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
March 01, 2008 Storks, Pravda, Bolsheviks and Stalin's Children A quick review of several worthy books, including a reissue of an Akhmatova classic, a massive tome on childhood under the Soviets, a modern fiction masterpiece, and Laura Williams' new memoir.
January 01, 2008 Rostropovich, Chechnya and Pushkin A review of recent books on Mstislav Rostropovich, Chechnya and the future of Russia, plus a new translation of Pushkin's The Captain's Daughter.
November 01, 2007 Soviet Images, Baikal and Chekhov Books on Soviet era photography, Lake Baikal, Private Life under Stalin, Chekhov and Literary St. Petersburg, as well as a DVD on Russian prisons.
September 01, 2007 Russian Worldview, Rafting, and Sophia Tolstaya We review a new book on Sophia Tolstoy's photography hobby, an excellent translation of Andrei Sinyavsky's book on Russian folk belief, and a great armchair travel book on rafting down one of the world's wildest rivers.
July 01, 2007 Philsophy and Architecture We review Motherland: A Philosophilcal History of Russia, and Russian Architecture and the West, both invaluable books for the Russophile. Plus we note the winner of this year's Rossica Translation Prize. Follow this link for links to purchase books reviewed in this and previous issues.
May 01, 2007 Spies, Rebels, Ilf & Petrov and a Slynx A incredible new reference work on spies, an account of the Potemkin mutiny, a 1930s travelogue of the US by two of the greatest Soviet writers, and a novel by Tatyana Tolstaya are the books reviewed this issue. Oh, and several new travel guides as well.
March 01, 2007 Stalin's Wars and Stalin's Guerrillas We review books on Stalin's military leadership, on the partizans and on vodka, as well as three great new DVDs.
January 01, 2007 Wartime Films and Wartime Spies A review of Michael Occleshaw's "Dances in Deep Shadows" and Denise Youngblood's "Russian War Films."
September 01, 2006 Moscow and Russia A review of a new "biography" of Moscow during WWII and a photo book on Russia.
July 01, 2006 Writers at War, Putin and a River Adventure A review of Ivan's War, A Writer at War, Putin's Russia, and River of No Reprieve. Follow this link for a quick link to purchase any of these titles.
May 01, 2006 Tales of Russian Cities & Conservatism A review of books on Odessa, Palekh and the roots of Russian conservatism. Plus a few odds and ends, including the winner of a new annual Russian to English Translation prize.
