185 years of the cycle of stories "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka" by Gogol: Illustrations by different artists to the immortal work

Actors of the Soviet fairy tale "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka" in the film and years later

Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka is a fairy tale film directed by Alexander Row in 1962 - a magnificent adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's story. A fabulous story is played out before Christmas. You watch this film and enjoy: the cunning Solokha is fighting on the spot, Oksana charms the beauties, and the hapless Devil laughs to tears. And other characters - Vakula, Chub, godfather Panas, clerk, Golov, Panas's wife, Catherine II, Potemkin - are simply superbly spelled out in the film. The film that makes it light

The first edition of Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka was sold in London for $ 225,000

The auction house Christie's in London held an auction on November 28, 2018, where books and manuscripts of Russian writers were put up for sale. These auctions were held within the framework of the "Russian week", which is traditionally held in the British capital twice in November-December and in May-June. Most of all, during the auction, they managed to bail out for the book by Nikolai Gogol "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka"

So different Alice: illustrations of 15 artists, famous and not so, for the book "Alice in Wonderland"

"Alice in Wonderland" is rightfully considered one of the most important books of modern literature. From the tale of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, told by Alice Placens Liddell, a good half of the literature of the 20th century originates. And of course, many artists and almost every children's illustrator paid attention to "Alice". Our review contains only a small and often huge visual story

A corn maze on a farm near New York

This is rural everyday life for us - this is a normal phenomenon, given the presence of a dacha or grandparents in the village, with whom we spent every summer as a child. But for the residents of New York, one of the largest metropolitan areas on Earth, this is something outlandish. That is why they go to the unusual Queens County Farm Museum, the main attraction of which is the maze in the corn field

Where did the actress who played the role of Oksana in the film "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka" disappeared: Lyudmila Myznikova

Almost 60 years ago, Alexander Row's film Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka was released, where the role of the charming Oksana was played by actress Lyudmila Myznikova. It seemed that after such a successful debut, the directors simply had to bombard the young actress with proposals. But she disappeared from the screens as suddenly as she appeared. How did the fate of the beautiful actress develop in the future and why did she act so little in films?