A man, a local hooligan and alcoholic, is killed in a gloomy St. Petersburg communal apartment. Each…
In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They bu…
Vasily Kutuzov, the namesake of the famous commander, ends up in a mental hospital because of his ta…
As Soviet Russia enters the era of the New Economic Policy, Semyon Podsekalnikov decides to stop loo…
During field work, drivers find a treasure of gold coins. They want to hand over the treasure to the…
A flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a “big man’s” daughter and head of one of…
A middle-aged gentleman, yet utterly naive, sums up his life experience gained over years of traveli…
A very sick girl asks her father to get her a live elephant. Based on the early stories by Alexander…
Platon Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his father…