Britain is not as far away as it seems. You will be surprised by the fact that in Moscow so many places that we used to consider "purely" Russian actually have British roots. The Kingdom of England and the Russian Kingdom established relations in 1553, when the English navigator Richard Chancellor arrived in Arkhangelsk in search of the "northeast passage". Ivan the Terrible ruled in Russia at that time, who was interested in establishing trade relations with Europe, and in 1556 presented the British...

BOOK ONE CHAPTER 1 - Never Talk with Strangers CHAPTER 2 - Pontius Pilate CHAPTER 3 - The Seventh Proof CHAPTER 4 - The Chase CHAPTER 5 - There were Doings at Griboedov’s CHAPTER 6 - Schizophrenia, as was Said CHAPTER 7 - A Naughty Apartment CHAPTER 8 - The Combat between the Professor and the Poet CHAPTER 9 - Koroviev’s Stunts CHAPTER 10 - News From Yalta CHAPTER 11 - Ivan Splits in Two CHAPTER 12 - Black Magic and Its Exposure CHAPTER 13 - The Hero Enters CHAPTER 14 - Glory to the Cock! CHAPTER 15 - Nikanor Ivanovich’s Dream CHAPTER 16 - The Execution CHAPTER...