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Here’s the thing about history: you can’t see everything that is going on when you are living it, and then, when you try to dredge up what really happened, all you’ve got is your frail memories.

As if trapped in a time warp, a remote village school in the Mari El Republic preserves a largely forgotten style of schooling, mostly cut off from the twenty-first century.

If you believe the papers, Russia is in the grips of протестное настроение, which literally means a mood for protest, but which might be better translated as “loaded for bear.”

Reviews of a history of punk rock and a novel about a not very likeable woman.

Ever wanted to take a stroll in nineteenth century Moscow? See how one Russian uses machine learning to make grainy old videos ever more realistic.

Something virtually unprecedented happened this winter: five Russian policemen were arrested and charged with framing up an innocent man.

In which Russia discovers old frescoes, a lost grave, and a new PM. Among other news.

Russia's "Echelon of Victory" train-borne museum prepares to educate this spring.

300 years of book burnings, banishments, and censorship in Russian books.

In this issue we look at the shape of things Russian.

“I noticed that there are places here, shall we say, for contemplation.” said a Duma deputy, referring to… the bathroom. He continued: “And when important issues are being discussed, they should broadcast it there.”