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As a young boy, Igor Ovchinnikov, now 35, read lots of travel books and dreamed of becoming a train engineer. But his dream was dashed in 8th grade. 

This is one of the most beautiful calendars we have ever created. It features breathtaking images from all across Russia by acclaimed photographer Petr Ushanov. 

What it is like for those who left Russia after the 2022 mobilization, but who have now chosen to return.

Russia versus India

Yevgeny Plyushchenko, 18, is the golden boy of figure skating. Not because he is a son of some VIPs or former champions. Not even because he likes to perform in bright, at times  provocative costumes.

Teach a woman to fish, and, it is said, she will feed the whole community, not just herself.

Mathematician, internet pioneer and businessman, Nikolai Repin is a serious character. Even curt digressions into his former hobby (“sailing”) or family life (“a wife and a little daughter”) are matter-of-fact and give no cause for even a smile of pride. Life is not a joking matter to 41-year-old Nikolai Repin.

How a disastrous flood is helping to knit a community back together and taking leader to task.

What our reviewer has been reading lately, and what it has gotten him thinking about.

It takes an extraordinary tennis player to unseat Pete Sampras in three straight sets in a Grand Slam final. Marat Safin is that player.

Maxim Sokolov, 41, hardly looks the part of a Russian TV journalist. The stocky, bearded writer looks more like a 19th century Russian kupets who you can picture calling out to a waiter in the traktir, “Hey, man! Bring twenty bliny! And don’t forget the salmon!