"ПЖ Белого дома"

Belyĭ dom kazhetsi͡a nesorazmerno malenʹkim i dazhe neznachitelʹnym primenitelʹno k toĭ roli, kotorui͡u khozi͡ain ėtogo zdanii͡a igraet v mirovoĭ politike. V 1793 godu stroiteli zalozhili kraeugolʹnye kamni prezidentskogo osobni͡aka, kotoryĭ vposledstvii nazovut Belym domom. I s 1800 goda - vot uzhe bolee 225 let - Belyĭ dom sluzhit rezident͡sieĭ glavy samogo bogatogo gosudarstva, pretendui͡ushchego na rolʹ t͡sentra vlasti, dvigateli͡a odnopoli͡arnogo mira. No tak bylo ne vsegda… Sovremennyĭ Belyĭ dom - chetyrekhzvezdochnyĭ otelʹ s vyshkolennoĭ prislugoĭ i best͡sennoĭ kollekt͡sieĭ zhivopisi. V nem na shesti ėtazhakh 132 komnaty i 35 vannykh komnat, a takzhe 412 dvereĭ, 147 okon, 28 kaminov, pli͡us 8 lestnit͡s i 3 lifta. Novai͡a kniga Leonida Mlechina rasskazyvaet o tom, kak protekala zhiznʹ v Belom dome, kak v nem zhili, upravli͡ali stranoĭ, obʺi͡avli͡ali voĭny, zakli͡uchali mir i umirali prezidenty SShA. Ėta kniga dli͡a vsekh, kto interesuetsi͡a istorieĭ SShA i mirovoĭ politikoĭ v t͡selom.

The White House seems disproportionately small and even insignificant in relation to the role that the owner of this building plays in world politics. In 1793, the builders laid the cornerstones of the presidential mansion, which would later be called the White House. And since 1800, for more than 225 years, the White House has served as the residence of the head of the richest state, claiming to be the center of power, the engine of the unipolar world. But that wasn't always the case.… The modern White House is a four—star hotel with well-trained staff and an invaluable collection of paintings. It has 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms on six floors, as well as 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, plus 8 stairs and 3 elevators. Leonid Mlechin's new book tells about how life went in the White House, how US presidents lived in it, ruled the country, declared wars, made peace and died. This book is for anyone who is interested in the history of the United States and world politics in general.