The Miracle of Christmas. Stories by Russian Writers

Christmas, which opens the Holy Week, is one of the most significant Russian calendar holidays. It is a wonderful time when one year gives way to another, filled with hope that all sorrows are left behind, and that goodness and justice will prevail in the future. The belief in miracles permeates the works of Russian classics of the 19th and early 20th centuries, united in this book. L. N. Tolstoy, F. M. Dostoevsky, N. S. Leskov, A. P. Chekhov, N. A. Leykin, A. I. Kuprin, and others, who created the best examples of the genre of Christmas stories, captured the atmosphere and traditions of celebrating Christmas and the New Year in pre-revolutionary Russia—in big cities and villages, in luxurious mansions and the houses of the poor. In the works of émigré writers, Ivan Bunin, Sasha Chorny, and Ivan Shmelev, nostalgia for a bygone era is felt: memories of Christmas celebrations are inseparable from memories of a past Russia.
Old postcards and illustrations from periodicals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries have been used in the design of the collection.

The book is intended for the widest reading audience and will make a wonderful gift for the New Year and Christmas.