August 04, 2008 Solzhenitsyn This morning, Vermont Public Radio called to interview me about Solzhenitsyn's legacy and his life in Vermont. I had just interviewed his wife, Natalya Dmitrievna, while in Moscow in May. We had planned to run that interview in our Nov/Dec issue, to coincide with what would have been the author's 90th birthday. But now we will push it up and run it in our Sep/Oct issue, which goes to press this week. History Literature Russia File
June 13, 2008 Voloshin Poems Translator Constantine Rusanov has crafted these wonderful English versions of 11 of Maximilian Voloshin's poems. They are reprinted here with permission. The copyright to the English versions remains with Mr. Rusanov. To see the English translations alongside the original Russian, download <a href="http://www.russianlife.net/pdf/voloshin.pdf">this PDF file</a>. Art Literature Russia File
May 01, 2008 Cold War, Terrorism and Culture Review of The New Cold War, The Magical Chorus, Angel of Vengeance and The Silencing. Plus a look at two fine new language learning books. Literature
February 07, 2008 The Case Against Brodsky The secret transcript (in Russian) of Joseph Brodsky's show trial in a St. Petersburg court, at which he was sentenced to 5 years (later reduced to 18 months) of hard labor in the North. Short portions of the transcript are often cited, but this full transcript offers a vivid look at the Kafkaesque Soviet system of justice. Literature Russia File
June 15, 2007 Leo Tolstoy Learn about the varied life of this Russian writer, born to nobility and author of "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina". History Literature Russia File
February 13, 2007 Doctor Zhivago and Khrushchev Find out what this son of peasants turned Premier of the Soviet Union had to do with an upper class writer and his epic novel. History Literature Russia File
June 07, 2005 Book Picks - Health Editor's choice of books concerning Russia's health. Health Literature Russia File
February 02, 2005 Book Picks - Literature The quantity of great Russian literature titles and translations is virtually endless. Here are a few favorites from the editor. Literature Russia File
January 01, 2005 Wicked Cold This 60-year-old piece of fiction by Ilf and Petrov is a our seasonally-appropriate Literary Insert. Literature
May 01, 2002 Russian Serfs and Nikolai Gogol The serf system in early 19th century Russia and writer, Nikolai Gogol. History Literature Russia File
October 24, 2001 Fyodor Dostoevsky The tormented and, often, tragic life of Russia's great 19th century author of masterpieces such as The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment. Literature Russia File
September 29, 2001 Leon Trotsky Table of contents for complete text of Trotsky's "The Lessons of October." Literature Russia File
