Before putting pen to paper, the famous Russian author tried on more than one profession. Teacher, actor, circus wrestler, boxer, advertising agent, land surveyor, fisherman, aeronaut, organ grinder - and this is far from full list. As Kuprin himself admitted, all this was not for the sake of money, but out of interest, he wanted to try himself in everything.
Kuprin’s writing career also began quite by accident. While at military school, he wrote and published a story, “The Last Debut,” about an actress who committed suicide on stage. For a person who was in the “glorious ranks of the future heroes of the fatherland,” such a test of the pen was considered unacceptable - on the same day, for his literary experience, Kuprin went to a punishment cell for two days. An unpleasant incident could forever discourage desire and interest young man to writing, but this did not happen - Kuprin accidentally met Ivan Bunin, who helped him find himself in literature.
On the writer’s birthday, AiF.ru remembers best works Kuprina.
"Garnet Bracelet"
At the heart of one of the most famous stories Kuprina lies true story— the love of a modest telegraph official for a socialite, the writer’s mother Lev Lyubimov. For three years Zholtikov sent the girl anonymous letters, filled either with declarations of love or with complaints about life. Once he sent the lady of his heart a gift - a garnet bracelet, but after a visit from Lyubimova’s husband and brother, the hopelessly in love stopped his persecution once and for all. Kuprin added more drama to this anecdote, adding a sad version of the ending to the story - the suicide of the hero. As a result, the author has created an impressive love story, which, as we know, happens “once every few hundred years.”
Still from the film " Garnet bracelet", 1964
"Duel"
Kuprin’s performance reading individual chapters from the story “The Duel” in 1905 became a real event in cultural life capitals. However, most of the author's contemporaries perceived this work as slander - the book was full of harsh criticism of Russian military life. In "Duel" against the backdrop of drunkenness, debauchery and narrow-minded army life Only one bright, romantic image of officer Romashov emerges. However, the author did not exaggerate at all; the story is largely autobiographical. It is based on the personal impressions of Kuprin, a graduate of the Alexander School, who served as an officer for four years in a provincial town in the Podolsk province.
"Gambrinus"
Reproduction of Ilya Glazunov’s illustration for Alexander Kuprin’s story “The Pit” Photo: reproduction
After the publication of the story “Gambrinus” in the Odessa tavern of the same name there was no end to visitors, but the fact that his main character actually existed, few knew. In 1921, 14 years after the publication of Kuprin’s story, a death notice appeared in local newspapers. Aron Goldstein“Sashka the Musician from Gambrinus.” Konstantin Paustovsky was one of those who read the advertisement and was sincerely surprised that the crippled musician was not a figment of the author’s imagination. Paustovsky even attended the funeral " literary hero"among sailors, fishermen, stokers, port thieves, boatmen, loaders, divers, smugglers - visitors to the Gambrinus tavern and part-time characters in Kuprin's story.
"Pit"
In 1915, the publishing house that published Kuprin’s “The Pit” was brought to justice by the prosecutor’s office “for distributing pornographic publications.” Most readers and critics also condemned the author’s new work, which introduced the life of prostitutes in Russian brothels. It seemed unacceptable to the author’s contemporaries that in “The Pit” Kuprin not only did not condemn, but even sympathized with these women, attributing most of the blame for their fall to society.
"Olesya"
Kuprin always considered “Olesya” one of his best works, although he agreed with Anton Chekhov, who called it "a youthful, sentimental and romantic thing." This story is part of the cycle of “Polesie Stories”, written by the author under the impression of the beauty of Polesie, where he served. Observing the life and customs of local peasants, Kuprin decided to write a history tragic love a beautiful girl-witch and a young city gentleman.
Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin. Born on August 26 (September 7), 1870 in Narovchat - died on August 25, 1938 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Russian writer, translator.
Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin was born on August 26 (September 7), 1870 in county town Narovchate (now Penza region) in the family of an official, hereditary nobleman Ivan Ivanovich Kuprin (1834-1871), who died a year after the birth of his son.
Mother, Lyubov Alekseevna (1838-1910), née Kulunchakova, came from a family of Tatar princes (noblewoman, princely title did not have). After the death of her husband, she moved to Moscow, where the future writer spent his childhood and adolescence.
