The Wily Wizard
One day in a St. Petersburg tavern, Alexander Pushkin encountered a short, grey-eyed young man sitting alone. Just what could have drawn the great Russian poet to... Read more.
«Time! I will pass you by!»
A fair-haired thirteen-year-old girl once asked a seasoned revolutionary: “Can one be a poet and belong to the Party?” “No,” he replied. Honour and credit... Read more.
The Pilgrim of the Russian Land
The sun is at its zenith. Beneath its merciless rays, the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem appear white and deceptively fragile. The shadows, which never offered... Read more.