January 01, 2010 Feasting with Angels A look at lubok and its use to promote etiquette, manners and morals at the dinner table. And a recipe for Steamed Trout.
January 01, 2010 Literaturnaya Gazeta Founded in 1830 by Alexander Pushkin and Anton Delvig, this important newspaper has long been something of a bellweather for Russia's relationship to literature...
January 01, 2010 Ivan the Terrible In January 1565, Tsar Ivan the Terrible split Russia in two. Five hundred years on, Russia still hasn't gotten over it...
January 01, 2010 Galina Ulanova On January 8, 1910, Prima Ballerina Galina Ulanova was born. Unquestionably a great dancer, she has somehow always been above criticism...
January 01, 2010 An Activist is Born Alexei Dymovsky becomes a YouTube star for highlighting police corruption, then loses his job... yet few Russians seem to know of him.
January 01, 2010 Uchites 07 The seventh edition of our Uchites language insert, sponsored by Russkiy Mir Foundation, uses the works of writer Lev Tolstoy to explore fruit, verb and adjective declensions, animals, and more. Three recordings are also available online. Language
December 18, 2009 Annual Holiday Gift Guide Our annual consideration of some great gift ideas for Russophiles. Now available online as well! Holidays Russia File
November 09, 2009 Freedom Fries I will forever associate the fall of the Berlin Wall with french fries. In 1989, my wife and I were living and working in Moscow. Our friend Bob was apartment-sitting in the American embassy complex; and on November 9 he invited us over for dinner... History Int'l Relations Russia File
November 01, 2009 The Fall of the Berlin Wall Editor Tamara Eidelman reminisces about how little the Berlin Wall was part of Soviet life.
November 01, 2009 Marital Squabbles Where we examine the linguistic conventions of sparring with one's spouse.