At the age of six, the boy was sent to the Moscow Razumovsky boarding school (orphanage), from where he left in 1880. In the same year he entered the Second Moscow Cadet Corps.
In 1887 he was released into Aleksandrovskoye military school. Subsequently, he described his “military youth” in the stories “At the Turning Point (Cadets)” and in the novel “Junkers”.
First literary experience Kuprin had poems that remained unpublished. The first work to see the light was the story “The Last Debut” (1889).
In 1890, Kuprin, with the rank of second lieutenant, was released into the 46th Dnieper Infantry Regiment, stationed in the Podolsk province (in Proskurov). The life of an officer, which he led for four years, provided rich material for his future works.
In 1893-1894, the St. Petersburg magazine “Russian Wealth” published his story “In the Dark” and the stories “ Moonlit night" and "Inquiry". On army theme Kuprin has several stories: “Overnight” (1897), “Night Shift” (1899), “Hike”.
In 1894, Lieutenant Kuprin retired and moved to Kyiv, without any civilian profession. In the following years, he traveled a lot around Russia, trying many professions, greedily absorbing life experiences that became the basis of his future works.
During these years, Kuprin met I. A. Bunin, A. P. Chekhov and M. Gorky. In 1901 he moved to St. Petersburg and began working as secretary of the “Magazine for Everyone.” Kuprin's stories appeared in St. Petersburg magazines: “Swamp” (1902), “Horse Thieves” (1903), “ White poodle"(1903).
In 1905, his most significant work was published - the story "The Duel", which was a great success. The writer’s performances reading individual chapters of “The Duel” became an event in the cultural life of the capital. His other works of this time: the stories “Staff Captain Rybnikov” (1906), “River of Life”, “Gambrinus” (1907), the essay “Events in Sevastopol” (1905). In 1906 he was a candidate for deputy State Duma I convocation from the St. Petersburg province.
Kuprin’s work in the years between the two revolutions resisted the decadent mood of those years: the cycle of essays “Listrigons” (1907-1911), stories about animals, the stories “Shulamith” (1908), “Garnet Bracelet” (1911), fantastic story"Liquid Sun" (1912). His prose has become a notable phenomenon of Russian literature. In 1911 he settled in Gatchina with his family.
After the outbreak of World War I, he opened a military hospital in his house and campaigned in newspapers for citizens to take out war loans. In November 1914, he was mobilized into the army and sent to Finland as commander of an infantry company. Demobilized in July 1915 for health reasons.
In 1915, Kuprin completed work on the story “The Pit,” in which he talks about the life of prostitutes in Russian brothels. The story was condemned for being, according to critics, excessive naturalism. Nuravkin’s publishing house, which published Kuprin’s “The Pit” in the German edition, was brought to justice by the prosecutor’s office “for distributing pornographic publications.”
The abdication of Nicholas II was met in Helsingfors, where he was undergoing treatment, and received it with enthusiasm. After returning to Gatchina, he was the editor of the newspapers “Free Russia”, “Liberty”, “Petrogradsky Listok”, and sympathized with the Socialist Revolutionaries. After the Bolsheviks seized power, the writer did not accept the policy of war communism and the terror associated with it. In 1918, I went to Lenin with a proposal to publish a newspaper for the village - “Earth”. He worked at the World Literature publishing house, founded by. At this time he translated Don Carlos. He was arrested, spent three days in prison, was released and added to the list of hostages.
On October 16, 1919, with the arrival of the Whites in Gatchina, he entered the North-Western Army with the rank of lieutenant and was appointed editor of the army newspaper “Prinevsky Krai,” headed by General P. N. Krasnov.
After the defeat of the North-Western Army, he went to Revel, and from there in December 1919 to Helsinki, where he stayed until July 1920, after which he went to Paris.
By 1930, the Kuprin family was impoverished and mired in debt. His literary fees were meager, and alcoholism plagued his years in Paris. From 1932, his vision steadily deteriorated, and his handwriting became significantly worse. Return to Soviet Union became the only solution to material and psychological problems Kuprina. At the end of 1936, he finally decided to apply for a visa. In 1937, at the invitation of the USSR government, he returned to his homeland.
