News & Info

1/1/07:We are proud to announce a complete redesign of our website, which makes use of rich CSS and Cold Fusion programming. New content additions include live news feeds to our front page, a database-driven "On This Day in Russian History," also on our front page.

9/1/06:We have published our 50th Anniversary Issue!

7/1/06:Maria Kolesnikova, previously our Online Editor, is now our magazine's Managing Editor.

3/2/06: We are happy to announce the appointment of Maria Kolesnikova as our Onlne Editor. She is now contributing weekly columns to our Online Archive, which you can search here. Our huge Online Archive includes online only articles, plus a full index of all stories published in Russian Life since July 1995.

2/1/06: We now have a growing and searchable online database of Weblinks. What this means is that you can easily search for good weblinks related to stories, reviews and subjects in issues of the magazine, or view all links for a particular issue.

1/15/06: We introduced new, Online Buyers Guides to feature advertisers in the area of Study, Travel and Gift Giving. Click on over to see the listings and add reviews for companies and products of interest.

9/20/05: Taste of Russia 6 was even bigger and better than TOR5 (the lack of hurricanes certainly helped!). We made some great, TOR tshirts for the event.

9/1/05: Our new, 2006 Wall Calendar focuses on "Rural Russia."

1/13/05: We introduced the new, updated version of our webstore. Using full 128-bit SSL security and the powerful Cold Fusion-based CF Webstore, our new updated site is more secure, faster and even easier to use. It now includes enhanced gift-carding, wishlists and much more!

9/20/04: Taste of Russia 5 in Amherst, MA was a huge success. Check here for pictures. We have some of the event tshirts left.

9/1/04: We released our new, 2005 Russian Life Wall Calendar. This year's theme is Moscow. In addition, we released a 2005 Engagement Calendar, our first ever, with a theme of St. Petersburg.