Bread (Defense of Tsaritsyn)" (published in 1937). In the 30s A.N. Tolstoy begins to actively develop the theme of the reign of Peter I, which has long interested him, and releases the first two parts of the epic novel Peter I. The authorities treated the writer very well, he became a personal friend of Stalin, had two luxurious dachas, several cars, A.N. Tolstoy was awarded numerous orders, prizes, was elected a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, a full member of the Academy of Sciences. During the Great Patriotic War A.N. Tolstoy often acts as a publicist, continuing work on the third book of the novel Peter I. In 1944, the writer was diagnosed with a malignant lung tumor. The disease progressed rapidly, delivering A.N. Tolstoy truly hellish torment, and February 23, 1945 the writer died.

Information about the works of the author:

A.N. Tolstoy was married four times (official and unofficial) and became the father of four children.

In 1944 A.N. Tolstoy actively participated in the work of a special commission headed by academician N. N. Burdenko, which came to the conclusion that the Polish officers in Katyn were shot by the Germans.

Writer's Awards

1938 - Order of Lenin
1939 - Order of the Badge of Honor
1941 - for 1-2 parts of the novel "Peter I".
1943 - Order of the Red Banner of Labor
1943 - Stalin Prize first degree for the novel "Walking through the torments."
1946 - Stalin Prize of the first degree for the play "Ivan the Terrible" (posthumously).

Bibliography

Cycles of works

Tale

Contemporaries called Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy the “Red Count”, emphasizing the paradox of his biography: in 1917, the Bolsheviks got rid of the titles and their holders, but Tolstoy managed the impossible. "Comrade Count" became the embodiment of a compromise: hating the Bolsheviks, he faithfully served the regime and managed to receive three Stalin Prizes.

Childhood and youth

The writer was born in January 1883 in the city of Nikolaevsk, Samara province. The childhood of the author of "Count Cagliostro" and "Walking Through the Torments" was spent on the estate of an impoverished landowner who served in the zemstvo council, Alexei Bostrom, on the Sosnovka farm near Samara.

Who was the genetic father of Alexei Tolstoy - they argue today. The mother of the writer Alexandra Leontievna Turgeneva ran away from her husband, a wealthy Samara landowner, officer of the Life Guards hussars and Count Nikolai Alexandrovich Tolstoy, while pregnant. She went to Bostrom, leaving her husband three children. Biographers and contemporaries of Alexei Tolstoy called the father of the writer landowner Bostrom. Until the age of 13, the prose writer bore his surname and considered his own father. Alexandra Leontyevna never married Alexei Bostrom: the church did not allow her.

When Alyosha grew up, his mother began a 4-year lawsuit, wanting to return to her son county title, surname and patronymic of the first husband. The lawsuit ended on the 17th anniversary of Alexei Nikolaevich: in 1901 he became Count Tolstoy, not knowing the person whose patronymic and surname he got.

Love for literature and writing was instilled in Alexei Tolstoy by his mother, the great-niece of Nikolai Turgenev. She signed her writings - novels and children's books - with the pseudonym Alexander Bostrom.

The future author of The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin received his initial education at home. But in 1897 the family moved to Samara, where Tolstoy became a student at a real school. In 1901, the young man continued his education in St. Petersburg, entering the Faculty of Mechanics of the Technological Institute.

Literature

A collection of poems by Tolstoy "Lyric" was published in 1907. Critics noted in early work The influence of 24-year-old Alexei Tolstoy and Semyon Nadson: the young writer imitated the masters. Later, Alexey Nikolayevich was ashamed of the authorship of the collection and tried not to think about poetry.

The first story "The Old Tower" appeared after a trip to the Urals, where the student was sent for practice. For a month and a half, Alexei Tolstoy lived in ancient Nevyansk, where he collected legends, historical information about the region and its sights, including the Nevyansk Leaning Tower.

In 1907, Alexei Nikolaevich left the institute and devoted himself to writing. According to Tolstoy, he "attacked on his theme", prompted by the stories of his mother and relatives: it was the outgoing world of the nobility, whose representatives the writer called "eccentrics, colorful and ridiculous."

The collection of novels and short stories Zavolzhie was received favorably by critics, including Aleksey Tolstoy, who was dissatisfied with the result, calling himself "an ignoramus and an amateur."

AT student years Tolstoy, under the influence of Alexei Remizov, took up the improvement of the language. The richest material turned out to be ancient fairy tales, folklore, the writings of Habakkuk and judicial acts of the 17th century. Soon there were Forty tales” and the second (last) poetry collection “Beyond the Blue Rivers”.

Alexei Tolstoy did not write more poetry. But stories, fairy tales, novels and novels were born in huge numbers - the writer worked tirelessly, surprising his colleagues with incredible efficiency. In 1911, he wrote the novel "Two Lives", the following year the novel "The Lame Master" appeared, then the story "For Style" and short stories. Tolstoy's plays were staged at the capital's Maly Theatre. At the same time, the writer managed to attend parties, opening days, salons and all theatrical premieres.

The First World War made Alexei Tolstoy a war correspondent: he wrote front-line essays for the Russkiye Vedomosti newspaper, visited France and Britain. In 1915-16, the stories “On the mountain”, “Under water”, “ Beautiful lady". The writer also did not forget about dramaturgy - in 1916 the comedies "Unclean Force" and "Killer Whale" were released.

The revolutionary events of October 1917 Aleksey Tolstoy took with caution. In the summer of 1918, he moved his family to Odessa to escape the Bolsheviks. The story “Count Cagliostro” and the comedy “Love is a golden book” appeared in the southern city.

From Odessa, the Tolstoy family emigrated to Constantinople, then to Paris. The move did not affect the writer's work capacity: Alexei Tolstoy continued to work without straightening his back. In France, the story "Childhood of Nikita" and the first part of the trilogy "Walking through the torments" were born.

