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Korney Chukovsky passed away 50 years ago. He has been the most famous and published children’s poet, as well as an outstanding literary critic, translator, editor, literary scholar and a brilliant lecturer. Several generations of children grew up on his poetry and fairy tales. For sixty years he actively participated in the literary life of Russia, and his work is striking in the variety of genres.

Celebrating 160 years since the birth of the great Russian writer and playwright Anton Chekhov

Isaac Asimov could have been a great Soviet science fiction writer, and create together with Ivan Efremov or the Strugatsky brothers, who were important representatives of the genre. But fate predestined otherwise, and the writer, who was born on January 2, 1920, in the small village of Petrovichi in Smolensk province, became a classic of American literature.

In his youth, Boris Pasternak dreamed of becoming a professional musician. He would later give up on this idea, not believing himself to be talented enough. Soon after, he began to take a serious interest in philosophy. Yet his natural talent revealed itself in writing, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958. However, international recognition would turn into harsh persecution at home.