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Tips for getting tickets to the hottest show in Moscow.

A look at the fall and rise of the ruble from April to June 1995.

A look at no-frills debutante in the Russian aero market, Transaero.

The opening of Patio Pizza in Moscow.

For many centuries, shchi soup has been a staple of Russian cuisine. There is evidence that shchi was known in Rus long before the adoption of Christianity in 988 A.D.

How to use fillers to make your Russian more colloquial.

This week, depressing news about divisions and birth rates can only really be counteracted with a smile over the Orthodox church’s new take on sex.

St. Nicholas, Babouschka, Christmas Eve festivities . . .Ded Moroz leading to Christmas on January 7th.

Victor is a 21-year-old student in Moscow. In this guest post, he explains why he, and so many of his generation, is fed up with Russia's electoral system, and why he will be going out to protest on December 10.

English text of Tsar Alexander II's Emancipation Edict (March 3, 1861).

RIS Publications, the publisher of Russian Life magazine, was founded in 1990 on the principle that paying attention to international issues matters. While U.S.-Russian relations and the history and society of the world’s largest country are important, there is no larger international issue than the health of this planet.