Russian Literature

Alexander Herzen's From the Other Shore stands as one of the most profound and personal reflections on the…

Who Is to Blame?

My Past and Thoughts is the memoir of Alexander Herzen, a Russian nobleman, political thinker, and writer.

This volume is an Azerbaijani-language edition of the lyric poetry of Nizami Gəncəvi, the twelfth-century poet of Ganja.

Kazantzakis argues that Russian literature is not merely a national literature but a revelation of the human soul…

Masaryk's The Spirit of Russia is a work of history, literary criticism, and philosophical analysis rather than a…

Russia and Europe is Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk's extended study of Russian civilization, known in Czech as Rusko a…

This work is a short anthology of poems by Russian Symbolist poet Alexander Blok, one of the most…

Dacha Life is a short prose piece by the Russian Symbolist poet Alexander Blok, written in the early…

Tsiolkovsky argues that genuine, rational self-love leads a person to act in ways that benefit others, because human…

Tsiolkovsky redefines Nirvana not as mystical void but as a state of perfect, passionless happiness achieved through the…

Tsiolkovsky writes that his entire existence has been a chain of misfortunes, insults, and disappointments, tracing this to…

Tsiolkovsky presents a cosmic gospel grounded in reason and natural law, offering humanity a path from ignorance and…

The book takes the form of a narrative rather than a treatise, but its purpose is unmistakably instructive.

First Foundations of Metallurgy, or Ore Works is a scientific and technical treatise by the Russian polymath Mikhail…