Free Samples

We asked our editors, advisors, and frequent contributors to share a Russian literary work they felt was particularly apt to read during The Great Pause.

Excerpt from a new book in which the author recreates the famous journeys of the photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky.

Is Russia somehow different from other nations, or is it just like any other?

We didn’t realize how connected we were until we had to disconnect.

The cover of this issue of the magazine is the final of a series of four seasonal images we commissioned from Asya Lisina. We asked her to explain how she went about crafting this image.

An excerpt from a new book about a quest to find an elusive owl, in which an expedition member tells a harrowing tale of survival.

An excerpt from Benson Bobrick’s new book, a memoir of his life and work as a writer.

“Geography is destiny,” Napoleon is said to have uttered. Shortly afterward he invaded Russia, proving both his maxim and that of one of his imperialistic predecessors, Julius Caesar: “It’s only hubris if I fail.”

American bees are dying from mysterious causes, putting our agriculture at risk for lack of pollinators. Russian bees might be part of a solution.