Published on: 2026-04-09
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What do comic books about Saléarde, an art detective about Chagall, and biographies of the brothers Valentin Kataev and Evgeny Petrov have in common? These and many other books have recently appeared in city libraries. “Culture of Moscow” has collected bright new releases for readers so that you do not miss the most interesting. We are heading toN. A. Nekrasov Central Universal Scientific Library,Library-reading room named after I.S. TurgenevиA.P. Bogolyubov Art Library.
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Central Universal Scientific Library named after N.A. Nekrasov
“House on Lenin Street” by Yulia Nikitina
Yulia Nikitina’s comics, which make up an entire collection in the library, are always filled with great tenderness for her hometown, its people, and things. As a rule, they are autobiographical — hence the sincerity and tenderness of the voice. In this story, the artist talks about saying goodbye to the apartment in Salechard where she spent her childhood. Yulia, who has long lived in Saint Petersburg, returns to her hometown to sort things out and permanently leave her northern home.
With the sewing machine of the great-grandmother, Christmas tree decorations and an old stove, the stories are clothed, and to someone who is not the owner, they are fixed and frozen in bold graphic art, sometimes reminiscent of carving on bone. “Let this be a farewell gift from home: now I know — there are no small stories in the world,” says Yulia Nikitina.
“The Right to Creativity: The Fates of Artists of the Russian Empire” by Nadezhda Demkina
The Book of Nadezhda Demkina is an attempt to answer the question of why we know so little about a female artist. The collection, based on archival material, consists of 17 stories — biographies of Russian female artists who were not inferior in mastery to Viktor Vasnetsov, Ilya Repin, or Valentin Serov, but still did not receive the title of great. Living at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries, they broke the glass ceiling, went through revolutions, world and civil wars. And just as artists convey experiences through paint, Nadezhda Demkina’s stories reflect the vivid fabric of the human story.
Collection “In a Very Sunny System. Year with Poets”
This book is not only about space; in a certain sense, it is much more. The collection is structured around the four seasons of the year, each depicted by different artists. The kaleidoscope of seasons and illustrators corresponds to a kaleidoscope of poets: the book unites 19 representatives of different generations. Among them are names familiar to many: German Lukomnikov, Marina Boroditskaya, Artur Givargizov, and Masha Rupasova.
The selection of poems became one of the last that Evgeny Klyuev managed to compile. The book was published after the poet’s death, and therefore it seems like a particularly warm farewell to the reader. Fortunately, he has many worthy successors, and this edition is proof of that. The book is a fireworks display with a light philosophical madness, which will intrigue both children and adults.
A.P. Bogoliubov Art Library
“Gray Lovers, or How to Steal Chagall” by Natalia Semenova and Tanya Chebotareva
An intriguing art detective story by the famous art historian Natalia Semenova takes us from country to country, from the early 20th century to the early 21st century. The fate of the main character of the story — the painting “Gray Lovers” by Marc Chagall — is interwoven with betrayals, thefts, and even murders. It’s impossible to put the novel down: it captivates with beauty and noble, yet unexaggerated, refined language, with subtle, yet understandable humor.
A book is a completely fictional work; all characters and described events are fictional, any coincidences with real people or events are accidental.
“The Real Treasure of the Vanderbilts” Kristy Woodson Harvey
Four extraordinary women were bound by a precious family fate, promising its bearer happiness for life. But is it really important if each person is the creator of their own destiny? Four women, one family heirloom, a secret bond through times and generations that will change their lives — Kristi Woodson Harvey will tell about this.
“Bile Angel” of Katya Kachur
The history of the mysterious stone at the crossroads goes back to the distant medieval past. It cunningly travels from one hero to another, involving its owners in a strange and cruel game. Each owner must make a choice, but its price turns out to be excessively high… In the novel, Katya Kachur reflects on life and death, chance and inevitability in her signature style — with warm irony and love for people.
I.S. Turgenev Library-Reading Room
“Stroganovs” by Andrey Shlyapov
The Stroganovs were wealthy salt miners, then barons, and later counts. They intermarried with the ruling house of the Romanovs and the descendants of Rurik, collected huge collections of works of art, and, being the richest landowners in the empire, spent fabulous sums on charity and aid to their serfs.
A legend appeared about the Stroganov family being descended from Genghis Khan himself. Is that true? Or were the Stroganov ancestors simply lucky and cunning merchants who managed to gain the favor of both the ruling dynasties in Russia and even one of the tsars during the Time of Troubles — Vasily Shuisky?
“Demidovs” of Nikolai Demidov
The second book from the same series “Dynasties of Russia.” The peasant’s son Nikita Demidovich Antufeev becomes the founder of a dynasty of industrialists, feared and respected even by the tsars themselves. Readers will learn about miracles, dark legends, harsh morals at the Ural factories, and incredible wealth that allowed the Demidovs to argue with emperors.
“Two brothers. Valentin Kataev and Evgeny Petrov on the ship of Soviet history” by Sergey Belyakov
Many have read “The Twelve Chairs” and “The Sail Alone Whitens,” but few have seen these two lives — Valentina Kataeva and his younger brother Evgeny Petrov — so close.
Sergey Belyakov managed to conduct a fictionalized investigation, where behind every letter and silence stands an entire epoch. And in friends — Ilya Ilf, Yuri Olesha, and Mikhail Bulgakov. And in tragedy — Stalinist repressions, war, and the death of Petrov under mysterious circumstances. The writer, with the meticulousness of a historian and the talent of a storyteller, reconstructs the last days of Evgeny Petrov and the complex story of fraternal relations, in which love was accompanied by rivalry, and success — by the bitter cost of survival.
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