Life abroad seemed to the Russian writer dreary and uncomfortable. Accustomed to luxury and comfort, Count Tolstoy was burdened by the disorder of life. In the autumn of 1921, he moved his family to Berlin, where he stayed for two years. Relations between Alexei Nikolaevich and the emigrant world deteriorated.

At the end of the summer of 1923, Alexei Tolstoy returned to Soviet Russia. His return caused a stormy and ambiguous reaction: emigrant circles called the act a betrayal and showered curses on the "Soviet count". The Bolsheviks accepted the writer with open arms: Tolstoy became a personal friend, a frequenter of the Kremlin receptions, received membership in the Academy of Sciences, and was elected a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Aleksey Nikolaevich not exactly accepted - he resigned himself to the new system, as if with inevitability. He was presented with an estate in Barvikha, they gave him a car with a driver.

Alexei Tolstoy finalized the trilogy "Walking Through the Torments" and presented dozens of essays to young readers. For children, he remade Carlo Collodi's fairy tale about the adventures of Pinocchio, calling his story "The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio."

In 1924, a story was born, which literary critics consider the best work Alexei Tolstoy - "The Adventures of Nevzorov, or Ibicus." The writer presented the world with fascinating fantastic works - the novels "Aelita" and "The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin", the utopian story "Blue Cities". But readers accepted the fantastic writings of the “Comrade Count” with caution, and colleagues, Yuri Tynyanov, were skeptical. Only Maxim Gorky appreciated the new novels of the author, who predicted the glory of novels in the fantasy genre.

In 1937, Alexei Tolstoy wrote the story "Bread", in which he spoke about the outstanding role of Stalin in the defense of Tsaritsyn during the years of the civil war. But the main book on which the writer worked for the last 16 years of his life was the historical novel "". After reading the work, even Ivan Bunin, who did not like Tolstoy, became generous with praise.

During the years of the Great Patriotic War Alexei Tolstoy wrote the drama-dilogue "" and the story "Russian Character".

But there are works attributed to the pen of the "red count", from which he denied, not wanting to recognize authorship. This is an erotic story "Banya", which is called the first pornographic work of pre-revolutionary Russia. But they did not find confirmation that the story was written by Alexei Tolstoy: there were no traces of work left in the letters or drafts of the writer. Some critics suggest that Banya was written, but there are those who point to Nikolai Leskov.

Perhaps Alexey Nikolayevich was among the "suspects" due to a reasonable assumption about the authorship of another work, which also contains elements of pornography. This is Vyrubova's Diary, which appeared in 1927 - a vulgar libel written (presumably) by Alexei Tolstoy and Pavel Shchegolev on the order of the authorities in order to discredit the royal family.

The works of Alexei Tolstoy have been filmed. Some ("Lame master", "Walking through the torment") 3-4 times. The films "Formula of Love", "Peter the Great", "Peter's Youth", "Golden Key", "Aelita", "Engineer Garin's Hyperboloid" and "Nikita's Childhood" are based on the works of the "Soviet count".

Personal life

The writer was called a ladies' man and a bon vivant. There were four marriages in the life of Alexei Tolstoy. The first is with Yulia Rozhanskaya, the daughter of a collegiate adviser. The writer met a girl in Samara, at a play rehearsal in an amateur theater. In 1901, after a summer spent together at the Rozhanskys' dacha, Tolstoy persuaded Yulia to leave for St. Petersburg, where she entered a medical institute. The following year the couple got married, and in January 1903 their son Yuri was born (he died in 1908).

During the revolutionary events, Alexei Tolstoy went to Germany, where he met the artist Sofya Dymshits. He officially separated from his first wife in 1910. Jewish Sophia converted to Orthodoxy and married Tolstoy. In 1911, a daughter, Marianna, was born.

Soon, the loving writer drew attention to the poetess Natalya Krandievsky and left his second wife. In 1914, Tolstoy and Krandievskaya got married, the marriage lasted until 1935. In union with Natalya Vasilyevna, who became the prototype of Katya from "Walking Through the Torments", the sons Nikita and Dmitry were born.

In August 1935, the beautiful secretary Lyudmila Krestinskaya-Barsheva came to the Tolstoy's house. In October, Lyudmila, who was strikingly younger than Alexei Nikolaevich, became his wife. Together they lived until the death of the writer.

Death

In 1944, doctors diagnosed Alexei Tolstoy with a terrible diagnosis: rapidly progressing lung cancer. For six months the writer was tormented by hellish pains. He died in February 1945 in Moscow, not having lived to see the Victory.

Buried Alexei Tolstoy Novodevichy cemetery declaring state mourning.

In October 1987, in the capital on Spiridonovka Street, where he lived last years the writer and his wife Lyudmila opened the museum.

Quotes by Alexei Tolstoy

• This world will inevitably perish. Here, only thrushes live intelligently.
• It must be when a person has everything - then he is truly and unhappy.
• The soldiers were required to stubbornly and obediently die in the places indicated on the map.
• People cannot be left without leaders. They are drawn to get on all fours.
• Here they fought their own: brother against brother, father against son, godfather against godfather - that means, without fear and mercilessly.
• It is necessary that the amount of gold be limited, otherwise it will lose the smell of human sweat.

Bibliography

• 1912 - "The lame master"
• 1921 - "Count Cagliostro"
• 1922 - "Childhood of Nikita"
• 1923 - "Aelita"
• 1924 - "The Adventures of Nevzorov, or Ibicus"
• 1927 - "Hyperboloid engineer Garin"
• 1922 - “Walking through the torments. Sisters"
• 1928 - “Walking through the torments. 18th year"
• 1941 - “Walking through the torments. Gloomy morning»
• 1934 - "Peter the Great"
• 1942 - "Ivan the Terrible. Eagle and eagle"
• 1943 - "Ivan the Terrible. Difficult years"

Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy was born December 29, 1882 (January 10 NS) 1883 in the city of Nikolaevsk, Samara province, in the family of a landowner. Tolstoy's father - Count N.A. Tolstoy; mother - nee A.L. Turgenev. He was raised by his stepfather A. Bostrom, a liberal and heir to the "sixties", to whom the mother of A. Tolstoy, an educated woman and not alien to writing, left. Childhood years were spent on the Sosnovka farm, which belonged to his stepfather.

