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Who are the ‘Two from the Chest’?
15 quotes from Sergei Dovlatov's books that every Russian knows
Sergei Dovlatov: The Russian writer a New York street is named after
Russian literature you can read for FREE: Dostoevsky & Turgenev
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Classic Russian literature you can read online for FREE: Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol
5 favorite books of Joseph Stalin
How a Russian artist became a classic writer in the U.S.
What is the ‘Golden Age of Russian Literature’?
The first Russian travelogue: Afanasy Nikitin's ‘A Journey Beyond the Three Seas’
How Tolstoy argued with Dostoevsky in his novel ‘Resurrection’
8 literary spots on the map of St. Petersburg
Which writers did Soviet leaders adore? (PHOTOS)
Who did Pushkin's daughter become for Leo Tolstoy?
Who was the real-life inspiration for Natasha Rostova in Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’?
How Tolstoy fell out with Turgenev over… a sofa!
What were classic Russian writers AFRAID of?
Why did Tolstoy and Dostoevsky NEVER meet?
5 books that supported Russians during World War II
Why was writer Maxim Gorky kicked out of… a New York hotel?
5 English translations of Russian literature in 2026
Nobel Laureate Mo Yan on Russia & Russian Literature
7 iconic literary places in Moscow worth visiting
Who is Leo Tolstoy's alter ego in ‘War and Peace’?
Rasul Gamzatov: 5 facts about Dagestan’s most famous poet
Why would Leo Tolstoy often pray to his late mother?
How American classic writer Mark Twain ended up in Russia & what surprised him
What omens did Alexander Pushkin fear?
The book festival is back on Red Square! (PHOTOS)
What did Russian classic writers think about the DACHA?
Which of the American classics has been translated into Russian most often?
Which Russian books were voted onto The Guardian's new top 100 list?
5 Russian novels that took the longest to write
3 Russian words INVENTED by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
5 major works by Mikhail Bulgakov
5 Soviet novels about World War II based on real events
This WWII pilot returned to the front after having both legs amputated
Why were books in short supply in the USSR?
5 facts about the tragic fate of poet Nikolai Gumilev
Why the Soviets were obsessed with ‘FATTY’ literary magazines
How did Russian & Soviet writers imagine the FUTURE? (PICS)
3 EASY steps to help you fall in LOVE with Russian literature!
Who is the MAIN monster in Russian fairy tales?
Why is MONEY the real protagonist in Mikhail Bulgakov's novel ‘The Master and Margarita’?
5 incredible stories from the life of Nikolai Gogol, possibly invented by himself
How Russian writers invented serialized stories long before the advent of TV
Why did Joseph Stalin call Russian writers?
Why Pushkin left his wife after their wedding night
5 MAIN cats in Russian literature (PICS)
5 groups of co-authors in Russian literature
Why did fans want to protect Andrei Bely's poems from… himself?
How did Shakespeare's ‘Lady Macbeth’ find its way into Russian prose?
The 7 most famous horses in Russian literature
Why was Nikolai Leskov called the ‘most Russian writer’?
5 must-read books by Russian writer Nikolai Leskov
The 5 most MOVING love scenes in Russian literature
How Dostoevsky Communicated with… GHOSTS!
5 little-known facts about fabulist Ivan Krylov (PHOTOS)
Why did Europe & Asia fall in love with the ‘Russian La Fontaine’?
Russian literature in exile: 3 waves of emigration
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