In ancient China there was even an official position - the manager of dragons . Foreigners who visited the territories of modern Lithuania and Russia in the Middle Ages wrote about creatures that looked like large lizards, which were worshiped by the local population .
The fourth episode of the podcast "As if Russian, as if culture" is a conversation about Russian architecture . In this episode, the presenters turn to history to discuss the origin and manifestation of various architectural styles in Russia.
The editors of "Shelf" Varvara Babitskaya, Lev Oborin, Polina Ryzhova and Yuri Saprykin discuss what Russian literary megalomania is . How are texts of large volume and ambitions of a planetary scale connected? How did literature, trying to explain the world, come to the need to change it?
"Polka" talks about what images #children's reading took in Russia and the world . The next episode of the Shelves podcast is dedicated to answering your questions . Ask us about what you would like to know and write in any convenient way .
In this issue, the editors of "Shelf" answer questions from listeners . How to understand if you have a bad text or a good one? Why is the novel better than the series? When did literary awards appear in Russia? Does the author have the right to squeeze a tear out of the reader?
"Shelf" opens a new season of podcasts - and changes the rules a bit . Elizaveta Podkolzina and Lev Oborin are talking to philologist Maria Nesterenko, who has just published her book Roses Without Thorns . Who were the first Russian writers and poetesses, what did they write about and how did they find their way in literature?
The podcast "Referee Radio Russia FM" has started a series of programs dedicated to Galina Ulanova on the occasion of her 105th birthday. The host considers Ulanova one of the brightest names in world art and a symbol of Russian ballet, along with Anna Pavlova and Maya Plisetskaya. The podcast discusses how Ulanova has become an ideal for audiences, colleagues, and artists alike, and how her talent has inspired many famous contemporaries such as Boris Pasternak, Sergei Eisenstein, and Faina Ranevskaya. The host also mentions that Alexei Tolstoy once called Ulanova an "ordinary goddess."