Pop Culture In the 2000s

Science fictionSergey

Lukyanenko(b. 1968)

- known for

Night Watch

(made into film

with special

effects)

- Website

in English

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bust

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Boris A

kunin Pseudonym of

Grigory

Chkhartishvili (b.

1956)

- Specialist in Asian

languages, tr. from

Japanese, English

- Awarded the Order

of Japan by Emperor

- Assistant editor of

Foreign Literature

until 2000

- Scholarly work The

Writer and Suicide

(1999)

Akunin’s detective stories

First story Azazel (1998)- Stories take place before

Revolution, Erast Fandorin resembles Sherlock Holmes

- Film and TV versions- Translated into English- English Website

Detective stories

- Darya

Dontsova (b.

1952)

- Over 100

book

- Russia’s

answer to

Agatha

Christie!

Masyanya!

By Oleg Kuvaev

Oleg Kuvaev (b. 1967)

Creator of Masyanya

Somehow (Как-нибудь)

10 Racoons (10 дохлых енотов)

Chicken (Курыцца)

Eurovision: Dima Bilan

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Хочешь? (Would you like?)Мы разбиваемся (We break each other apa

rt…)

Койда (Bashkir love song)