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Founded in March 1990, RIS Publications has been publishing fine books, maps and serials for over 20 years. And we have had an active, growing website since 1993. Browse our store to find out about our latest titles, search for back issues containing articles of interest, and sign up for a subscription to either Russian Life or Chtenia (or both!).
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Set against the backdrop of Russian history from the time of Peter the Great to the years of the post-soviet collapse, the nine stories in Vladimir's Mustache tell with great emotional honesty the story of men and women who are trapped by circumstances, alienated by history, or irrevocably estranged from the culture at large.
Rich in detail and characterization, Alexander Kuprin's novella At the Circus brims with excitement and life. You can smell the sawdust in the big top, see the vivid and colorful characters, sense the tension build as the protagonist prepares to face off against his nemesis...
A book that dares to explore the humanity of priests and pilgrims, saints and sinners, Faith & Humor has been both a runaway bestseller in Russia and the focus of heated controversy.
Our theme for this issue of Chtenia is "Other Worlds"– focusing readers' attention on the rich array of worlds we populate, from those immediately apparent to those less obvious. Selections include everything from science fiction to poetry to fiction centered in Central Asia and Khrushchev's Moscow.
This collection of 28 colorful and multi-faceted biographies spans five centuries of Russian Jewish history, and each portrait opens a new window onto the history of Eastern Europe’s Jews, illuminating dark corners and challenging widely-held conceptions about the role of Jews in Russian history.
One hundred kilometers north of Arkhangelsk, a Russian sea captain ferries a silent operative to a secluded lighthouse... In Moscow, a hapless American answers an errant phone call and is ordered to make a mob hit... In a remote village in the Caucasus, a strange sickness is killing off locals... Blocks from the Kremlin, a disaffected spy chief is plotting a war-fueled power grab...
Extreme Russia • Victor Tsoy • Russia's (and perhaps Japan's) Greatest Baseball Player • Northern Secrets & Myths • Cinema in the Round • Words only to be Spoken Among Friends • Magic Carpets and Walnut Pirozhki • An Icon Painter's Hidden World • Izmail Sreznevsky • Nixon does Moscow • Yevgeny Vakhtangov • Pussy Riot • Police Abuse and Reform
Chtenia is the Russian word for “readings.” And it is the title of a year-old journal to supplement Russian Life magazine. If you love Russian Life, you will love Chtenia, because it picks up where Russian Life leaves off, offering more quality fiction, non-fiction and photography in a convenient and portable paperback book format.
