We'll Live Till Monday

"History is the science that makes a person a citizen!"

"Every now and then I hear: “Jaurès did not take into account”, “Hertzen failed”, “Tolstoy misunderstood”... As if a squad of losers were operating in history!"

"Have you ever thought about the great role of paper? We must bow to her boundless patience! You can write on it: [quoting Aleksandr Pushkin.] “The dark of night is lying on the Georgian hills,” or you can write a slander against your neighbor... You can rewrite your dissertation — to remove one name, one fact, to change the interpretation... If you have a paper, why not do it? It will endure everything! But the souls of us and our kids aren't made of paper, Kolya!.."

"Next time we'll talk about the December armed uprising, and I hope you don't burn down the school before that."

"It’s impossible to explain happiness... It’s like pinning a sunbeam to paper."

"Happiness is when you are understood."

"A person needs a state of falling in love. With someone or something. Always. All the way. Otherwise, life is not interesting."

"In general, Russia was terribly unlucky with its tsars after Peter the Great. This is my personal opinion."

"My daughter gets C grades in your discipline systematically, this is surprising and alarming, because history is not mathematics, you don’t need to be a genius."

"Vyacheslav Tikhonov - Ilya Semyonovich Melnikov — History Teacher"

"Irina Pechernikova - Natalya Sergeevna Gorelova — English Language Teacher, formerly Melnikov's student"

"Nina Menshikova - Svetlana Mikhailovna — Russian Language and Literature Teacher"

"Mikhail Zimin - Nikolai Borisovich — School Principal"

"Nadir Malishevsky - TV Show Host"

"Dalvin Shcherbakov - Borya Rudnitsky, formerly Melnikov's student"

"Olga Zhiznyeva - Melnikov's Mother"

"Lyudmila Arkharova - Nadya Ogarysheva, pupil"

"Valeriy Zubarev - Genka Shestopal, pupil"

"Olga Ostroumova - Rita Cherkasova, pupil"

"Igor Starygin - Kostya Batishchev, pupil"

"Roza Grigoryeva - Sveta Demidova, pupil"

"Yuri Chernov - Syromyatnikov, pupil"

"Lyubov Sokolova - Levikova"

"Arkadi Listarov - Vova Levikov, pupil"