November 01, 2009 Marital Squabbles Where we examine the linguistic conventions of sparring with one's spouse.
September 01, 2009 Milky Ways Fallen in the milk lately? Everyone does. Apparently some more than others. Like Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus, for example.
July 01, 2009 Gogol 101 In which columnist Mikhail Ivanov impresses upon his son the importance of reading Gogol, sharing several important Gogolisms along the way.
May 01, 2009 Singing in the Rain Forecasting the weather in Russia is a national sport. And a fertile ground for linguistic growth.
March 01, 2009 825 Yards for Barack The financial crisis offers a pretext to return to a consideration of "despicable metal" and how it is influencing Russian speech.
January 01, 2009 Soaping Your Way This issue's Survival Russian column looks at the clean (and less than so) metaphors that arise from soap...
November 01, 2008 Mauvaix phone Cell phones have introduced some new and challenging lingo to the Russian lexicon.
September 01, 2008 Knees Made for Dancing Where we consider the role of knees in the Russian language. Very important, just ask Nikita Sergeyevich...
July 01, 2008 Mustache Wise Whenever I "hide a smile in my mustache," a certain old friend from across the ocean feels uneasy and nervous...
May 01, 2008 Far & Away A consideration of the many Russia ways to signify the boondocks, the middle-of-nowhere, etc.
March 01, 2008 Two Bears in One Den In honor of the rise to power of the bear president (Medvedev), Mikhail Ivanov looks at bearisms in the Russian language.
January 01, 2008 The 25-year Coat The acquisition of a shuba for his wife on their 25th anniversary leads Ivanov down a trail littered with fish and tsars...
