Philosophy. History. Politics:“News from Underground”: essays “The Anti-hero” by Victor Biryukov,“A Parody of the Existencialist Novel” by Aleksandr Sukonik and “Notes from Underground: A Musical Moment” by Sergey Bocharov — Dostoyevsky’s “Notes from Undeground” from the point of view of contemporaneity.
Essais:a family essay by Sergey Kostyrko “Grandfather. Regarding the Notion of the Archaic”.
Comments:“Russia Fairy Tales” — Alla Latynina continuing with the subject of modern Russian dystopias brought up by Valeriya Pustovaya in the issue № 1. The latest novels by Dmitry Bykov and Vladimir Sorokin are discussed.