May 01, 2005 Spies, Reindeer, Empresses and Partizans Book reviews of Spy Handler, Running with Reindeer, Five Empresses and War in the Wild East. Links are provided here for purchasing these books online.
March 01, 2005 Four books and a CD We review The Five, by Vladimir Jabotinsky, Bobby Fischer Goes to War, A Traveller's Companion to Moscow, Strange Soviet Practices and a CD called Russian Romance.
November 01, 2004 The One and the Many A review of Andrey Zvyagintsev's movie, new on DVD, "The Return," and a new film, Notes from the Underground. Also briefly reviewed are three CDs.
September 01, 2004 Books, Virtually Where to find Russian books online, from full-text stories and novels, to real ink and paper books you can order from online stores. For links noted in the article, see: this page.
July 01, 2004 Pulp Fiction for the Summer Looking for something Russian to read this summer? Here are our picks.
May 01, 2004 Two Stalin-Faced Books Stalin's visage can still sell books. We review two recent titles on his era, one on Shostakovich, one by Isaiah Berlin. Plus we briefly review 5 other new titles. The link to this article leads to places you can order the books.
March 01, 2004 Six Imperial Era Titles A quick review of six new books that focus on or have their roots in the pre-Revolutionary era.
January 01, 2004 Stalin, Siberia and more Where we review a new book on Stalin by Zhores and Roy Medvedev, and one on Siberia, by Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy. Plus some shorter notes on books on everything from submarines to Petersburg to Marina Tsvetaeva.
September 01, 2003 Matroshkas, Dachas, Travel and more In this issue, we review a book on the history of matryoshkas, a revised travel guide, a book on dachas, on Putin, some fiction and much more!
May 01, 2003 George Kennan's Caucasus Journals A review of George Kennan's previously unpublished Caucasus Journals.
March 01, 2003 Cossacks, Music and Enlightenment We review: The Cossacks, An Illustrated History; Bering Strait's debut CD, and The Commissariat of Enlightenment.
January 01, 2003 Four books A review of: Stamp Album, by Andrei Sergeev; Ivan the Terrible, by Robert Payne & Nikita Romanoff; Russia's Virtual Economy, by Clifford G. Gaddy & Barry W. Ickes; The Russian Context, by Eloise M. Boyle & Genevra Gerhart, eds.