He received his primary education at home under the guidance of a visiting teacher. In 1897 the family moves to Samara, where the future writer enters a real school. After graduating from it in 1901, goes to St. Petersburg to continue his education. Enters the department of mechanics of the Technological Institute. By this time, his first poems, not free from imitation of Nekrasov and Nadson, belong.

In 1907, shortly before defending his diploma, left the institute, deciding to devote himself to literary work. In 1905 Tolstoy for the first time published in the provincial newspapers several poems in the spirit of civil poetry . In 1907 published a collection of poems "Lyrika", which affected the influence of decadence - the result of the author's rapprochement with the metropolitan literary environment. In 1908 Tolstoy's first story "The Old Tower" is published in the Niva magazine. Following this, the collection "Magpie's Tales" ( 1910 ) and a book of poems "Beyond the blue rivers" ( 1911 ), in which Tolstoy turned to various motifs of folk art.

In 1909-1911 spoke with realistic stories and stories from the life of the ruined local nobility. These works are the “Trans-Volga” cycle, as well as the novels “Eccentrics” (“Two Lives”, 1911 ) and "Lame Master" ( 1912 ) - brought Tolstoy fame. Continuing the tradition critical realism 19th century, young Tolstoy learned the skill from I.S. Turgenev, L.N. Tolstoy and N.V. Gogol.

World War I changes Tolstoy's plans. As a war correspondent from Russkiye Vedomosti, he is at the fronts, visited England and France. He wrote a number of essays and stories about the war (the stories "On the Mountain", 1915 ; "Underwater", "Beautiful Lady", 1916 ). During the war years, he turned to dramaturgy - the comedies "Unclean Force" and "Kasatka" ( 1916 ).

The events of the February Revolution aroused his interest in the problems of Russian statehood, which prompted him to study the history of Peter the Great. He devoted a lot of time to working with archives, trying to discover the true reality of that time, the images of Peter 1 and his entourage.

Tolstoy took the October Revolution with hostility. AT 1918 appears in his work historical theme(the stories "Obsession", "Peter's Day").

Autumn 1918 leaves with his family for Odessa, from there to Paris. Become an immigrant. In 1920 The story "Childhood of Nikita" was written. In 1921“migrated” to Berlin and joined the Smenovekhov group “On the Eve” (the socio-political movement of the Russian émigré intelligentsia, who refused to fight against Soviet power and passed to its actual recognition). Former friends turned away from A. Tolstoy. AT 1922 M. Gorky arrived in Berlin, with whom friendly relations were established. In the Berlin period were written: the novel "Aelita" ( 1922-1923 ), the story "Black Friday" ( 1924 ) and "Manuscript found under the bed".

In 1923 Tolstoy returns to the USSR. Among the works written after the return, the trilogy “Walking through the torments” (“Sisters”, “The Eighteenth Year”, 1927-1928 ; "Gloomy Morning" 1940-1941 ). The trilogy is thematically adjoined by the story "Bread" ( 1937 ). In the open hospitable house of A. Tolstoy, interesting, talented people- writers, actors, musicians. A significant achievement of A. Tolstoy was his historical novel "Peter I", on which he worked for sixteen years.

During the Patriotic War, he often spoke with articles, essays, stories, the heroes of which were ordinary people who proved themselves in the difficult trials of the war. During the war years, he creates a dramatic dilogy "Ivan the Terrible" ( 1941-1943 ).

Tolstoy Alexei Nikolaevich (December 29, 1882 - February 23, 1945) - Count, famous Russian Soviet writer. Author of numerous works of socio-psychological, historical, as well as science fiction topics, a number of journalistic works. Laureate of 3 Stalin Prizes.

Biography

Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy was born on December 29, 1882 in the town of Nikolaevsk, Samara province. Alexei's mother, Alexandra Leontievna, had left her husband Nikolai Alexandrovich Tolstoy by the time of his birth and lived with her lover, whose name was Alexei Apollonovich Bostrom.

Alyosha Tolstoy spent his childhood on the Sosnovka farm, near Samara, on the estate of Bostrom, who became his unofficial stepfather. Moreover, some biographers of Alexei Tolstoy are sure that Bostrom was the biological father of the writer.

Alexei received his primary education in Sosnovka, under the guidance of a teacher invited to him. Then the family moved to Samara, and the boy entered a real school.

After graduating from college, Alexey entered the St. Petersburg Institute of Technology, from where he was sent to the Urals in the spring of 1905, to practice, or rather, to the city of Nevyansk, where he stayed for more than a month. The story “The Old Tower”, written by Tolstoy later, was dedicated to the Nevyansk Leaning Tower. At the institute, Alexei Tolstoy began to write his first poems. They were first published in 1906.

In 1907, having completed almost the entire course of study at the Technological Institute, Alexei left him without defending his diploma and deciding to devote himself to literature. This year he published his first book of poems called "Lyrics". Also, Tolstoy's articles and poems were published in the journals Obrazovanie and Luch. Alexei himself lived at that time in Paris, preparing his second book of poems for publication. In 1908 he returned to St. Petersburg and published the book "Beyond the Blue Rivers", in which poems were collected. Tolstoy also tries to work with prose and creates "Magpie's Tales". Prose works and subsequently bring fame to Alexei Tolstoy.

In 1912, Tolstoy moved to Moscow, where a year later he began to collaborate with the Russkiye Vedomosti periodical, in which he publishes his stories and novels.

To the first world war Alexei Tolstoy was a war correspondent and made trips to England and France. In addition to journalistic works, Tolstoy during this period wrote stories about the war, as well as dramatic works.

From 1918 to 1923, A. Tolstoy, who did not accept the October Revolution, was in exile - first in Paris, and since 1921. - in Berlin. Together with other representatives of the emigrant Russian intelligentsia, he was a member of the Nakanune group.

