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Β«ΠΠΌΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΡ IΒ» ΡΠ²Π»ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ ΡΡΠ½Π΄Π°ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²Π΅Π΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠ½Π΄ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π° ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠΈΠΌ Π½Π°Π·Π²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ Β«ΠΠΌΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΡ Π² ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΡ Β». ΠΡΠΎΡ ΡΠΎΠΌ Π²ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π΅Ρ Π² ΡΠ΅Π±Ρ Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π²ΡΡ ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΡΠΎΠ², ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π»Π°Π³Π°Ρ ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ Π³Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΡΡΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π² ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ Π°Π²ΡΠΎΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΌΠΈΡ. Π¦Π΅Π½ΡΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ Π² ΡΠ±ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ΅ Π·Π°Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π΅Ρ ΡΠΈΠΊΠ» ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΠΎΠ² Β«ΠΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΊΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΠ²Β», ΠΈΠ·Π²Π΅ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΉ Π°ΡΠΌΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡΡ ΠΈ ΡΡΠΈΠ»Π΅ΠΌ. ΠΠ·Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π΄ΠΎΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½Π΅Π½ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΡΡ Β«ΠΠ°ΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ (ΠΡΠ±Π»Ρ)Β», ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΡΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ Π³ΡΠ°Π½ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ. Π’Π°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Π² ΡΠΎΡΡΠ°Π² Π²ΠΎΡΠ΅Π» ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½-ΠΏΡΠ½ΠΊΡΠΈΡ Β«Π£Π»Π΅ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠΉ ΠΠΎΠ½Π°Ρ ΠΎΠ²Β», Π²ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π²Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠΌ Π² Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΉ, ΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ²Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ΅Π΄Π°ΠΊΡΠΈΠΈ. ΠΡΠ° ΠΏΡΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΠ΅Ρ Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎ-Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΌΡ ΠΎΡΠΌΡΡΠ»ΠΈΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈΠ· Π·Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠΌΡΡ ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΠΉ XX Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ°.
"Empire I" serves as the inaugural volume of Andrei Bitov's comprehensive literary cycle, "Empire in Four Dimensions." This collection gathers several of the author's pivotal texts, inviting readers into his distinctive narrative universe. Prominently featured is the story cycle "Apothecary Island," celebrated for its evocative atmosphere and literary style. The volume is further enriched by the inclusion of the novella "Dacha Locality (Double)," expanding the scope of its storytelling. Additionally, the fragmentary novel "Monakhov Flying Away" is presented here for the first time in a specially prepared new composition. This publication offers a fresh opportunity to explore and appreciate the multifaceted work of a significant 20th-century Russian writer.