Kuprin’s return to the Soviet Union was preceded by an appeal from the USSR Plenipotentiary Representative in France V.P. Potemkin on August 7, 1936 with a corresponding proposal to J.V. Stalin (who gave the preliminary “go-ahead”), and on October 12, 1936 - with a letter to the People’s Commissar of Internal Affairs N. I. Ezhov. Yezhov sent Potemkin’s note to the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, which on October 23, 1936 decided: “to allow the writer A. I. Kuprin to enter the USSR” (voted “for” by I. V. Stalin, V. M. Molotov, V. . Y. Chubar and A. A. Andreev; K. E. Voroshilov abstained).
He died on the night of August 25, 1938 from esophageal cancer. He was buried in Leningrad on the Literary Bridge of the Volkovsky Cemetery next to the grave of I. S. Turgenev.
Stories and novels by Alexander Kuprin:
1892 - “In the Dark”
1896 - “Moloch”
1897 - “Army Ensign”
1898 - “Olesya”
1900 - “At the Turning Point” (Cadets)
1905 - “Duel”
1907 - "Gambrinus"
1908 - “Shulamith”
1909-1915 - “The Pit”
1910 - “Garnet Bracelet”
1913 - “Liquid Sun”
1917 - “Star of Solomon”
1928 - “The Dome of St. Isaac of Dalmatia"
1929 - “The Wheel of Time”
1928-1932 - "Junkers"
1933 - “Zhaneta”
Stories by Alexander Kuprin:
1889 - “The Last Debut”
1892 - “Psyche”
1893 - “On a Moonlit Night”
1894 - “Inquiry”, “Slavic Soul”, “Lilac Bush”, “Unofficial Revision”, “To Glory”, “Madness”, “On the Road”, “Al-Issa”, “Forgotten Kiss”, “About That how Professor Leopardi gave me a voice"
1895 - “Sparrow”, “Toy”, “In the Menagerie”, “The Petitioner”, “Painting”, “The Terrible Minute”, “Meat”, “No Title”, “Overnight”, “Millionaire”, “Pirate”, “ Lolly”, “Holy Love”, “Curl”, “Agave”, “Life”
1896 - “Strange Case”, “Bonza”, “Horror”, “Natalya Davydovna”, “Demi-God”, “Blessed”, “Bed”, “Fairy Tale”, “Nag”, “Someone else’s Bread”, “Friends”, “ Marianna", "Dog's Happiness", "On the River"
1897 - " Stronger than death", "Enchantment", "Caprice", "Firstborn", "Narcissus", "Breguet", "The First One Comes Along", "Confusion", " Wonderful doctor", "Barbos and Zhulka", " Kindergarten", "Allez!"
1898 - “Loneliness”, “Wilderness”
1899 - “Night Shift”, “Lucky Card”, “In the Bowels of the Earth”
1900 - “Spirit of the Century”, “Dead Force”, “Taper”, “Executioner”
1901 - “Sentimental Romance”, “Autumn Flowers”, “By order”, “Trek”, “At the Circus”, “Silver Wolf”
1902 - “At rest”, “Swamp”
1903 - “Coward”, “Horse Thieves”, “How I Was an Actor”, “White Poodle”
1904 - “Evening Guest”, “Peaceful Life”, “Frenzy”, “Jew”, “Diamonds”, “Empty Dachas”, “White Nights”, “From the Street”
1905 - “Black Fog”, “Priest”, “Toast”, “Staff Captain Rybnikov”
1906 - “Art”, “Killer”, “River of Life”, “Happiness”, “Legend”, “Demir-Kaya”, “Resentment”
1907 - “Delirium”, “Emerald”, “Small fry”, “Elephant”, “Fairy Tales”, “Mechanical Justice”, “Giants”
1908 - “Seasickness”, “Wedding”, “Last Word”
1910 - “In a family way”, “Helen”, “In the cage of the beast”
1911 - “Telegraph Operator”, “Mistress of Traction”, “Royal Park”
1912 - “Weed”, “Black Lightning”
1913 - “Anathema”, “Elephant Walk”
1914 - “Holy Lie”
1917 - “Sashka and Yashka”, “Brave Fugitives”
1918 - “Piebald Horses”
1919 - “The Last of the Bourgeois”
1920 - “Lemon Peel”, “Fairy Tale”
1923 - “The One-Armed Commandant”, “Fate”
1924 - “Slap”
1925 - “Yu-yu”
1926 - “The Daughter of the Great Barnum”
1927 - “Blue Star”
1928 - “Inna”
1929 - “Paganini’s Violin”, “Olga Sur”
1933 - “Night Violet”
1934 - “The Last Knights”, “Wreck-It Ralph”
Essays by Alexander Kuprin:
1897 - “Kyiv types”
1899 - “On the wood grouse”
1895-1897 - series of essays “Student Dragoon”
"Dnieper Sailor"
"Future Patty"
"False Witness"
"Chorister"
"Firefighter"
"The Landlady"
"Tramp"
"Thief"
"Artist"
"Arrows"
"Hare"
"Doctor"
"Prude"
"Beneficiary"
"Card supplier"
1900 - Travel pictures:
From Kyiv to Rostov-on-Don
From Rostov to Novorossiysk. Legend about the Circassians. Tunnels.