In 1920, Tolstoy wrote the story "Nikita's Childhood", and in 1921-1923 he wrote several more literary works, among them the story "Black Friday", as well as the novel "Aelita", etc.

In 1921-1923 Tolstoy wrote The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin, as well as The Golden Key for children about the adventures of Pinocchio.

In 1927, he took part in writing the collective burime novel Big Fires in Ogonyok.

One of the most famous literary works of Alexei Tolstoy is his trilogy "Walking through the torments", written from 1922 to 1941, in which the author depicted the process of comprehending the Bolshevik revolution by the Russian intelligentsia.

Also a prominent work of Alexei Tolstoy is "Peter I" - a historical novel that describes the cruel and strong reformist power.

A separate niche in the work of Alexei Tolstoy is occupied by science fiction works, among which are the "Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin", as well as "Aelita", which have become classics of Soviet science fiction.

In addition, Alexei Tolstoy created dramatic works, for example, the play "The Conspiracy of the Empress", dedicated to the decay of the tsarist regime.

In 1937, Alexei Tolstoy wrote the story "Bread", which was dedicated to the defense during the civil war of Tsaritsyn and narrates a vision in an artistic and fascinating form. civil war, which existed in the circle of Stalin, as well as his associates and served as the basis for the emergence of the Stalinist cult of personality. This story describes in detail the warring parties, the psychology and life of that time.

Some major literary works were subjected to serious processing by Alexei Tolstoy - the novels "Emigrants", "Sisters", etc.

At the meeting in 1934 At the First Congress of Writers, Alexei Tolstoy made a presentation on dramaturgy.

Alexei Tolstoy traveled abroad - to Italy, Germany, England, Czechoslovakia, France, Spain, was a member of the first, held in 1935 and the second, held in 1937, writers' congresses, which were held in defense of culture.

In addition, Tolstoy was a member of the commission investigating the atrocities of the Nazis and was personally present at the Krasnodar process.

In 1944, doctors discovered a malignant tumor in Alexei Tolstoy's lung. The treatment did not help, 12/23/1945. Alexei Tolstoy is dead.

Features of the work of Alexei Tolstoy

• The work of Alexei Tolstoy is characterized by a pronounced genre versatility. The writer also creates historical works covering various historical periods, and journalism, and science fiction, fairy tales, etc.
• A separate niche is occupied by the work of the Tolstoy military period. During the years of the Great Patriotic War, the author wrote about sixty different journalistic works (articles, essays, appeals, literary sketches about military operations and about heroes).
• In his works of the war period, Alexei Tolstoy often refers to episodes of Russian history, as well as to folklore. In some articles he quotes Old Russian works, in others mentions the victories of Mikhail Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky.
• Aleksey Tolstoy in his works consistently displays the “Russian character”, noting such characteristic features of Russian people as “Russian intelligence”, “striving for moral perfection”, as well as “rejection in difficult moments of life from everything familiar”.
• Tolstoy makes fun of psychological methods used by the Nazis to wage war, thereby fighting the myths about the enemy that were circulating among Russian soldiers.

Important dates from the biography of Alexei Tolstoy

• December 29, 1882 - was born in the city of Nikolaevsk.
• 1897 - moves with his family to Samara, enters a real school.
• 1901 - graduated from college, entered the St. Petersburg Institute of Technology.
• 1906 - first publication.
• 1907 - leaves the institute. Release of the first book of poems by Alexei Tolstoy. Leaves for Paris.
• 1908 - returns from Paris to St. Petersburg.
• 1912 - moves to Moscow.
• 1913 - begins to be published in Russkiye Vedomosti.
• 1914 - leaves the "Russian Vedomosti" for the front, visits European countries.
• 1918-1923 - the period of emigration.
• 1921-1923 - writes the novel "Aelita".
• 1927-1928 - writes parts I and II of "Walking through the torments".
• 1929 - the beginning of work on "Peter I".
• 1932 - trip to Italy, meeting with Gorky.
• 1940-1941 - III part of "Walking through the torments".
• February 23, 1945 - Alexei Tolstoy died in Moscow.

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  in front of you unusual book, which includes the mystical stories of Russian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries - from Bestuzhev-Marlinsky to Alexander Kuprin - directly related to the European mystical romance. Traditions of the existence of scary stories have existed for more than a century and attract the attention of many readers who love to experience unusual feelings, listen and read new stories that tickle your nerves.... Further

The collection includes poems by Russian poets Alexei Tolstoy, Vasily Zhukovsky, Fyodor Tyutchev, Afanasy Fet, Nikolai Nekrasov and Konstantin Batyushkov. They are loved by many generations. Many of their poems were set to music and performed for many years in concert halls, in aristocratic salons, in the houses of citizens or peasant huts. The disc contains biographical information about the authors, texts and an audio recording of poems and romances performed by N. Obukhov, F. Chaliapin, S. Zhirnov. You will hear familiar poems performed by great Russian actors and singers (more than 200 poems).... Further

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  A rocket to Mars is launched from a simple courtyard in Petrograd in the 1920s. But will its creator, engineer Los, manage to escape from the surrounding reality and find love and extraterrestrial beauty named Aelita on another planet? After all, the realities of life on Mars are not much different. from those that Elk hoped to leave: the ruling aristocracy oppresses ordinary Martians and a revolution is inevitable.... Further

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  In a country weakened by the world war and February revolution, another revolution broke out - the October. It was followed by civil war. And again the echelons were pulled: to the south - with people looking for a better life; to the north - with cannons and shells for the front. All around Russia disorder, famine, devastation spread. The protagonists of the trilogy will face new severe trials...... Further

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  “Where the vines bend over the pool, Where the summer sun bakes, Dragonflies fly and dance, Merry lead a round dance ...”

