January 01, 2018 Retaking a Village A Russian entrepreneur and family save a village, start an agro business, and share a recipe for Tatar pies. Food & Drink Rural Life
January 01, 2018 Cats in the Fridge “We do buy newspapers, and why wouldn’t we? It’s all spelled out in the paper – what the weather’s going to be like, how many rubles there are to the dollar, when the district center’s going to have chickens for sale. No, how can you do without the printed word?” Rural Life
September 01, 2017 Bath Day in Sheshurino “On Saturdays, smoke drifts over the village. The banyas are being heated.” Let’s go! Culture Customs Rural Life
July 01, 2017 Raspberry Beetles It is surprisingly simple (in certain circumstances) to mix up homebrew with other, less harmful things. Humor Rural Life
March 01, 2017 Nikolayev and Lyuska “Nikolayev hated the cat, wet socks, and his mother-in-law.” Rural Life
January 01, 2017 Sheshurino, Boy & Mishka Sparrowlegs Our first of several visits to a remote village, through the eyes of Darya Grebenshchikova. Rural Life
We Have Land Enough How the situation in Russia looks from a village in the very remote and very Far East. Regions Rural Life War
Sisters in Sorrow Estranged sisters share a feeling of loss and separation. Culture Rural Life War Women