Since we will be asking lots of questions of our interview subjects, we thought it only fair to answering some questions about ourselves, so that readers can get to know us all a bit better.

The Children of 1917 Expedition is underway. We began in the most logical place: in St. Petersburg...

So, what exactly have we been doing in the two months since the successful closure of our crowdfunding for this project?

One hundred years ago, in 1917, Russia was wracked by revolution, famine, foreign war, and domestic unrest. And yet, throughout 1917, babies were born, lives were started.