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  Once a man was driving to a fair with pots and lost one pot. And this pot became a home for a pig-fly, and for a peeping mosquito, and for ... For whom else? You will learn about this by listening to the Russian fairy tale "Teremok", which is included in the collection. Here you will find other fairy tales, and also lullabies and poems by children's poets. Wonderful drawings for them were drawn by the artist I. Tsygankov.... Further

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  “A package containing secret, extremely important military documents was handed over to Nikita Alekseevich Obozov, and the transfer of documents and the sending of Obozov took place in secret. The assignment - a long and dangerous trip abroad - delighted him; civilian dress, green, three tongues, a passport, a suitcase, briskly clicking the lock at the end of packing - all these were messengers wonderful days(they will come - this is clear when a blanket and a suitcase are in hand) ... "... Further

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  “Your Majesty, I thought for a long time about how I should present to you a matter that deeply affects me, and I came to the conclusion that the direct path here, as in all other circumstances, is the best. Sovereign, service, whatever it may be, is deeply disgusting my nature; I know that everyone should, to the best of their ability, benefit the fatherland, but there is different ways benefit. The path shown to me by Providence for this is my literary talent, and any other path is impossible for me ...... Further

The works created by the writer in the 1920s and included in the author's collection "Emigrants" are united by a single theme - the theme of emigration. These stories are adventurous, picturesque pictures of the manners and life of the emigrant world, containing extensive material from the author's personal impressions. ... Further

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  “I recently arrived in Corinth ... Here are the steps, and here is the colonnade! I love the local marble nymphs And the Isthmian sound of the waterfall! .. "

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  “The people are seething, fun, laughter, The sound of lutes and cymbals is roaring, Greenery and flowers are all around, And between the pillars, at the entrance of the house, Brocades of heavy fractures With patterned braid are raised ...” ... More

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  Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy is an amazing and capable writer of rare talent, he created numerous novels, plays and stories, wrote scripts, fairy tales for children. Aleksey Nikolaevich strove to reveal to young readers, to show them that huge ideological, moral and aesthetic richness that permeates the works of Russian oral folk art. Carefully selecting and sifting hosts folklore works, as a result, he included in his collection of Russian folk tales 50 fairy tales about animals and about seven children's fairy tales. According to Alexei Tolstoy, the processing of folk tales was long and challenging task. If you believe his words, then from the numerous variations of Russian and folk tales, he selected the most interesting, enriched with truly folk language turns and amazing plot details of the tale, which could be useful to children and parents in mastering Russian folk culture, her stories. In children's literature Tolstoy A.N. contributed his book, affectionately called "Magpie's Tales", which was prepared in 1910. Tales from this book, thanks to the diligence and perseverance of Tolstoy, were often published in children's magazines of that time, such as "Galchonok", "Path" and many others. The works from his book are also widely used today. Magpie Mouse Goat Hedgehog Fox Hare Cat Vaska Owl and cat Wise Gander Mushrooms Crayfish wedding Leggings Ant Cockerels Gelding Camel Pot Chicken god Painting Masha and the bears Lynx, man and bear Giant Bear and goblin Polkan Ax Sparrow Firebird Voracious shoe Snow house Fofka ©& ℗ IP Vorobyov V.A. 2013 ©&℗ ID SOYUZ 2013... Further

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  Tolstoy Alexei Konstantinovich (1817-1875) - Count, Russian writer. From his pen came such famous romances as “My Bells, Flowers of the Steppe”, “Among the Noisy Ball”, ballads, poems, dramatic works and, of course, the historical novel “Prince Silver”. According to the author - “Prince Silver. The Tale of the Times of Ivan the Terrible "is intended not so much to describe any events as to depict general an entire era. Fictional character, Prince Nikita Romanovich Silver, appears before us true hero, a response to the call of hearts that yearn to find in the book the ideas of goodness, justice, fidelity to the laws of conscience and honor, the dignity of the human person.... Further

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  During the day, the dog Polkan dozed in the sun, but at night he did not sleep - he guarded the yard. First published in the children's magazine Path, 1909, No. 9.

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  Aleksey Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1882/1883–1945) was a Soviet writer who created many works for both adults and children during his life. The fairy tale "The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio" was first published in 1936 and fell in love with to the reader. The idea to write a separate fairy tale came to A. Tolstoy while working on the translation of the fairy tale by C. Collodi “The Adventures of Pinocchio. The history of the wooden doll. On the basis of the fairy tale by A. Tolstoy, puppet and classical performances, opera, ballet, films and cartoons were created, famous songs were composed, and the name "Golden Key", as well as the name of the main character - Pinocchio, became a household name. fairy world and the heroes of A. Tolstoy are created so vividly and brightly that for more than half a century, the tale of Pinocchio every year has a lot of new young fans. 2016 marks the 80th anniversary of the first publication of the book in our country. Illustrations by the People's Artist of the USSR, the creator of the image of Murzilka - Aminadav Kanevsky. For elementary school age.... Further

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  The wonderful story "Childhood of Nikita", completing the cycle autobiographical works A.N. Tolstoy about the life of the nobility, is rightfully considered one of the best Russian books for children. In the story of a ten-year-old boy living on his father's estate near Samara, there is an amazingly bright the most ordinary episodes from his life are described. It is not for nothing that this most “village” of the works of A.N. Tolstoy is called the happiest book in the world. “It was so quiet in the warm office that a barely audible ringing began in my ears. What extraordinary stories could be invented alone, on the sofa, to this ringing. White light poured through the frozen glass. Nikita read Cooper ... "... Further

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  “One of the witnesses, a student of the engineering school Semyonov, gave unexpected testimony on the most vague, but, as it turned out later, the main issue in the entire investigation. The fact that at the first acquaintance with the circumstances of the tragic night (from the third to the fourth July) seemed to the investigator an incomprehensible, insane trick, or, perhaps, a cunningly conceived simulation of insanity, now it has become the key to all the clues ... "... Further

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  “... Action - in Moscow and its environs, at the end of the 16th and beginning XVII century…»

