Over 1,700 films from more than 100 countries and regions will be shown during the Beijing International Film Festival on April 18-26 BEIJING, April 17. /TASS/. Russia is to feature director Felix ...

Alexander Pushkin is young, brash and adored by high society. He is the star at every ball he attends, his fans revere his poetic talent, and young women dream of winning his attention. However, not ...

1. Imperial Russia -- 2. Childhood -- 3. School Days -- 4. Dissipations 1817-20 -- 5. To the South -- 6. Kishinev -- 7. Odessa: July 1823-July 1824 -- 8 ...

In Russia, a country rich with writers, one literary figure towers above the rest _ above Dostoevsky, above Chekhov, above Tolstoy. These days, he literally towers. His picture is draped from the top ...