Classic Quotes

"Я помню чудное мгновенье..."

Translation:I remember a wonderful moment...

Alexander Pushkin
"Любви все возрасты покорны."

Translation:Love submits to all ages.

Alexander Pushkin
"Все счастливые семьи похожи друг на друга, каждая несчастливая семья несчастлива по-своему."

Translation:All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy
"Война и мир - это не роман, это жизнь."

Translation:War and Peace is not a novel, it\'s life.

Leo Tolstoy
"Красота спасет мир."

Translation:Beauty will save the world.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Человек есть тайна. Её надо разгадать."

Translation:Man is a mystery. It needs to be unraveled.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Краткость - сестра таланта."

Translation:Brevity is the sister of talent.

Anton Chekhov
"В человеке должно быть все прекрасно: и лицо, и одежда, и душа, и мысли."

Translation:Everything in a person should be beautiful: face, clothes, soul, and thoughts.

Anton Chekhov

Famous Authors

Alexander Pushkin
1799-1837

Founder of modern Russian literature; the Sun of Russian poetry.

Famous works:
  • Eugene Onegin
  • The Bronze Horseman
  • Boris Godunov
Leo Tolstoy
1828-1910

Master of realism; renowned for epic scope and psychological depth.

Famous works:
  • War and Peace
  • Anna Karenina
  • Resurrection
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821-1881

Iconic novelist exploring human psychology and morality.

Famous works:
  • Crime and Punishment
  • The Brothers Karamazov
  • The Idiot
Anton Chekhov
1860-1904

Master of short stories and playwright with keen human insight.

Famous works:
  • The Cherry Orchard
  • Three Sisters
  • The Man in a Case

History of Russian Literature

18th century
Enlightenment Period

Formation of Russian literature under European influence; first major works emerge.

19th century (early)
Golden Age

Poets like Pushkin and Lermontov usher in the apex of Russian poetry.

19th century (mid-late)
Realist Period

Masters like Tolstoy and Dostoevsky create timeless classics.

19th century (late)-20th century (early)
Silver Age

Chekhov, Gorky, and others propel modernism and literary innovation.

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