March 01, 2003 A Gogol for the 20th Century Nikolai Zabolotsky is one of the greatest Russian poets of modern times. Yet few outside Russia know his name.
March 01, 2003 The Cats Who Guard the Hermitage If you think St. Petersburg's Hermitage museum is famous only for its great collections and masterpieces, you are mistaken. Meet the felines that prowl the basements.
March 01, 2003 Mysteries of Ice Fishing Ice fishing in a hut, with a radio and a heated bench? Surely you must be joking! Russians have a better way.
March 01, 2003 Lost and Found in Siberia Eleven Americans were lost in Stalin's Siberia for nearly a month before anyone even knew they were there. This is their story of survival.
March 01, 2003 What Goes Around... For forty years, in the era of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, Russia did all it could to force a wedge between the US and its European allies. Now Putin wants to do everything he can to keep the alliance together.
March 01, 2003 Stalin's Death On March 5, fifty years ago, one of the most awful tyrants of the 20th century, Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), died.
March 01, 2003 Boris Messerer On April 15, 1933, Boris Messerer, a talented theatrical designer, artist, scene-painter, book designer and a man of many awards, was born.
March 01, 2003 March and April in Russian History Dates and anniversaries that coincide with this spring issue.
March 01, 2003 Vladimir Vernadsky On March 12 (February 28, old style) 140 years ago, the scientist Vladimir Vernadsky (1863-1945) was born in St. Petersburg.
March 01, 2003 Unofficially Speaking A look at life after the passage of a proposed Law on the State Language.
March 01, 2003 Cossacks, Music and Enlightenment We review: The Cossacks, An Illustrated History; Bering Strait's debut CD, and The Commissariat of Enlightenment.
March 01, 2003 Midwinter Fish Fest Nothing tastes quite like fish pulled from the icy waters beneath a winter fishing hole. Here is a simple recipe for a Russian Fish Bake.
