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Mikhail Ivanov

Mikhail Ivanov is a former Editor of Russian Life (1995-2003), and is Managing Editor of Tennis Weekend magazine in Moscow and author of one of the magazine's most popular columns, Survival Russian. An expert on Russian and Soviet sport, he contributes sports news to Russian Life. Yet, as a highly qualified journalist, he has written countless articles for the magazine since 1995. The second revised and expanded edition of his book, Survival Russian, is available. It includes 95 Survival Russian columns, 81 of which were written by Ivanov.

Have Tongue Will Travel
Russian Life: May/June 2013
Not surprisingly, there is a lot one can say about the tongue with, well, the Russian tongue...
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
Illustrations/Images: Victor Bogorad
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Sporting Portyanki
Russian Life: Mar/Apr 2013
A look at portyanki, telnyashki and other mysteries of military garb.
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
Illustrations/Images: Victor Bogorad
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Goats, Ribs and Suitcases
Russian Life: Jan/Feb 2013
The head of the CIA and the Russian Defense Minister both fell from grace within weeks of one another, and both because of infidelity scandals. Sounds like a good pretext for a column...
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
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Friend or Foe?
Russian Life: Nov/Dec 2012
A consideration of the language of enemies and whether Russia is, as Mitt Romney has averred, the US's chief geopolitical foe.
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
Illustrations/Images: Victor Bogorad
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Lev Gumilev
Russian Life: Nov/Dec 2012
By any measure, the son of Anna Akhmatova and Nikolai Gumilev lived a life that was very full. Born 100 years ago this fall, this is his amazing story.
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
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Survival Greek
Russian Life: Sep/Oct 2012
A recent trip to Greece got columnist Mikhail Ivanov thinking about that country's language and its incursions into Russia's mother tongue.
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
Illustrations/Images: Victor Bogorad
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A Twist in My Insobriety
Russian Life: July/Aug 2012
A sober examination of some of the language of sobriety - trezvost.
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
Illustrations/Images: Victor Bogorad
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Just Between Us
Russian Life: May/June 2012
A consideration of less than politesse descriptions of the other sex - what men say about women and what women say about men, when they are each speaking to those of their own gender...
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
Illustrations/Images: Victor Bogorad
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World Records and World Championshiops
Russian Life: May/June 2012
As Russia readies for the summer Olympics, pole-vaulting records continue to be broken, a tennis star agrees the World Cup may be beer-filled.
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
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Out of the Blue
Russian Life: Mar/Apr 2012
Navigating the two different words for "blue" and their many hues in meaning.
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
Illustrations/Images: Victor Bogorad
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