Двенадцать стульев

"Dvenadt͡satʹ stulʹev" (1928) - roman, napisannyĭ pochti vek nazad, do sikh por ostaëtsi͡a na slukhu. Istorii͡a pro to, kak Ostap Bender vmeste so svoim "naparnikom" Kisoĭ Vorobʹi͡aninovym pytai͡utsi͡a naĭti brillianty madam Petukhovoĭ, spri͡atannye v odnom iz 12 stulʹev mebelʹnogo garnitura, sniskala slavu poistine "narodnoĭ klassiki". Imena geroev - obai͡atelʹnykh avanti͡uristov - stali narit͡satelʹnymi, a sam roman razoshëlsi͡a na t͡sitaty, vyderzhav sotni uspeshnykh pereizdaniĭ i perevodov na drugie i͡azyki. Kniga, kotorai͡a do sikh por tak i ne razgadana do kont͡sa: estʹ li u geroev prototipy, kto skryvaetsi͡a za figuroĭ Ostapa Bendera? Vozmozhno, ėti zagadki tak navsegda i ostanutsi͡a zagadkami. A poka "zasedanie prodolzhaetsi͡a, gospoda prisi͡azhnye zasedateli!"

"Twelve chairs" (1928) - a novel written almost a century ago, still remains on hearing. The story about how Ostap Bender together with his" partner "Kisa Vorobyaninov are trying to find Madame Petukhova's diamonds hidden in one of the 12 chairs of the furniture set, has gained fame as a truly"folk classic". The names of the characters-charming adventurers-have become household names, and the novel itself has sold out into quotes, withstanding hundreds of successful reprints and translations into other languages. The book, which still has not been solved to the end: do the characters have prototypes, who is hiding behind the figure of Ostap Bender? Perhaps these mysteries will forever remain a mystery. In the meantime, " the trial continues, gentlemen of the jury!»