In the early 19th century, Russia had only the thinnest gloss of modern European civilization, and, apart from the efforts of Pushkin, the Russian language had hardly produced a book worth reading.А ещё о медведях на улицах забыли, да.
A suggestion from Pushkin produced from Gogol the comic play The Inspector General, from which Russian theater still hasn't recovered.
О да.
(это первая запись, написанная в LogJam, кстати. Оч. хороший клиент, но не хватает некоторых привычных семаджиковских штучек)