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Many have scoffed at Cindy McCain's defense of Alaska Governor (and GOP Veep candidate) Sarah Palin's foreign policy chops with the assertion that "Alaska is the closest part of our continent to Russia." Scoff not. The truth is so more startling still.

Reclusive, frank, astoundingly industrious and uncompromising, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was the most influential writer of his age, and he did more to topple the Soviet Union than any other individual in the 20th century. We spoke with his wife just a few months before his death.

Where we consider the role of knees in the Russian language. Very important, just ask Nikita Sergeyevich...

A look back at the tumultuous battle between President Yeltsin and the recalcitrant Duma of 1993, which lead to the shelling of parliament.

A nostalgic look back on the life of Solzhenitsyn, and how it affected one Russian writer.

Each year, on October 19, students in Russia celebrate the beginning of higher education in the country, in 1811.

The philosopher and historian who captivated young Soviet minds... and his inexplicable beliefs.

The latest from the travel front.

Book Review

French champagne is bubbling on the Black Sea coast. A hundred-year-old winery strives to make a respectable vintage in time for the 2014 Olympic games.

Sorrel Soup is this issue's recipe, provided by a Moscow restaurant that believes simple is better...

A few hundred words in this space cannot begin to do justice to the life and work of author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.