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Victor Bogorad

VICTOR BOGORAD is an illustrator and artist who lives and works in St. Petersburg.

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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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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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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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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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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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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