May 01, 2009 Into the Screening Room Where we review four recent films from or about Russia and a new television series appearing on PBS.
March 01, 2009 Verses, Vodka and Royalty Reviews of Verses and Versions; The King of Vodka; The Last Days of the Romanovs; The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan. Plus brief reviews of some potboiler thrillers, some worthy, some not so much.
January 01, 2009 The Evil That Runs Through Men's Hearts Five new books that touch, in various ways, on the evil chapters of Soviet and Russian history over the last 100 or so years.
November 01, 2008 Capitals, Oligarchs and Cats A review of a new book on the Silver Age, another on a Potato Oligarch, and two children's books, including one about a cat...
July 01, 2008 Angels, Mafia and Pushkin Reviews of: The Angel of Grozny, Investigating the Russian Mafia, Young Pushkin, The Pearl, and History of Music in Russia from Antiquity to 1800
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.
