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1. What's in a Fame?

An internet metric names the most famous historical person from Russia. They aren't Russian.

Tags: Kaliningrad, history, geography
2. Kremlin Rewrites History

A new Russian school textbook rewrites history from the 1970s to the present.

Tags: school, textbook, history
3. "Sieva," The Boy Who Lived, Dead at 97

Esteban "Sieva" Volkov, Trotsky's grandson and last surviving witness of his murder, died at age 97.

Tags: Mexico, history, politics, Esteban Volkov, trotsky
4. Four Books

Some books our reviewer liked, and their significance for lovers of all things Russian.

Tags: history, ukraine, literature, poetry
5. Playing With Fire

Maria Yudia was a profoundly gifted pianist and teacher. And there is a certain lingering myth about her...

Tags: shostakovich, women, history, classical music
6. Russian and Me

A translator with Russian roots ruminates on her past, and what it means to be a Russophile today.

Tags: history, literature, language
7. Scratch a Russian Word...

...and you are likely to find a Tatar one beneath it. We dig into the sordid details.

Tags: language, history, mongol, tatar
8. The Disillusioned

Consideration of five recent books that help us grapple with Russia, Ukraine, and history.

Tags: dissent, history, ukraine
9. HBD, Famous Orb

The iconic and wacky Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod turns 160 this month.

Tags: monuments, history, Veliky Novgorod
10. Tanks but No Tanks

The Estonian city of Narva, on the Russian border, quietly dismantled a Soviet memorial featuring a T-34 tank.

Tags: memory, history, estonia, tank, world war ii

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