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Игорь Дедков: наше живое время. Книга  воспоминаний, статей и интервью Igor Dedkov: Our Living Time. The Book of Memoirs, Articles and Interviews

Igor Aleksandrovich Dedkov (1934–1994) is an outstanding Russian literary critic and publicist of the 20th century, author of many remarkable articles and books, including the ‘Diary’ published in 2005. This book includes his autobiographical essays of 1970-1990, where the literary critic appears to be a man of bold and independent thought.

The collection of memoirs of writers, journalists, scientists, school and university friends, and younger contemporaries of I. Dedkov give the reader some interesting insight on the social and literary life of the second half of the 20th century. The collection is illustrated with photographs from a family album.

The book is meant for a wide range of readers.

Из творческого наследия профессоров и выпускников Московского университета (1755–1917) From the Creative Heritage of Professors and Graduates of Moscow University (1755–1917)

The book is addressed to graduates and teachers of Moscow State University. It is meant for a wide range of readers interested in problems of national history, culture, literature and journalism.

Мифы и реальность Древней Греции Myths and Reality of Ancient Greece

The subject matter of this book is the main historical and cultural monuments of ancient Greek pre-literate and written periods; mythology is compared with archeology and is also seen as a historical monument; the book traces the evolution of culture from the depths of savagery to the heights of the intellect.

The book is intended for a wide range of readers, but contains material that may also be of interest to specialists.

Нас называли ночными ведьмами We were called the night witches
A unique women's night bomber regiment was created in 1942 and ended its combat journey near Berlin. Irina Rakobolskaya, chief of staff of the regiment, and Natalya Kravtsova, pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, remember their fellow soldiers, night flights under anti-aircraft fire, and how women lived during the war. 10 girls from Moscow University also fought in the regiment; they interrupted their studies and voluntarily went to the front. Published with financial support from Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Нилова Пустынь. Монастырь и мир The Nilov Monastery. Monastery and the World

The book is dedicated to the Russian Orthodox shrine which was once famous and is now being revived – the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Pustyn or Nilov Monastery on the island of Stolobny on Lake Seliger in the Upper Volga region. It presents the history of the monastery, its spiritual and cultural traditions, symbolism, architecture and planning of the monastic complex, development of church arts. The author traces the formation of the iconic and sculptural image of Reverend Nil of Stolobny, a Russian saint and miracle-worker.

For historians, art historians, painters, restorers and all those who are interested in the history and culture of Russia.

От Москвы до Нью-Йорка. Моя жизнь в науке и политике From Moscow to New York. My Life in Science and Politics

The author of this book, Mikhail Mikhailovich Novikov, is the last freely elected rector of Moscow University (1919–1920), a prominent biologist, a deputy of the Fourth State Duma. In 1922, the Soviet government expelled him among other famous scientists and public figures from Russia. The book was first published in the United States where M.M. Novikov lived from 1949. The author gives an account of his scientific and social activities in Russia and in emigration.
For all those who are interested in the history of Russian science, education and social life in the late 19th – mid 20th centuries.

Открывая Грушина. Том.3 Discovering Grushin. Volume 3

The book continues the ‘Discovering Grushin’ series, dedicated to the memory of the outstanding domestic philosopher and sociologist Boris A. Grushin (1929-2007). The third volume of the series contains the materials of the ‘Second Grushin Readings in Mokhovaya’, which took place in February 2011 at the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and the thoughts of Professor Grushin’s students, colleagues and followers. The articles and materials published in the collection present the well-known researcher’s multifaceted personality and acquaint the reader with not only his scientific but also his pedagogical heritage. This publication also includes Grushin’s hitherto unpublished earlier texts as well as the notes of the lectures he read at the Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University.
For sociologists, philosophers, historians, social scientists, journalists, teachers of the sociology of journalism and mass communications, students as well as for a wide range of readers who are interested in his heritage. The editing and publishing work was carried out at the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
For the design of the book the materials from N. G. Kartseva’s personal archive were used.

Патриарх Никон. Труды. Patriarch Nikon. His Works

The collection enables the reader to inherit the legacy of His Holiness Patriarch Nikon, a genius churchman and statesman. His ideas express the strategy of the Russian patriarchate and Russian statehood affirming the principle of symphony of the moral and secular authorities and illuminating the path of the Slavic and Russian and, more broadly, Orthodox identity. The first section of this publication includes the following creations by Patriarch Nikon: ‘The Missive about the Establishment of the Monastery of the Blessed Virgin of Iveron and Holy New Confessor and Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia and a Wondermaker, on the Holy Island, and the Transfer of the Relics of the Holy Righteous Man Jacob, Previously Called Josif of Borovichi’, ‘The Tale of the Life-Giving Cross’, ‘Missives to the Holy Order and Junior Deacons’, “An Account of the Plague’, ‘Missives to the Valdai Iveron Monastery’, ‘Missives to the Kiy-Ostrovsky Monastery of the Cross’, ‘Spiritual Lessons for the Christian’, ‘Replies of the Humble Nikon by the Mercy of God Patriarch... ‘

