Farit Azizov
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Farit Azizov
Grozny – Volgograd – Saratov oblast, Russia

Farit Azizov was born in Grozny, Chechnya, in 1958. When he was two years old, his parents moved to Volgograd. As a child, he spent his free time kicking ball in the yard. In 1976, he enrolled in a physical education institute, and two years later, he was kicked out of it. To avoid being drafted, he played soccer in Central Asia; it paid well and got him a deferment from the army. He learned of Brezhnev’s death on a Moscow-Andijan train, and wrote his first poem at the age of 28.

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by J Rainsnow

In this collection of short stories drawing on years of unconventional living, the author dives into the deeply personal world of the imagination in search of tales and truths to support the foundations of a better future.

100 pms war
by Julia Nemirovskaya, editor

This excellent anthology, compiled and edited by Julia Nemirovskaya, showcases poems by Russian (and Russian-speaking) poets who express their absolute rejection of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

DesyatyjKrug
by David Gay

The documentary novel “The Tenth Circle” tells the story of the life, struggle, and destruction of the Minsk ghetto, one of the largest in the Soviet Union and Europe during World War II. (Russian edition)

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by Charles Whittaker

Selected poems of Charles Whittaker.

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