Current Moscow Time: 22:53:3023 May 2013
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Russian Life: November 1995
3: Sowing Reason, Goodness and Eternal Values
A look at the state of education in Russia today.
Features
6: Gorky Park
A photo feature of summer activities in Gorky Park, Moscow.
Photo Feature
8: You Look Like a Cucumber and other compliments
Colloquial compliments to offer Russian colleagues.
Survival Russian
9: Very Short Stories
Five very short stories by Russian writer Anatoli Gavrilov: The Apprentice, Dacha, The Old Woman and the Idiot, Rose, The Hen, and The Album.
Literary Insert
14: A tribute to the most Russian of poets
A new monument is unveiled to the memory of Sergei Yesenin. We offer a very short look at the beauty of his poetry.
Features
18: Pagans in a Forest Wilderness
A trip to the Republic of Mari El a rural and ancient culture just a few hundred kilometers from Moscow on the banks of the Volga.
Travel
20: Is There a Future for the Past?
A visit to the open air museums of the Russian North: Kizhi and Maliye Karely.
Travel
23: Exploding the Myths
Six money myths about travel to Russia exploded.
Practical Traveler