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Russian Life: Sept/Oct 2007
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7: Tempest in a Teapot
A look at the present Russo-British spy spat in the context of a long bilateral history of bumpy relations.
Note Book
15: Vermont Victory
A photo feature on the July Russian FedCup victory in Stowe, Vermont.
Note Book
19: Sputnik: The Satellite That Changed Everything
Beep... beep... beep... In October 1957, a tiny satellite sailed round and round the Earth. Launched from Russia, it kicked off the Space Race and changed how we viewed our world and Russian science.
Russian Calendar
:: Translation by
Nora Favorov
21: An Inspired Publisher: Alexander Smirdin
Alexander Smirdin was one of Russia's first, great publishers. He loved books more than money and that may have brought about his ruin.
Russian Calendar
:: Translation by
Nora Favorov
23: Kaluga's Rocket Scientist
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was the father of Russian space travel. A quirky, half-deaf teacher, he inspired generations with his idealistic views of the age to come.
Russian Calendar
:: Translation by
Nora Favorov
26: The Best Dandruff Cure
The language of hair is, well, a bit knotty...
Survival Russian
:: Illustrations/Images by Victor Bogorad
28: Saving the Amur Tiger
The magisterial tigers of Russia's Far East
are on the brink of extinction. Threats to their survival are legion: from poachers to Chinese "healers" to nervous villagers to corrupt bureaucrats. All told, just a few hundred Amur Tigers remain in the wild.
Features
34: Sochi 2014: Russia's New National Idea
Some 90 years after the first modern Winter
Olympics, Russia, likely the country most identified with winter, will finally host its first Winter Olympic Games. Now it's time to get building.
Features
40: Borshch For the Russian Soul
Russia has ever been suspicious of modern psychotherapy, and the Soviet regime had its own way of dealing with (and defining) mental illness, which made it something of an international pariah. Luckily, those days are behind us... or are they?
Features
48: Colonial Russia
Perched on the rocky cliffs of California's Pacific coast is Fort Ross, a National Park commemorating the southernmost point of Russian colonial settlement in the Americas. Each July, thousands flock to the Fort for an annual celebration.
Photo Feature
52: The Poet of Passions
Marina Tsvetaeva was born to wealth, but her adult life was shaped by hardship and tragedy. For this reason, her literary work is all the more passionate and enthralling.
Features
60: Space Food
The history of food in space, through Russian eyes. Plus a great recipe for an Apple Zefir so light and ethereral it will make you feel like it floats.
Cuisine
61: Russian Worldview, Rafting, and Sophia Tolstaya
We review a new book on Sophia Tolstoy's photography hobby, an excellent translation of Andrei Sinyavsky's book on Russian folk belief, and a great armchair travel book on rafting down one of the world's wildest rivers.
Under Review
64: An Animating Genius
A look back at the life of Alexander Tatarsky, a genius of Russian animation who passed away this summer.
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