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Col. Bonsal’s confidential notes & diary, published with the encouragement of Pres. Wilson, depict the hopeless complexities of making peace among the small nations previously absorbed in the three former European empires at the end of World War I. This book has chapters featured on this site, containing a total of words.- 902 • May 15, '26
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A comprehensive anthology of the Russian short stories in the English language by some of the best and most well known Russian authors in the early 1900s. English-Russian Parallel Edition. This edition is designed for those who are learning the Russian language and wish to read the original literary works. To aid in this process additional paragraph breaks were added throughout the texts to…- 9.9 K • May 15, '26
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- This collection of short stories was written from 1831 to 1832. The tales first appeared in various magazines and were published in book form when Gogol was twenty two. Containing many of Gogol’s early impressions and memories of childhood, the stories present images of humble peasant life in the Ukraine. They are also heavily laced with Ukrainian folklore and cultural references, offering a unique perspective…
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This historical novella tells the story of the old Cossack Taras Bulba, and his two sons, Andriy and Ostap, who after their studies at Kiev Academy return home. The father and his sons decide to set out on an epic journey to Zaporizhian Sich located in Southern Ukraine, where they join other Cossacks and go to war against Poland. The main character Taras is…- 4.3 K • May 30, '26
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This historical novella was first published in 1836 in the fourth issue of the literary journal Sovremennik. It is a romanticised account of Pugachev’s Rebellion in 1773-1774, which was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in Russia after Catherine II seized power in 1762. It began as an organised insurrection of Yaik Cossacks headed by Yemelyan Pugachev, a…- 3.0 K • New
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Arabesques are collected works written and compiled by Nikolai Gogol, first published in January 1835. The collection consists of two parts, diverse in content, hence its name: ″arabesques,″ a special type of Arabic design where lines wind around each other. This collection has stories featured on this site, containing a total of words.- 18.9 K • Jun 2, '26
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This story is Nikolai Gogol’s classic tragicomedy about two formerly inseparable Ukrainian neighbors who descend into an absurd, decades-long legal feud. It stands as a timeless literary masterpiece of the tragi-absurd, ridiculing the ridiculousness of human vanity and petty litigation. This story has all 7 chapters featured on this site, containing a total of words.- 1.8 K • May 31, '26
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The “Viy” is a monstrous creation of popular fancy. It is the name which the inhabitants of Little Russia give to the king of the gnomes, whose eyelashes reach to the ground. The following story is a specimen of such folk-lore. I have made no alterations, but reproduce it in the same simple form in which I heard it. — Author’s Note. This story…- 7.5 K • May 31, '26
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Nikolai Gogol’s “uncollected” works refer to a group of early drafts, fragmented sketches, and incomplete tales that were not organized by Gogol into his formal collections (Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, Mirgorod, or Arabesques). In most modern English compilations, these lesser-known, stray texts are grouped separately as uncollected works or juvenilia. This collection has stories featured on this site, containing a total of…- 9.0 K • Jun 2, '26
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- This is an unfinished historical novel, which is now considered to be Pushkin’s first prose work. The author began writing the novel towards the end of July, 1827 in Mikhailovskoe and in spring 1828 he is recorded to have read several drafts to his friends. During Pushkin’s lifetime, only two fragments of the work were published in the literary magazine Severnye Tsvety in 1829…
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