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Ivan Bunin hated everyone

well, almost everyone

Aug 1 •

Konstantin Asimonov

July 2025

The unluckiest sci-fi writer in history

Alexander Belyaev (1884—1942)

Jul 10 •

Konstantin Asimonov

June 2025

Art as a type of global conspiracy

Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in the shape of a camel?

Jun 24 •

Konstantin Asimonov

Frog: Who drew it best?

normal function will resume soon

Jun 10 •

Konstantin Asimonov

April 2025

Five reasons to watch Slings & Arrows

a retrospective of one of TV's unsung masterpieces

Apr 25 •

Konstantin Asimonov

The Lemma of Yes and No

and the ubiquity of politics

Apr 15 •

Konstantin Asimonov

March 2025

February 2025

The true and tragic tale of Guillaume du Vintrais

a free man in a free country

Feb 28 •

Konstantin Asimonov

On the merits of the Second Commandment

Now all them jokers kept around, just like the scarecrows in hometown

Feb 12 •

Konstantin Asimonov

January 2025

The art of a Russian joke: anekdoty about perestroika, the nineties and Russian capitalism

we'll have to drink tea without sugar

Jan 29 •

Konstantin Asimonov

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