1901 - “Tsaritsyn Fire”
1904 - "In Memory of Chekhov"
1905 - “Events in Sevastopol”; "Dreams"
1908 - “A Little Bit of Finland”
1907-1911 - cycle of essays “Listrigons”
1909 - “Don’t touch our tongue.” About Russian-speaking Jewish writers.
1921 - “Lenin. Instant Photography"
Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin
Novels and stories
Preface
Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin was born on August 26, 1870 in the district town of Narovchat, Penza province. His father, a collegiate registrar, died at thirty-seven from cholera. The mother, left alone with three children and practically without a livelihood, went to Moscow. There she managed to place her daughters in a boarding house “at government expense,” and her son settled with his mother in the Widow’s House on Presnya. (Widows of military and civilians who served for the good of the Fatherland for at least ten years were accepted here.) At the age of six, Sasha Kuprin was admitted to an orphan school, four years later to the Moscow Military Gymnasium, then to the Alexander Military School, and then was sent to 46th Dnieper Regiment. Thus, early years The writer's studies were carried out in a formal atmosphere, with the strictest discipline and drill.
His dream of a free life came true only in 1894, when, after his resignation, he came to Kyiv. Here, without any civilian profession, but feeling literary talent (while still a cadet, he published the story “The Last Debut”), Kuprin got a job as a reporter for several local newspapers.
The work was easy for him, he wrote, by his own admission, “on the run, on the fly.” Life, as if in compensation for the boredom and monotony of youth, now did not skimp on impressions. Over the next few years, Kuprin repeatedly changed his place of residence and occupation. Volyn, Odessa, Sumy, Taganrog, Zaraysk, Kolomna... Whatever he does: he becomes a prompter and actor in a theater troupe, a psalm-reader, a forest walker, a proofreader and an estate manager; He even studies to become a dental technician and flies an airplane.
In 1901, Kuprin moved to St. Petersburg, and here his new life began. literary life. Very soon he becomes a regular contributor to famous St. Petersburg magazines - “Russian Wealth”, “World of God”, “Magazine for Everyone”. One after another, stories and tales appear: “Swamp”, “Horse Thieves”, “White Poodle”, “Duel”, “Gambrinus”, “Shulamith” and the unusually subtle, lyrical work about love - “Garnet Bracelet”.
The story “The Garnet Bracelet” was written by Kuprin during his heyday Silver Age in Russian literature, who was distinguished by an egocentric worldview. Writers and poets wrote a lot about love then, but for them it was more a passion than a higher one. pure love. Kuprin, despite these new trends, continues the tradition of Russian literature of the 19th century century and writes a story about a completely unselfish, high and pure, true love, which does not come “directly” from person to person, but through love for God. This whole story is a wonderful illustration of the hymn of love of the Apostle Paul: “Love endures long, is kind, love does not envy, love is not arrogant, is not proud, does not act rudely, does not seek its own, is not irritated, does not think evil, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. ; covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails, although prophecy will cease, and tongues will be silent, and knowledge will be abolished.” What does the hero of the story Zheltkov need from his love? He does not look for anything in her, he is happy only because she exists. Kuprin himself remarked in one letter, speaking about this story: “I have never written anything more chaste.”
Kuprin's love is generally chaste and sacrificial: the hero of the later story "Inna", being rejected and excommunicated from home for a reason unknown to him, does not try to take revenge, forget his beloved as soon as possible and find solace in the arms of another woman. He continues to love her just as selflessly and humbly, and all he needs is just to see the girl, at least from afar. Even having finally received an explanation, and at the same time learning that Inna belongs to someone else, he does not fall into despair and indignation, but, on the contrary, finds peace and tranquility.
