A novel objective method of digital analysis for microscopic examination of structural elements of fused periclase was developed. Main parameters are presented, which show the difference of the newly suggested method of investigation from the usual - linear one, in which examination is done with the help of chords....

Platonov\"s dystopian novel describes the lives of a group of Soviet workers who believe they are laying the foundations for a radiant future. As they work harder and dig deeper, their optimism turns to violence and it becomes clear that what is......

In the mid-1930s Stalin announced that life has become better, life has become merrier ; these words were endlessly repeated on the radio, in newspapers, on posters and placards. In Happy Moscow Andrey Platonov exposes the gulf between Stalin\'s rhetoric and the reality of the time....

Moscow in the 1930s is a symbol of Soviet paradise, a fairy-tale capital where, in Stalin\"s words life has become better, life has become merrier. Moscow Chestnova bears her captial\"s name, and seeks the happiness it promises. She flits from......

This title is translated and with an introduction by Robert And Elizabeth Chandler. \"For the mind, everthing is in the future\" Platonov once wrote; \"for the heart, everything is in the past\". The protagonist of Soul is a young man......

Once known only to a small circle of admirers in Russia and the West, Andrey Platonov (1899-1951) has emerged to assume his rightful place as one of the major Russian writers of the twentieth century....

In this collection, centred on the theme of Childhood, we offer two early stories by Andrei Bitov which reflect the growing awareness in children of life\'s mystery and beauty; a story by Andrei Platonov, bearing the stamp of his inimitable style; Ludmilla Ulitskaya\'s perspicacious insight into the complex relationship between twin sisters; an imp...

In Andrey Platonov’s \"The Foundation Pit\", a team of workers has been given the job of digging the foundation of an immense edifice, a palatial home for the perfect future that, they are convinced, is at hand. But the harder the team works,......