Soviet Science

Рассазы о мистической любви. Самый молодой майор Коттар, заслуживший славу и уважение среди солдат и офицеров, не имел никакой склонности к женскому полу. Он видел сны, и именно они связали его с той единственной, которой он без остатка отдал своё сердце и свою любовь.

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Shortly after World War II, Congress' House Committee on Un-American Activities began investigating Americans across the country for suspected ties to communism. Among the people called before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, none are as controversial as Alger Hiss.

After going through three elderly leaders in three years, Mikhail Gorbachev was chosen as the new General Secretary of the Soviet Union at the relatively youg age of 54 in March 1985. Gorbachev hoped to build the Soviet economy to relieve the persistent shortages of consumer goods it faced, which were caused by enormous military spending of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev tried to introduce some economic reforms, but they were blocked by communist hardliners. Gorbachev then came to the belief that the Soviet economy could not improved without political reform as well.

Le vicende della Russia di oggi non possono essere affrontate senza volgere almeno per un momento lo sguardo al loro trascorso storico. La Russia del passato recente coincideva con il fulcro del grande stato socialista, la Russia che conosciamo oggi coincide senza ombra di dubbio con il dominio incontrastato dell'attuale presidente federale, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

In a future where progress is accelerating beyond humanity's ability to keep pace, the Humanists are trying to live in harmony with nature and avoid the advancing technology. One night, a fire destroys Kingstown - the Humanist settlement on the West Coast. As details of the tragedy emerge, outrage sweeps the Unites States, putting President Bill Freeman's reelection prospects in doubt.

Индийские рассказы. Жил-был человек и однажды сделал невозможное: его просто не стало. Но однажды он вернулся, но совершенно неординарным способом, благодаря находчивости и выдержке бывалого сыщика.

Индийские рассказы. Только брамин из браминов, находясь на пике признания, власти, богатства, авторитета, может оставить всё, надеть монашеский плащ, взять монашескую миску из кокосового ореха и посох и поселиться в покинутом храме высоко в горах.

Biograficheskiy i politicheskiy podtexty povesti I.S. Turgeneva "Pervaya lyubov". Drama Gertsena. Dacha naprotiv Neskuchnogo sada. Varen'ka Bogdanovich. Na zare detektivnogo zhanra. Politichesky podtekst povesti.