July 01, 2012 Catherine II This issue's linguistic insert focuses on Catherine the Great's diary and view on what is important in life.
July 01, 2012 The Curious Entente Cordial Their lives unfolded in parallel, as their nations were immersed in rebellion and reform. Some 150 years ago, each freed their country’s enslaved masses, and each ended up paying with their life. History
July 01, 2012 The Summer of 1612 A look back at the re-taking of Moscow from the Poles 300 years ago, by a couple of unlikely heroes. History
July 01, 2012 A Twist in My Insobriety A sober examination of some of the language of sobriety - trezvost.
July 01, 2012 It's All About the Eyeballs This spring, the front page of the Yandex search engine surpassed Chanel One in number of viewers. What does this say about the future of state-controlled media and political culture in Russia? Media
July 01, 2012 Back in the Saddle On May 7, Vladimir Putin glided back into the Kremlin to take the oath of office for his third presidential term. Moscow was eerily empty... Politics
July 01, 2012 Moscow Calling The arrive of telephones in Moscow in 1882 fundamentally changed the way citizens interacted with one another. History
July 01, 2012 Catherine Ascends; Peter Falls We read history through the eyes of the victors, and in June 1762, the victor was a German-born princess newly ascended to the throne with her husband, Peter III. To history she became known as Catherine the Great.
May 27, 2012 Publishing... Flipped! It is conventional wisdom that old-fashioned, ink and pulp publishing is in its death throes. But what if there were a way to "flip" the publishing model in a manner that preserves what is good, adopts what is new and useful, and filters out what is harmful and useless? I think we have found a way... Literature Russia File
