15 apt phrases about Russia by satirist Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

Famous comedian and satirist Mikhail Zadornov passed away

Perhaps you will not meet in the post-Soviet space a person who would not have heard of Mikhail Zadornov. This talented satirist has appeared on the stage for more than 30 years, and his sparkling jokes were taken away for quotes. On November 10, 2017, Mikhail Nikolaevich died at the age of 70, after battling a serious cancer

22 postcards with caustic jokes of satirist-luminary Mikhail Zhvanetsky

Mikhail Zhvanetsky is one of the few authors who know how to give thoughts a sarcastic, laconic and, at the same time, absolutely complete form. And the main feature of his satirical monologues is that everyone recognizes himself in them, although sometimes this is not very pleasant. But what prospects to change something

10 great tips from the works of the intelligent satirist Mikhail Bulgakov

Philosophical, funny, brilliant "Notes on Cuffs", striking in depth "Notes of a Young Doctor", imbued with irony "Fatal Eggs" and the phantasmagoria "The Master and Margarita" … All of Mikhail Bulgakov's works are surprisingly different, and all are marked with the seal of genius. May 15 is the birthday of one of the most mysterious Russian writers of the twentieth century

15 philosophical phrases of Mikhail Bulgakov from the mystical novel "The Master and Margarita"

It is unlikely that Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov himself, while working on his novel "The Master and Margarita", believed that he was creating a work that would fall into the lists of the most read books in the world and would become the subject of controversy not only among literary critics, but also among philosophers. On the day of the 125th anniversary of the writer, we decided to recall quotes from this story full of mysteries and endless wisdom

The brightest thoughts about man, love, life and Russia of the sad satirist Mikhail Zoshchenko

In the twenties and thirties of the last century, he was so popular that he was afraid to walk the streets, everyone recognized him. The writer made excuses: citizens, you are mistaken, I am not Zoshchenko, I am Bondarevich. For all his ironic outlook on the world, Mikhail Zoshchenko as a military officer, a Soviet officer and, unlike many other writers, was not afraid to confront the entire state machine. Shortly before his death, Mikhail Mikhailovich said: “Literature is a dangerous production, equal in harmfulness only to the production of lead