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

As Faulkner put it, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” A truth experienced in this remote village.

A new exhibit in New Jersey plumbs the ability of humor and art to fracture a totaliitarian society.

The Ukrainian city of Poltava will remove statues of Pushkin and two Soviet generals following residents' protests.

On this, the 400th Day of Russia's War on Ukraine, we gather and share some telling data.

A Ukrainian petition calls for the renaming of Russia to Moscovia. 

After a year of horrific war, why does a magazine like Russian Life continue? Why not simply wash our hands of it and walk away?

A new bust of Stalin has been erected in Volgograd, raising questions about the identity of the city.

A conservative State Duma deputy called for the removal of The Gulag Archipelago from the Russian school curriculum.

An excerpt from the new book, Chekhov Becomes Chekhov, by Bob Blaisdell.

In which we review books about food, dance, poetry, and Stalin.

How, in the late nineteenth century Russia flipped from being a valued ally to a loathed regime.