Первые профессора и питомцы Московского университета – писатели, журналисты, издатели (1755–1917) First Moscow University Professors and Graduates – writers, journalists, publishers (1755–1917)

The booklet was prepared for the 300th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail V. Lomonosov, a poet, scientist and polymath. It includes the names of famous writers, journalists, publishers, who were closely associated with the history of Moscow University in Mokhovaya street, Moscow, over the period from the foundation of the university in 1755 to 1917. It is intended for graduates, students and teachers as well as for all those who are interested in the history of Russian literature, journalism and culture.

Сергей Михайлович Бонди: К 120-летию со дня рождения. Статьи. Письма. Воспоминания современников.

Sergei Mikhailovich Bondy (1891–1983) is a renowned Pushkin scholar, textual critic, historian of the Russian literature of the XIXth century, con noisseur of music and theatre, classic of the Russian literary studies. The first section of this book includes S. M. Bondy's little known articles dedicated to the poets: Baratynsky, Trediakovsky, Sumarokov, Lomonosov. The second section consists of the earlier unpublished Bondy's letters to composer M. F. Gnesin as well as Bondy's article «About the Musical Reading of M. F. Gne sin». One may also read firstly published Bondy's statements about Vs. Meyer hold; D. Bonch-Bruevich's letters to Bondy and comments to S. M. Bondy's work on Complete Academic Collected Works by Pushkin. The third section comprises letters that Sergei Mikhailovich wrote to his friends-scientists M. A. Tsyavlovsky and T. U. Tsyavlovsky, A. Slonimsky and S. Bobrov. Bondy friends' and followers' memoirs about him terminate the book. It also contains rare photo graphs from the Bondy family archive.

Сергей Михайлович Бонди. К 120-летию со дня рождения. Избранное

Mikhailovich Bondy (1891–1983) is a renowned Pushkin scholar, textual critic, historian of the Russian literature of the XIXth century, con noisseur of music and theatre, classic of the Russian literary studies. This book comprises five most signifi cant works of the scientist dedicated to A. S. Pushkin. These works, written and published in diff erent periods of time, make a priceless contribution to the treasury of the Russian philology. Key words: Pushkin, poetry, literature, art, philology, philological studies, versification, innovations, realism, artistism.

Три великих поэта Англии: Донн, Милтон, Вордсворт Three great poets of England: Donne, Milton, Wordsworth
The book contains essays on the work of three major English poets: John Donne (1572–1631), John Milton (1608–1674) and William Wordsworth (1770–1850). These are poets from different eras, although Donne and Milton both lived in the 17th century, and from different artistic movements.
Три эпохи российской журналистики Three eras of Russian journalism
The book includes articles published in three newspapers in which Yuri Shchekochikhin worked - Komsomolskaya Pravda in the 1970s, Literaturnaya Gazeta in the 1980s - mid-90s, and Novaya Gazeta in the late 20s and the beginning of the 21st century. Three publications that continued the best traditions of domestic journalism, three eras of the movement of social thought, three teams of very different people who managed to affirm the basic principles of honest, courageous and responsible journalism, independent investigation, accurate and accurate in different, and each time in their own difficult, conditions words. This is a book about our most recent history, about the profession, about personal choice, about professional duty. The collection includes well-known articles that became events in the life of journalism and society. “The Lion Leaped” was the first publication that spoke about the existence of organized crime in the USSR, “For the Motherland?! For the mafia! - about the hidden springs of the Chechen war, notes from the series “Slaves of GB” - about informers. And at the same time, very small notes about what is happening in Russia and the world.
Университет Ломоносовых. Круг основателей. Клятвы Воробьевых гор. Эпоха И.Г. Петровского Lomonosov University. The circle of founders. The oaths of the Sparrow Hills. The Epoch of I. G. Petrovsky

Vladimir Dimov's new book is dedicated to Moscow State University, outstanding representatives of politics, science and culture who came out of the walls of the first university of Russia, its teachers and students. 

The first part of the book is written in the genre of free essays about the birth of the Russian elite, the great Russian educator and scientist M.V. Lomonosov, statesman and military reformer G.A. Potemkin.

In the second part, the special historical mission of the university is widely presented - truth and freedom have always been close here, and the main subject - freedom of thought - created a special flavor of intra-university life.

The third part of the book is an essay and memoirs of a former student and graduate student about his studies and life at the historical, philosophical and economic faculties, about the era of Rector I.G. Petrovsky at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s, his teachers and friends.