"For dinner, soup, shchi (cabbage soup), roast, and mushroom pies were served — all that Russian cuisine is famous for..." (A.S. Pushkin) Our October literary salon was dedicated to food: both spiritual and real. In other words, we discussed the reflection of the meal (or trapeza) in literary works. Russian cuisine is more than just food. It is the breath of the land, the smells of childhood, the warmth of the stove where both fairy tale heroes and characters from great novels gather. The taste of Russian literature cannot be separated from the taste of its cuisine: kasha (porridge), turnip, [...]

Alexander Grin’s Scarlet Sails is not only a story about love and dreams but also a coded book, full of symbols. Every name, every place, even the color of the sails carries a hidden meaning. Grin seemed to leave us a message: a dream becomes reality when we ourselves create a miracle. The first trial public literary readings dedicated to the 145th anniversary of Alexander Grin’s birth took place at the Literary Salon and the Children’s Club. Four brave women—our regular readers, members of the literary salon, mothers and one grandmother—took the stage and read excerpts from Scarlet Sails. Just [...]

The last literary salon before the summer holidays was dedicated to female characters in classical and contemporary literature. The women’s novel in Russian classical literature is a special genre focused on the fate of women, their inner world, emotions, and the struggle between duty and personal happiness. Such works not only reflect the status of women in 19th-century society but also reveal deep psychological and moral conflicts. One of the first significant examples is Alexander Pushkin’s novel Eugene Onegin, where the character of Tatyana Larina became a symbol of Russian femininity — sincere, sensitive, and spiritually mature. Later, Leo Tolstoy [...]