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1 day ago · Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (Russian: Алексей Максимович Пешков; [ a] 28 March [ O.S. 16 March] 1868 – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky ( Максим Горький ), was a Russian and Soviet writer and socialism proponent. [ 1] He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. [ 2] Before his ...
2 days ago · Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky [a] (UK: / ˌ d ɒ s t ɔɪ ˈ ɛ f s k i /, [1] US: / ˌ d ɒ s t ə ˈ j ɛ f s k i, ˌ d ʌ s-/; [2] Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский [b], romanized: Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevskiy, IPA: [ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj] ⓘ; 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881 [3] [c]), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist.
9 hours ago · Russian President Vladimir Putin was told Monday that Ukraine currently controls 28 settlements in the Kursk region, as Russia expanded its evacuations amid Kyiv's ongoing cross-border offensive.
4 days ago · Pnin ( Russian pronunciation: [pnʲin]) is Vladimir Nabokov 's 13th novel and his fourth written in English; it was published in 1957. The success of Pnin in the United States launched Nabokov's career into literary prominence. Its eponymous protagonist, Timofey Pavlovich Pnin, is a Russian -born assistant professor in his 50s living in the ...
1 day ago · Good evening. Vladimir Putin has vowed to “kick the enemy out of our territory” in response to Ukraine’s surprise border incursion. Elsewhere, Sir Keir Starmer poses the “biggest threat ...
2 days ago · Russia - Perestroika, Glasnost, Reforms: When Brezhnev died in 1982, most elite groups understood that the Soviet economy was in trouble. Due to senility, Brezhnev had not been in effective control of the country during his last few years, and Kosygin had died in 1980. The Politburo was dominated by old men, and they were overwhelmingly Russian. Non-Russian representation at the top of the party and the government had declined over time. Yury V. Andropov and then Konstantin Chernenko led the ...
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2 hours ago · More top news. Russia: President Vladimir Putin lashed out at the West over Ukraine’s weeklong incursion into Russian territory, in a tense televised meeting with his top officials. California ...