In the story “Holy Love” everything is the same sublime feeling, the object of which is an unworthy woman, the cynical and calculating Elena. But the hero does not see her sinfulness, all his thoughts are so pure and innocent that he is simply not able to suspect evil.
Less than ten years pass before Kuprin becomes one of the most widely read authors in Russia, and in 1909 he receives an academic Pushkin Prize. In 1912, his collected works were published in nine volumes as a supplement to the Niva magazine. Real glory came, and with it stability and confidence in tomorrow. However, this prosperity did not last long: the First world war. Kuprin sets up a 10-bed infirmary in his house, his wife Elizaveta Moritsovna, ex-sister mercy, cares for the wounded.
Kuprin could not accept the October Revolution of 1917. He perceived the defeat of the White Army as a personal tragedy. “I... bow my head respectfully before the heroes of all volunteer armies and detachments, who unselfishly and selflessly laid down their souls for their friends,” he would later say in his work “The Dome of St. Isaac of Dalmatia.” But the worst thing for him is the changes that happened to people overnight. People became brutal before our eyes and lost their human appearance. In many of his works (“The Dome of St. Isaac of Dalmatia”, “Search”, “Interrogation”, “Piebald Horses. Apocrypha”, etc.) Kuprin describes these terrible changes in human souls that took place in the post-revolutionary years.
In 1918, Kuprin met with Lenin. "For the first time and probably last time“In my entire life, I have gone to a person for the sole purpose of looking at him,” he admits in the story “Lenin. Instant photography." The one he saw was far from the image that Soviet propaganda imposed. “At night, already in bed, without fire, I again turned my memory to Lenin, evoked his image with extraordinary clarity and... I got scared. It seemed to me that for a moment I seemed to enter him, felt like him. “In essence,” I thought, “this man, so simple, polite and healthy, is much more terrible than Nero, Tiberius, Ivan the Terrible. Those, for all their mental ugliness, were still people susceptible to the whims of the day and fluctuations of character. This one is something like a stone, like a cliff, which has broken away from a mountain ridge and is rapidly rolling down, destroying everything in its path. And at the same time - think! - a stone, due to some magic, - thinking! He has no feelings, no desires, no instincts. One sharp, dry, invincible thought: when I fall, I destroy.”
Fleeing from the devastation and famine that engulfed post-revolutionary Russia, the Kuprins left for Finland. Here the writer actively works in the emigrant press. But in 1920 he and his family had to move again. “It is not my will that fate itself fills the sails of our ship with wind and drives it to Europe. The newspaper will run out soon. I have a Finnish passport until June 1, and after this period they will allow me to live only with homeopathic doses. There are three roads: Berlin, Paris and Prague... But I, an illiterate Russian knight, can’t understand it well, I turn my head and scratch my head,” he wrote to Repin. Bunin’s letter from Paris helped resolve the issue of choosing a country, and in July 1920 Kuprin and his family moved to Paris.
Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin; Russian Empire, Penza province; 08/26/1870 – 08/25/1938
One of the most significant figures in Russian literature of the early 20th century is, of course, Alexander Kuprin. The work of this writer was appreciated not only by Russian, but also by world critics. Therefore, many of his works are included in the classics of world literature. Largely thanks to this, Kuprin is still read today, and the best proof is the high place of this author in our ranking.
Biography of Kuprin A.I.
Alexander Kuprin was born in 1870 in the city of Narovchat. His parents were hereditary nobles, which provided the boy with good education. Alexander's father died when the future writer was only one year old and mother and son moved to Moscow. Here, in 1876, Alexander was sent to be raised in the Moscow Razumovsky boarding school, then at the age of 10 to the Moscow Cadet Corps and at the age of 17 he graduated from the Alexander Military School. You can read these stages of life in Kuprin’s stories on our website.
It became possible to read Kuprin for the first time in 1889. It was the story “The Last Debut,” which was not accepted by the literary community. Since 1990, Kuprin was sent to the Dnieper Infantry Regiment with the rank of second lieutenant. Here he spends four years of service, which left an indelible impression in the life of the writer. In addition, here he writes several stories that are published in St. Petersburg newspapers.
