Grigory Ryzhakov – Russian Writer

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Top 20 Russian books that influenced me the most

Prince Myshkin after witnessing the death of Nastasya Filippovna, I. Glazunov, 1966

Recently, President Putin published an article on the necessity of creating a must-read list of a hundred Russian books that would define the nation’s cultural legacy.

I thought about what books to put in that list and decided to present to you my top 20 of Russian books (20 is more manageable, for I can’t have a hundred of favourite books).… Read the rest