Русский язык. Трудности, тайны, тонкости и не только… Хрестоматия

Back in his time Boris Slutsky wrote: «Physicists are in honor now, lyrists are in dishonor». Our hero disproved this wonderful poet's formula.

Being a distinguished engineer and creator of automatic design systems, the author of many technical inventions, Leonid Niessman has been faithful to art and literature so far. It is difficult to list all his friends among actors and celebrities in politics and culture, one would consider honor to stand next to. Let's name Mikhail Derzhavin, Artur Chilingarov, Alexander Shirvindt, and of course, Yuri Luzhkov.

Leonid Niessman was born in the Arbat and lived in the house where Stage Directing Department of Shchukin Art School is located today, so he first-hand absorbed the unique traditional Moscow speech. Generally he belongs to the people who, despite everything, remain interested in life in an easy childlike manner.

Being an obvious digithead, as it would seem, he easily fits into the most evident humanitarian projects. Having moved to Germany, Niessmann did not look back at the past hard feelings received at home like other new immigrants, but plunged into the great life of the vast Russian world.

Becoming a member of the Presidium of the International Union of Compatriots he gained respect of such «greats» as Prince Nikita Lobanov-Rostovsky and Count Pyotr Sheremetev. Both have repeatedly spoken highly of Niessmann, and these people do not heap compliments for no reason.

The truth is that Leonid Niessmann has most radiant personality and, of course, talent to inspire others by his good deeds.

«The Russian Language. Difficulties, Mysteries, Subtleties and Something Else.» is a magnificient example to the subject.

Just fancy! A man lives in Germany. He is an engineer, not a professional philologist or linguist, but he is writing a book about the Russian language. And he delivers this awesome work in the frame of sayings, comparisons, different catch-phrases, and set-expressions.

And those unaware of what treasure the Russian language is, will be fascinated and stunned by such discoveries.

Well, who, for Chrissake, knows that the Russian word «vrach» (doctor) comes from the verb «vrat'» (to lie), moreover, it has more distant roots to the word «zagovarivat'» (cast a spell). «Filkina gramota» (a meaningless paper) was born after the tragedy of Metropolitan Philip, who stood against the power of Ivan the Terrible.