- "I'm not misbehaving, not touching anyone, fixing the primus," the cat said unfriendly, frowning, "and I also consider it my duty to warn that a cat is an ancient and inviolable creature." ("Master and Margarita") Dear friends! On May 30th, we invite you to our next meeting. This time, we will talk about the works of Mikhail Bulgakov. His "Master and Margarita" and "Heart of a Dog" are undoubtedly well-known to all. But did you know that the famous comedy by Leonid Gaidai "Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession" is based on Bulgakov's play "Ivan Vasilievich," only the time period is shifted […]

Dear friends, on July 25th, the Soviet and Russian writer, director, actor, screenwriter, and incredibly talented individual Vasily Makarovich Shukshin would have turned 95 years old. Vasily Shukshin was born and raised in Siberia. He absorbed the spirit of this land with his mother's milk. All his works, whether short stories or large novels, are permeated with love for his homeland. In his creative work, he vividly and colorfully portrayed the image of a rural dweller, sometimes illiterate, naive, and believing in a bright future, so different from the urban dweller, and conveyed his colorful language with great accuracy describing his […]