Taras Buljba

Mrtve duše

Dead Souls (1842) is a brilliant satire that exposes the moral and social rot of imperial Russia through Chichikov's fraud with dead serfs, with Gogol's virtuoso mix of humor, irony and lyricism.

Taras Buljba

12 stolica

A satirical search for hidden treasure in post-revolutionary Russia. Former nobleman Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov and con artist Ostap Bender chase after valuables, exposing the greed and absurdities of Soviet society.

Moskva – Petuški

Venedikt Yerofeyev's postmodern prose poem is today considered a classic of new Russian literature. It is compared to Gogol and Kharms for its poetics of absurdity, satire, and metaphysical depth.

Jedan dan Ivana Denisoviča

The plot follows a day in the life of the title character; a prisoner sentenced to 10 years in a gulag somewhere in the Asian part of the Soviet Union in 1951.

Doktor Živago 1-2

One of the most significant works of 20th-century Russian literature, the novel follows the life of Yuri Zhivago, a physician and poet, through the dramatic events of World War I, the October Revolution, and the Russian Civil War.