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Mikhail Ivanov

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Mikhail IvanovMikhail 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.

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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Sinking Morality
Russian Life: Mar/Apr 2012
"Instead of mass heroism, we now engage in mass cowardice..."
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
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Tennis, Hockey and Skating
Russian Life: Mar/Apr 2012
Wrap up of Youth Olympic Games, skating championships and tennis finals.
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
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Fending off Demyan
Russian Life: Jan/Feb 2012
How to handle that common situation in Russian: too much hospitality...
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
Illustrations/Images: Victor Bogorad
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Straight from the Horse's Mouth
Chtenia: Winter 2012

Author: Mikhail Ivanov
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Catch the Wind
Russian Life: Nov/Dec 2011
Russian talking names can lead to many unexpected places. In this instance to euphemistic phrases for, well, you know...
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
Illustrations/Images: Victor Bogorad
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A Cheat Sheet for Tom Hanks
Russian Life: Sep/Oct 2011
The recent visit of Hollywood megastar Cameron Diaz to Moscow – to promote the launch of the movie Bad Teacher – started Mikhail Ivanov's creative juices flowing toward a seasonally appropriate theme: school slang.
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
Illustrations/Images: Victor Bogorad
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Stenka Razin and the Russian State
Russian Life: Sep/Oct 2011
Praised in Russian folklore, Stepan Razin reigns as Russia’s most memorable and popular rebel. On the 340th anniversary of the Cossack-led uprising, a noted historian considers the lessons of Razin for the Russian state.
Author: Dmitry Volodikhin
Translator: Mikhail Ivanov
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