Pushkin on Lomonosov's poetry and its influence on literature

In Lomonosov there is neither feeling nor imagination. His odes are tiresome and bombastic. His influence on literature was harmful and is still felt in it today. Pomposity, affectation, an aversion to simplicity and precision, an absence of all national character and originality: such are the traces Lomonosov left behind.

Pushkin on the poetry of Lomonosov.

Lomonosov loved the sciences and did not love rhyme-making. Yet for some reason he went on practising it all the same.

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

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Pushkin on Lomonosov's poetry and its influence on literature

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s