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  Tale of A.N. Tolstoy's "The Adventures of Pinocchio, or the Golden Key" is perfect for the first independent reading. After all, the book has a very large font and words with accents. The book contains an incomplete version of the story. The author himself, A. N. Tolstoy, chose from his work interesting places and came up with short inscriptions so that even small children who are just learning to read could learn about the adventures of a wooden man. classic illustrations L.V. Vladimirsky will help kids find themselves in a fairy tale and help Pinocchio defeat the evil Karabas Barabas. For preschool age. ... Further

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  Fascinatingly described adventures of a humble employee who, by the will of fate, found himself in the maelstrom of the Civil War: maps, femme fatale, drugs, ingenious trading operations, mysticism ... S.I. Nevzorov “... is waiting for an opportunity to make a short and successful operation with high-currency goods ... and flee to Europe. “Russia is a disastrous place, so common sense told him. All of it will be plundered and pulled to the skin ... We must hurry to jerk off our piece ... ". The story "The Adventures of Nevzorov, or Ibikus" (1924) is the central part in the cycle of works about white emigration.... Further

This collection includes audio versions of the best Moscow romantic stories first half of XIX century. These are stories created by Muscovite writers, stories that describe Moscow and its inhabitants, which, as A. Griboyedov said, "have their own special imprint." Evgeny Baratynsky "The Ring" Nikolai Pavlov "Name Day" Alexei Tolstoy "Ghoul" Alexander Herzen "Elena" ©&℗ IP Vorobyov V.A. ©&℗ ID SOYUZ... Further

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  "Peter the Great" is an epoch-making historical novel dedicated to the greatest of Russian monarchs. Impeccably written epic, unique in style and scale of events, in which one of the brightest and most difficult periods in the history of our country literally comes to life - the time when "Young Russia matured with the genius of Peter" - the emperor, military leader, builder and naval commander!... Further

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The dramatic story "Ivan the Terrible" was created by A. N. Tolstoy in the thirties of the XX century, during mass repressions in the USSR. During this period, Stalin, wanting to receive historical confirmation of the need for lawlessness, cruelty and tyranny that reigned in the country, gave the command to unbridled glorification of Ivan IV and his entourage, and especially Malyuta Skuratov. And in this work, the writer was forced to deviate from historical truth, trying to exalt and rehabilitate the image of a cruel autocrat.... Further

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  The hero of the famous fairy tale by A.N. Tolstoy, the cheerful wooden boy Pinocchio, became the favorite of millions of readers of different generations.

The publication contains the story "Childhood of Nikita" by the great Russian writer Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy. Written in magnificent Russian, it perfectly conveys inner world and feelings of the young man. ... Further

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  “The long journey was for Gogol already, as it were, the beginning of a plan that he intended to carry out later. He wanted to travel all over Russia, from monastery to monastery, driving along country roads and stopping to rest with the landowners. It was to him it is necessary, firstly, in order to see the most picturesque places in the state, which for the most part were chosen by ancient Russian people for founding monasteries; secondly, in order to study the country roads of the Russian kingdom and the life of peasants and landowners in all its diversity; thirdly, and finally, in order to write a geographical essay about Russia in the most fascinating way. He wanted to write it in such a way “that one could hear the connection of a person with the soil on which he was born”…”... Further

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  The publication contains a gothic story by the great Russian writer Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy. He is known not only as a brilliant satirist, one of the authors of Kozma Prutkov, not only as an author historical works, but also as the author of gothic stories and short stories, in the style of Prosper Merimee and E.T.A. Hoffmann. The work is included in the programs of grades 5-11 high school all levels of learning, for classroom and homework.... Further

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  Back in 1883, a book by C. Collodi “The Adventures of Pinocchio. The story of one puppet. And after almost fifty years, in 1935-1936, in Russia, in the newspaper " Pioneer Truth”, the fairy tale “The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio” was published, written by Soviet writer A.N. Tolstoy. According to the original plan of the writer, The Golden Key was supposed to be a retelling, processing of the famous Italian book. But as a result, a new country, new characters, and - as a result - absolutely new fairy tale. ... The old organ grinder Papa Carlo carved a funny little boy from a log and called him Pinocchio. The wooden boy came to life, but in order to become a real person, he has to go through many adventures. Kindness, courage and the help of real and disinterested friends will help him to endure all trials with honor. The audiobook contains musical instruments of the 19th-20th centuries. © A. Tolstoy (heirs) ©&℗ IP Vorobyov V.A. ©&℗ ID SOYUZ... Further

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  “In 1815, the flower of European education, diplomatic talents, everything that shone in the then society gathered in Vienna. But now, the Congress is over. The emigrant royalists intended to finally settle in their castles, the Russian soldiers - to return to abandoned homes, and a few disgruntled Poles to seek shelter for their love of freedom in Krakow under the dubious tripartite auspices of independence prepared for them by Prince Metternich, Prince Hardenberg and Count Nesselrode ... "... Further

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  A.N. Tolstoy began writing Aelita in 1922, the same year it was published in the Krasnaya Nov magazine. The novel, imbued with deep sensuality, was not originally designed for teenagers. In 1937, the author made changes to the text, abbreviations affecting and the content of the work itself. In this form, "Aelita" is published to this day. Earthlings get to Mars and discover another civilization there. The daughter of the head of the High Council, Aelita, falls in love with the earth engineer Mstislav Los… ©&℗ IP Vorobyov V.A. ©&℗ ID SOYUZ... Further

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  Pinocchio and Malvina, dad Carlo and Karabas Barabas - which of the children does not know these names! And now little readers have a wonderful opportunity to hear a cheerful musical story about the adventures of a wooden boy and his friends in search of a golden key. ... Further

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  Pictures of how the dictatorship is born, and what finale awaits it, are drawn to us by this novel-warning, written at the dawn of Russian science fiction. Garin - a talented engineer in whom "genius and villainy" are easily compatible - creates a weapon that, according to him plan to help him take over the world. But whoever has everything has nothing. A hyperboloid can burn ships, blow up factories, burn the earth, but it is not able to defeat a person in his quest for freedom.... Further

