I On the 25th March, 18, a very strange occurrence took place in St Petersburg. On the Ascension ... Read more
Russian Short Stories
Total Stories: 335
A STORY TOLD BY THE SACRISTAN OF THE DIKANKA CHURCH Thoma Grigroovitch had one very strange eccentricity: to ... Read more
The town of B– had become very lively since a cavalry regiment had taken up its quarters in ... Read more
(The Viy is a monstrous creation of popular fancy. It is the name which the inhabitants of Little ... Read more
I am very fond of the modest life of those isolated owners of distant villages, which are usually ... Read more
In a certain Russian ministerial department But it is perhaps better that I do not mention which department ... Read more
THERE were sounds of merriment in the village, and a chorus of song murmured, stream-like, through its single ... Read more
October 3rd.A strange occurrence has taken place to-day. I got up fairly late, and when Mawra brought me ... Read more
In the department of–but it is better not to mention the department. There is nothing more irritable than ... Read more
GRISHA, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by the kitchen door listening and peeping through ... Read more
CHAPTER I We were stationed in the little town of N–. The life of an officer in the ... Read more