In 1894, Alexander Kuprin resigned and went to Kyiv. Subsequently, he travels a lot around the country, trying different professions and meets many writers. So it was at this time that he met. After seven years of traveling around the country, Kuprin stops in St. Petersburg and gets a job as a journalist in one of the newspapers. 
Death in 1904 causes Kuprin great pain. After all, Kuprin knew this writer personally. But he doesn't stop his literary activity. Alexander Kuprin’s first great success came after the release of the story “The Duel.” Thanks to this, Kuprin is becoming increasingly popular to read, and the author is trying to counteract the decadent mood of society with his new stories.
After the revolution, Kuprin did not accept the new government. And although at first he tried to cooperate and even published a newspaper for the village - “Earth”, he was still arrested. After three days in prison, he moved to Gatchina, where he joined the ranks of the North-Western Army, which fought against the Bolsheviks. Since for carrying military service Alexander Kuprin was already quite old; he was publishing the newspaper “Prinevsky Krai”. After the defeat of the army, he emigrated to France with his family.
In 1936, Alexander Kuprin received an offer to return to his homeland. Taking advantage of the advice with which Bunin corresponded, Kuprin agreed. In 1937, he returned to the USSR, and a year later he died from a serious illness, just one day short of his 68th birthday.
Bunin's books on the Top books website
The popularity of reading Kuprin’s books is now so high that this has allowed many of the author’s books to be represented in our ratings. Thus, the rating includes five works by the author. The most popular readings are “Yu-yu” and “Garnet Bracelet”. It is with these two works that the author is represented in our rating. All this allows us to say that reading Kuprin is still as relevant as it was half a century ago. Although schoolchildren played a significant role in this, for whom reading Kuprin’s stories is mandatory according to the school curriculum.
All books by A. I. Kuprin
- Al-Issa
- Anathema
- Balt
- Barbos and Zhulka
- Poor Prince
- No title
- White acacia
- Blissful
- Blondel
- Swamp
- Bonze
- Breguet
- Dragnet
- Bricky
- Diamonds
- In the menagerie
- In the barracks
- In the cage of the beast
- In Crimea (Mejid)
- In the bear's corner
- In the bowels of the earth
- On the tram
- At the circus
- woodcocks
- Wine barrel
- Magic carpet
- Sparrow
- In the dark
- Gambrinus
- Gem
- Hero Leander and the shepherd
- Goga Veselov
- Gogol-mogol
- Grunya
- Caterpillar
- Demir-Kaya
- Kindergarten
- Inquiry
- House
- Daughter of the great Barnum
- Friends
- Bad pun
- Zhaneta
- Liquid sun
- Jew
- Life
- Zawiraika
- Sealed Babies
- Star of Solomon
- Animal Lesson
- Golden Rooster
- Toy
- Interview
- Art
- Temptation
- Giants
- To glory
- How I was an actor
- Cantaloupes
- Captain
- Painting
- Nag
- Goat life
- Horse thieves
- Royal Park
- winged soul
- Laurel
- Legend
- Lenochka
- Backwoods
- Lemon peel
- Curl
- Lolly
- Moonlit night
- Lucia
- Marianne
- Bears
- Small fry
- Mechanical Justice
- Millionaire
- Peaceful life
- My passport
- My flight
- Moloch
- Seasickness
- Sapsan's thoughts about people, animals, objects and events
- On wood grouse
- At the turning point (Cadets)
- At rest
- At the crossing
- On the river
- Narcissus
- Natalya Davydovna
- Head of Traction
- Secret audit
- Overnight
- Night shift
- Night violet
- Night in the forest
- About the poodle
- Resentment
- Loneliness
- One-Armed Commandant
- Olga Sur
- Executioner
- Dad
- Piebald horses
- Firstborn
- The first person you meet
- Doggie Black Nose
- Pirate
- By order
- Lost Force
- Demigod
- Dragonfly Jumper
- Family style
- Last word
- The Last Knights
- Last debut
- Lost Heart
- Hike
- Army ensign
- Petitioner
- Poodle tongue
- Empty dachas
- Confusion
- Travelers
- Ralph
- Rachel
- River of life
- From the street
- Sashka and Yashka
- Wedding
- Bright End
- Holy lie
- Holy love
- Sentimental novel
- Silver wolf