I’m going through a stage when I produce copious amount of writing. The topics encompass history, literature studies, copywriting, geography, psychology, arts, and perhaps another two, travel is certa...
Three days or so before Christmas all markets and squares were like a great forest of fir-trees. And what fir-trees they were! Russia is very rich in them. The ones here are thin and brittle. The Russ...
Ivan Shmelyov (1873-1950) was a Russian writer and essayist who emigrated to France after the October Revolution. The Year of God (Лето Господне) is a book of his recollections of pre-revolutionary li...
Ryōan-ji rock garden (Wikipedia) Nabi Khazri (Nabi Alekper ogly Babaev) is the national poet of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The poem that I translated into English was rendered into Russian by Anatoly...
June 1st is celebrated as the International Children's Day. In Russia, we traditionally pay much attention to this festival, as children are believed to be the future. ...
A tale Miracle at Christmas by the Russian Julia Shuvalova inspired by the painting by the American Tom Sierak and set in the British Lake District....
A Letter from the year 1925 from a collection Letters from Father Christmas by John R.R. Tolkien. Narrated by Julia Shuvalova...
The Hammock for the Falling Stars is book for which 17 female authors wrote over 30 tales that take the reader to four corners of the world...
Die Worte des Engels Du bist nicht näher an Gott als wir; wir sind ihm alle weit. Aber wunderbar sind dir die Hände benedeit. So reifen sie bei keiner Frau, so schimmernd aus dem Saum: ich bin der Tag...
Tichborne's Elegy a well-known poem by a 28-year-old Tudor guy on the eve of his execution for taking part in conspiracy against Elizabeth I...