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Founded in March 1990, RIS Publications has been publishing fine books, maps and serials for over 20 years. And we have had an active, growing website since 1993. Browse our store to find out about our latest titles, search for back issues containing articles of interest, and sign up for a subscription to either Russian Life or Chtenia (or both!).
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Set against the backdrop of Russian history from the time of Peter the Great to the years of the post-soviet collapse, the nine stories in Vladimir's Mustache tell with great emotional honesty the story of men and women who are trapped by circumstances, alienated by history, or irrevocably estranged from the culture at large.
Rich in detail and characterization, Alexander Kuprin's novella At the Circus brims with excitement and life. You can smell the sawdust in the big top, see the vivid and colorful characters, sense the tension build as the protagonist prepares to face off against his nemesis...
In honor of this being an Olympic year, we begin year five of Chtenia with an issue devoted to the theme of Sport. It's far from what you'd normally expect of sports writing.
A book that dares to explore the humanity of priests and pilgrims, saints and sinners, Faith & Humor has been both a runaway bestseller in Russia and the focus of heated controversy.
This collection of 28 colorful and multi-faceted biographies spans five centuries of Russian Jewish history, and each portrait opens a new window onto the history of Eastern Europe’s Jews, illuminating dark corners and challenging widely-held conceptions about the role of Jews in Russian history.
One hundred kilometers north of Arkhangelsk, a Russian sea captain ferries a silent operative to a secluded lighthouse... In Moscow, a hapless American answers an errant phone call and is ordered to make a mob hit... In a remote village in the Caucasus, a strange sickness is killing off locals... Blocks from the Kremlin, a disaffected spy chief is plotting a war-fueled power grab...
The New Russian Philanthropy • Will Sochi be Ready? • Lev Theremin: The Soviet Faust • American Surgeons in Russia • Lyubov Orlova • The Table of Ranks • Law Forbidding Soviets to Marry Foreigners • Alexander Scriabin • Vysotsky, Alliluyeva, Alexeyev and other personages of note • Waiting for Miracles • Dealing with too much hospitality
Gogol's 200th Birthday • Understanding Gogol • Gogol's Stomach • Gogol's Art into Music • Kaliningrad • Repatriating Russian Art • Money Slang • Going Green in St. Petersburg