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  “They dragged a large frozen Christmas tree into the living room. Pakhom knocked for a long time and hewed with an ax, adjusting the cross. The tree was finally lifted, and it was so high that the soft green top was bent under the ceiling. The spruce blew cold, but little by little its compacted branches thawed, rose, fluffed out, and the whole house smelled of pine needles. The children brought a pile of chains and cardboard with decorations into the living room, put chairs up to the Christmas tree and began to clean it up. But it soon turned out that things were not enough. I had to sit down again to glue the pounds, gild the nuts, tie silver strings to the gingerbread and Crimean apples. At this work, the children sat all evening, until Lily, with her head down with a crumpled bow on her elbow, fell asleep at the table ... "... Further

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  Aleksei Tolstoy is best known as one of the creators of Kozma Prutkov, but the books he published under his own name have gone down in the history of Russian literature. "Ghoul" - fantasy story. Its action takes place in Russia, but the origins of the incident lead to Italy, where the listeners are transported by the story of one of the characters. The unreal in the story receives a psychological explanation ... which still leaves us the freedom to decide whether this can be or not. The plot of the story of the classic Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy "Ghoul" revolves around Alexander Andreyevich Runevsky, who at one of the balls a certain gentleman confidentially informed that the hostess of the festival, as well as some of the guests, are actually ... ghouls!... Further

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  "Walking through the torments" is a trilogy, unique in its brightness and scale of narration, on the pages of which the reader is presented with a picture of events that shook the whole world. The outstanding work of A.N. Tolstoy shows Russia in one of the most striking, complex and controversial periods of its history - in the troubled pre-revolutionary time, in the harsh years of revolutionary upheavals and the Civil War.... Further

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  "Walking through the torments" is a trilogy, unique in its brightness and scale of narration, on the pages of which the reader is presented with a picture of events that shook the whole world. The outstanding work of A.N. Tolstoy shows Russia in one of the most striking, complex and controversial periods of its history - in the troubled pre-revolutionary time, in the harsh years of revolutionary upheavals and the Civil War.... Further

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  "The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin" is a science fiction novel that tells incredible story a talented scientist who dreams of gaining power over the whole world with the help of the thermal miracle beam he created, which turned out to be a formidable weapon in his hands. "Aelita" a fantasy novel that tells about an extraordinary space flight, about the exciting adventures of travelers on Mars, which turned out to be inhabited by the inhabitants of the lost Atlantis, about the meeting of earthlings with the beautiful Aelita and other inhabitants of the red planet.... Further

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  A fascinating fantasy novel by Alexei Tolstoy "Aelita" tells about an extraordinary space flight, about the exciting adventures of travelers on Mars, which turned out to be inhabited by the inhabitants of the lost Atlantis, about the meeting of earthlings with the beautiful Aelita and others inhabitants of the red planet.... Further

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  “Over the impregnable steepness, a foggy sky hung; There the mountains are separated by a jagged wall from the south, the north is separated ... "

Do you think that Tolstoy simply invented the character "Count Cagliostro"? This is not true. In reality, the mysterious count is considered to be a real person: his real name is Joseph Balsamo. He was born in the family of a small cloth merchant Pietro Balsamo and Felicia Poachers. As a child, the future alchemist was restless and adventurous, and was more interested in tricks and ventriloquism than science. He was expelled from the school at the church of St. Rocca for blasphemy (second option: for theft). For re-education, his mother sent him to a Benedictine monastery. One of the monks, a pharmacist, well-versed in chemistry and medicine, noticing Cagliostro's penchant for chemical research, took him as his student. But the training did not last long - Balsamo was convicted of fraud and expelled from the monastery. However, he himself claimed that he studied ancient books on chemistry, medicinal herbs and astronomy in the monastery library for a long time. Returning to Palermo, Giuseppe took up the manufacture of "miraculous" potions, forgery of documents and the sale to the simpletons of supposedly old maps with the places indicated on them where the treasures were hidden. In Paris, where he moved from London, Cagliostro ran into a competitor - Count Saint-Germain. Cagliostro borrowed several tricks from him, one of them - he forced his servants to tell the curious that they had been serving their master for three hundred years, and during this time he had not changed at all. According to other sources, the butler replied that he entered the service of the count in the year of the assassination of Julius Caesar. A copy of Cagliostro's note has been preserved, it describes the process of "regeneration", or the return of youth. ©&℗ IP Vorobyov V.A. ©&℗ ID SOYUZ... Further

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  "A room in a hotel. The Prince is sitting at the card table, Uranov and Stivinsky are leaving. Opposite, Masha sits on the couch and, resting her chin, looks at the players. The room is full of smoke, mess, empty bottles, leftover food…” ... More

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  The story of Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy about the famous hoaxer and adventurer Count Cagliostro. A magician and sorcerer finds himself in an estate in the Smolensk wilderness, who alarmed the entire capital with his witchcraft skills. The owner of the estate dreams of a woman from an old portrait and only a mysterious foreigner can help him make his dreams come true...... Further

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  The tragic and contradictory picture of the life of representatives of the white emigration is depicted in the wonderful story of Alexei Tolstoy "The Emigrants", an exciting detective and adventurous plot of which is combined with an almost documentary reflection of the events of the European history of the first half of the XX century.... Further

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  Library of the project "History Russian state"- these are recommended by Boris Akunin best monuments world literature, which reflects the biography of our country, from its very beginnings. "The Tale of the Times of Ivan the Terrible" - so Count Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817–1875), Russian writer, poet and playwright, defined the genre of his historical novel The Silver Prince, which tells about the cruel times of the reign of Ivan IV the Terrible and deeply penetrates the secrets of the complex and contradictory personality of the first Russian Tsar.... Further

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  The sci-fi novel "Engineer Garin's Hyperboloid" is an incredible story of a talented scientist who dreams of gaining power over the whole world with the help of a thermal miracle beam he created, which turned out to be a formidable weapon in his hands. ... Further

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  “When the villages are empty, The songs of the villagers will fall silent And the gray-haired fog will turn white Over the swamp, Quietly from the forests Wolf after wolf Goes to prey ... More

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  My task is ... to preserve all the freshness and immediacy when compiling the collection. folk story. To do this, I do this: from the numerous variants of a folk tale, I choose the most interesting, radical one, and enrich it from other variants with vivid language turns and phrases. plot details. Of course, in such a collection of a fairy tale from separate parts, or “restoring” it, I have to add something myself, modify something, supplement the missing, but I do it in the same style - and with all confidence I offer the reader a truly folk tale , folk art with all the richness of the language and the peculiarities of the story ...... Further

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  “Now the last snow in the field is melting, Warm steam rises from the ground, And the blue jug is blooming, And the cranes are calling each other ...”

