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1. Spelling Reform: Who Gets the Credit?

In Soviet times the Bolsheviks got all the credit for simplifying Russian spelling in 1918. Who really pushed that simplification through - and what did the Bolsheviks actually do to help?

Tags: 1917, 1918, russia, russian, soviet, language, russian language, history, spelling, reform, lunacharsky
2. The Big 100

This year marks the centennial of the Bolshevik Revolution. Here's what that looks like, plus gas, cats, and seals (state seals, that is).

Tags: cats, pollution, Chelyabinsk, 1917, Revolution, Bolshevik, Russia
By Alice E.M. Underwood
3. 1917 Diary

All this year, in connection with the centennial of the 1917 revolutions, Calendar has offered readers a view of that year through the eyes of contemporaries. This issue we conclude the series with a look at what was going on in the pivotal months of November and December 1917.

Tags: 1917, revolution
4. Scenes from the Road

Select images from the Children of 1917 book and film project.

Tags: history, 1917, centenarians
5. A Finnish Finish

Our last stop on the Children of 1917 expedition was Finland, namely Tampere, the country's second largest city, where we met our final two heroes.

Tags: 1917, war, Finland
By Paul E. Richardson
6. A Good Butcher

In which a retired Polish butcher explains how to live to be 100 and serenades us on his trumpet.

Tags: Poland, 1917
By Paul E. Richardson
7. What a Difference a Border Makes

On borders, learning Polish, the influence of culture, and the importance of a sense of humor.

Tags: Kaliningrad, children of 1917, 1917
By Paul E. Richardson
8. The Teacher

A second post from Krasnoyarsk, where we meet a poetry-writing, rug-weaving centenarian.

Tags: siberia, children of 1917, 1917
By Paul E. Richardson
9. Marfa's Three Lives

Krasnoyarsk: knocking down stereotypes about Siberia and meeting a centenarian who will not be stopped.

Tags: siberia, children of 1917, 1917
By Paul E. Richardson
10. First Love

On the importance of coffee, academicians, a museum, a rooster, the harvesting of turf, and collectivization. Oh, and Novosibirsk.

Tags: novosibirsk, village life, children of 1917, 1917
By Paul E. Richardson

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