Russian Literature

November is Dostoevsky's month. Celebrating his birthday on 11th November with this masterpiece. Hope to finish this in November. 📓🤞

@TvamAstrology Which book is this? Please share

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4. Aleksey Maximovich Gorky (1868-1936) was born in Nizhny Navgorad and Gorky was not his real family name. His real family name was Pishkov. He adopted the pseudonym Gorky in 1892.

3. Anna Akhmatova and Nikolai Gumilyov married in 1910 and divorced in 1918. Anna Akhmatova said about Gumilyov "He believes in Symbolism, as people believe in the God." They were one of the famous couple from 20th century Russian silver age.

Trivia about Russian Literature In order to break the literary tradition, Valery Brusov in his anthology "Russian Symbolists" published one line poetry- "Oh, close your pale legs...". He achieved his goal and became scandalously famous.

@sincere_1keve @JoshPhillipsPhD Haha. I was waiting for this kind of reply. Do you really think one can know everything about one particular field? Did you hear the word "specialization"?

@ruslitra @JoshPhillipsPhD Wth dude, your handle is literally russian literature

Tolstoy died at the Astapovo railway station with a copy of The Brothers Karamazov

Юноша бледный со взором горящим, Ныне даю я тебе три завета. Первый прими: не живи настоящим, Только грядущее — область поэта. Помни второй: никому не сочувствуй, Сам же себя полюби беспредельно. Третий храни: поклоняйся искусству, Только ему, безраздельно, бесцельно.

@allontanarsio Since I learnt Russian, so I would it's the most lyrical. The words are formed with lots of suffix, prefix, in fix so many words are formed with the same root. And poetries are lyrical and pleasant to ear.

Which language holds the most beautiful sound to you?

@megha_lilly Especially last few chapters simply feel out of a feature film. What a masterpiece !! So many deep thoughts such as God, morality, state, ethics, love, goodness etc have been debated...

Before I was reading any classic novels, I could never get past the difficult boring parts. What helped me break through and enjoy a classic novel was when I went on a camping trip to the backwoods with my friends and my only entertainment was “Brothers Karamazov”. I had been languishing on page 35 for ages. But the solitude, the lack of constant stimulus in the woods, the simplicity of the time spent, allowed my mind to rest enough to concentrate. I read 200 pages in a weekend and it was the most beautiful experience ever. Even now, when I read classic novels, it forces my mind into the state it was in when I was in that more soothing mental environment.

Along with this, I have also been reading poetries, translating from Russian into Hindi. Realising huge impact of Pushkin not only in the composition but also the way of life of artists. Such as Essay of Merezhkovsky (Pushkin), Brusov (The fate of Pushkin) etc.

It's have been one month since the account is silent. I have been on a massive reading project i.e. Reading the dictionary compiled by Sergey Ozhikov. I have started reading the words and it's fascinating to read the dictionary, as one can find words from various themes.

Любовь Когда я тебя в первый раз встретил, не помнит бедная память: утром ли то было, днем ли, вечером или поздней ночью. Только помню бледноватые щеки, серые глаза под темными бровями и синий ворот у смуглой шеи, и кажется мне, что я видел это в раннем детстве, хотя и старше тебя я многим. Михаил Кузмин (1872-1936)

@megha_lilly Hi, where one can buy this book? Thanks

Studying Europe during the 19th century reveals that though the 1800s seem a beautiful time in retrospect, the seeds of demise were planted there by French intellectuals who made Christianity something of a peasant occupation to be ridiculed by the upper class and “educated”. To the extent that ordinary Europeans still hold this view, Europe will continue to fail to build or sustain anything of value let alone keep out the marauding scavengers who see her like a drunk white girl passed out on the side of the road…easy pickings. Europe’s hubris was believing that it could sustain its wealth and accomplishments without the blessings of God. Even Homer, the pagan writer of antiquity, would have warned against such blasphemy…

@goodreads Kissinger the Negotiator by James K. Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns and Robert H. Mnookin.

What was the first book you read (or started reading) in 2026?

रूसी भाषा से हिंदी में इस्तेमाल होने वाले शब्द: जार = Tsar/Czar = Царь बोल्शेविक = Bolshevik = Большевик रूबल = Rouble = Рубль सोवियत = Soviet = Совет स्पूतनिक = Sputnik = Спутник Source: आधुनिक हिंदी व्याकरण और रचना, प्रणु शुक्ल और आचार्य नरेश शुक्ला।

"Arrest of a Propagandist" (1892) by Ilya Repin. The second half of 19th century was a revolutionary period, where socialist ideologies were supported by the intellectuals and thinkers. Assassination of Aleksandr II in 1881, exile of many prominent thinkers to Siberia, movement of "Going to People" (Хождение в народ)are the testimonials of imminent change in political system.

"Portrait of L. Tolstoy on the rose chair", 1909 by Ilya Yefimovich Repin.

@infinitebooks Like Schopenhaur, Nietzsche had also written 'Beyond Good and Evil" in aphorisms. Reading aphorisms have its own challenges. I guess they are written separately but have connections.

Schopenhauer, the art of not reading

@infinitebooks This is my favorite paragraph of Dostoevsky. It is taken from The Brothers Karamazov. What a novel !! A gem!

Dostoevsky, a lifetime of wisdom in one paragraph

@fitchivalry @infinitebooks I guess it is not on Google Play Store. Though I put myself in waiting list. The interface of the app seems innovative.

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