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  The poet Innokenty Annensky spoke about the pedagogical, educational value works of this poet, the religious thinker John (Shakhovskoy) found a prophetic spirit in his poems and poems, and Russian readers for many generations, having heard his poems in childhood, return to them again and again. Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817–1875) was endowed with an amazing creative gift - he left wonderful literary works in almost all literary genres. But contemporaries valued above all his poetic genius, embodied in diverse ways in poems and poems, in ballads and satire. The book includes most of those written by A.K. Tolstoy's poems and poems, satirical and humorous works, including the works of Kozma Prutkov, to the creation of which the poet is most directly related.... Further

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  Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman, they had a daughter, Alyonushka, and a son, Ivanushka...

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  "School library"continues to acquaint his listeners with the works of Russian classics. Historical novel"Prince Silver" by A.K. Tolstoy takes us to the dark era of the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Listen to the voices of the main characters, recognize their dreams, feel them suffering ... And then you will join the native history, you will feel the inexorable passage of time ...... Further

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  “When Olga Vyacheslavovna appeared, in a chintz dressing gown, uncombed and gloomy,◦ - everyone fell silent in the kitchen, only the primus stoves hissed, cleaned economically, full of kerosene and hidden fury. Some kind of danger emanated from Olga Vyacheslavovna ... "... More

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  “Antoine Rivaud hung his hat and cane on a hook, pursing his stomach, groaning, climbed to the window and slammed his palm on the marble table. For fifteen years now, at the same hour, he appeared in this cafe and sat down in the same place ... "... More

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  Summer 1565. Prince Nikita Romanovich Serebryany returns from the Lithuanian diplomatic mission to the court of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. Pictures of terrible changes amaze the straightforward warrior. Along with luxurious chambers and churches, blockhouses and gallows rise everywhere. Young boyar does not intend to put up with injustice and robbery power royal servants. He is ready to resist and start a fight against rampant oprichnina.... Further

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  The autobiographical story for children "Nikita's Childhood" ("The Tale of Many Excellent Things"), written by Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy in 1920 for children's magazine in France, chronologically describes the year of life before the start of studies. Unity with nature, feeling itself an integral part of it, creates in the soul of the child a constant expectation of happiness. Nikita seeks to poeticize reality and present it as he sees it in his dreams.... Further

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  Lived in a nursery different toys, and under the bed was an old shoe that asked for porridge. First published in the magazine "Galchonok", 1911, No. 2.

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  “Pine forest stands in a lonely country: In it a stream runs and murmurs between trees. I love that stream, I love that country, I love to remember the old days in that forest. "Come in the evening to the dense forest secretly, On the green shore you sit down mine! .." ... More

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  One of the most early novels famous Russian writer Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy.

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  “Lies and gossip. I'm happy ... Now the quiet hour has come: I'm sitting at home, under the most wonderful lamp - do you know these cozy lampshades, silky, like a ballerina's skirt? Coal - a lot, a whole box. A fireplace is burning behind. There is also tobacco, the most excellent Egyptian cigarettes. Don't care what the wind is tears the iron shutters on the door. On me - lighter than down, warmer than a fur coat - a dressing gown made of Pyrenean wool. I'll miss you, I'll go to the glass door - Paris, Paris! .. "... Further

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  “An employee of one of the Moscow newspapers, Ivan Petrovich Babushkin, sitting at his desk in the light of a recently acquired Swedish-style work lamp, bit and examined his nails. Ivan Petrovich's stomach was in excellent condition, advances received, articles surrendered. On earth and in heaven, everything was extremely well. And, what is especially important, at that hour he was alone, completely alone in the apartment: the woman with whom he was in close relations had gone to spend the night and quarreled with her friend. What more could you want?... Further

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  “Having thought carefully, I have chosen a path for myself And I walk along it without noise, Little by little, little by little! ..”

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  “Across the dark steppe, smoke was drawn. The cook scooped up the ashes in a heap - embers of dry manure smoldered under it. The silence was such that you could hear a cricket poking for a mile away; and even further, in a hollow, to the side, where the evening dawn had recently burned out, - the dergach wheezed ... "... More

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  “... I have so many contradictory features that come into conflict, so many desires, so many needs of the heart that I try to reconcile, but as soon as I touch it a little, it all starts to move, enters into a struggle; from you I expect harmony and reconciliation of all these needs. I feel that no one but you can heal me, because my whole being is torn to pieces. I sewed up and corrected all this as best I could, but a lot still needs to be redone, changed, healed ... "... Further

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  “... Leaning against the railing, Paul Thoren looked at the water. Fever burned his eyes. The wind passed through the whole body - and it was not bad. It was painful to think about the cabin, the hot bunk, the sister of mercy falling asleep under the prickly lamp: a white scarf, a bloody cross on dressing gown, the parchment face of a despondent companion of those who suffer. She accompanied Paul Thoren to her homeland, to France ... "... Further

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  “It was a holiday in mid-May. Along the main street of the regional city, under blooming acacias, an impenetrable crowd moved up and down, wherever the eye could see. All young, youthful, semi-childish faces…” ... More

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  “... This gate, and the bare branches of the maple whistling with bad weather and despondency, and in features dead leaf - again, with piercing sharpness, reminded Yegor Ivanovich of what he tried not to think about and what he thought about all the way, dragging around the county in a wicker for three days ... "... More

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