If you want to understand *modern* Russian culture, don't read 19th c. aristocrats. They're all dead and their world is dead, too. Read the "Twelve Chairs" and "Golden Calf" instead. Picaresques on Ostap Bender's adventures may be two most influential books of the Russian 20th c pic.twitter.com/sW3YpmTExF

— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) July 11, 2022