Translation is an art, not a science. And translating Chekhov is a particularly challenging art.

Russian literature has an answer for everything. In the times of coronovirus, this is your guide.

A town in Volgograd Oblast prepares to welcome Gogol's Inspector... again.

On the occasion of the great writer’s 160th birthday, we offer up one of his lesser-known classics, newly translated.

Reviews of a history of punk rock and a novel about a not very likeable woman.

300 years of book burnings, banishments, and censorship in Russian books.

195 years ago today Russian literature was born when a certain Yevgeny showed up.

Yesterday, January 29, was Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's 160th birthday. Let's celebrate!

The first months of 1920 was a dark time in Russia. The Civil War was grinding to its grim conclusion and intellectuals were in the crosshairs.

Vsevolod Ivanov’s books have long since been largely forgotten, and today it is hard to decide whether or not his current obscurity is deserved.

In honor of the writer's 198th birthday, here are 10 quotes to celebrate the life and writings of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. They may not be cheerful, but they sure are profound.

Happy birthday to Velimir Khlebnikov, Futurist poet, avant-gardist, and developer of an algorithm to predict the future.