In which we review books about food, dance, poetry, and Stalin.

How, in the late nineteenth century Russia flipped from being a valued ally to a loathed regime.

The Ukrainian city of Odesa has taken down its statues of Catherine the Great, marking a break from its Russian past.

The Primate of Ukraine conducted Christmas Liturgy in a Kyivan cathedral formerly used by the Moscow Patriarchate.

A mother in a remote village grapples with past, present, and future losses to war.

A translator with Russian roots ruminates on her past, and what it means to be a Russophile today.

Maria Yudina was a profoundly gifted pianist and teacher. And there is a certain lingering myth about her...

Consideration of five recent books that help us grapple with Russia, Ukraine, and history.

As we said at the outset, Russia lost this war the day it began. But where are we now?

The iconic and wacky Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod turns 160 this month.

“Independence Day will have a different meaning this year. Us Ukrainians love our freedom. We can say what we believe. My friends in Russia say they have a democracy. What kind of democracy is it if you cannot call a war a war?” 

                                   – A Russian living in Ukraine, Tatyana Antonova

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the Communist Party Leader who unleashed democracy, glasnost, and perestroika, has died.