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Raskolnikov in the novel "Crime and Punishment" by F. M. Dostoevsky

Many people know the work of Dostoevsky, where the main character is Raskolnikov. In the novel "Crime and Punishment" the author tells not so much about a criminal offense as about the theory of murder, trying to reveal to the reader the theory of Rodion Romanovich - the main character

2026

Art

Body painting on the body. Male body painting on the body

Contemporary art is diverse, and one of the types is body painting, which is increasingly taking a position in the ways of self-expression of people. The least traumatic and the most aesthetic and artistic is body painting with special paints. But not only drawings are limited to body painting. These are tattoos, piercings, scarring and modifications, that is, the inclusion, implantation of various elements into the body. The cultural direction became quite recently, in the 60s of the last century

Poetry

What was the name of the matchmaker from "The Tale of Tsar S altan"?

Rereading once again the fairy tale by A. S. Pushkin "About Tsar S altan", you ask yourself: who is this matchmaker, who is she to the heroes of the fairy tale, and what is her real name?

Art

Modern: patterns and ornaments

Art

Spanish artist Jose de Ribera

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Poetry

Analysis of Krylov's fable "The Cat and the Cook"

Ivan Andreevich Krylov became for Russian people not just a bibliographic figure, but also the author of famous catch phrases, which, by the way, have long been common outside of Russia. The secret of the popularity of his works is that they surprisingly show the images of Russian people at various moments of life. Many followers of the fabulist like the irony of the presentation of his stories, but literary critics find it too bold to compare certain types of people with animals

Music

Sergey Kiselev: biography and creativity

Many will say that the guitar and church music are not compatible. Actually it is not. Sergei Kiselev proves with his example that singing songs, after which a person can think about his actions, is not prohibited by Orthodox canons. He has been helping people on the path to God for many years. He writes the lyrics and music for these compositions on his own. The clergyman began to release collections due to the requests of friends who wanted to have cassettes recording Sergei's songs

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