March 10, 2019 Not Such a Flowering Holiday By Katrina Keegan March 8 struggles with the duality of being the day of women and the day of “womanness.” Holidays Social Issues Women
March 03, 2019 Painting Maslenitsa By Alisa Goz In which we look at how Russian painters have been inspired by Maslenitsa. Art Holidays Religion
February 28, 2019 An ode to men, the opposite of old cat ladies By Katrina Keegan As Russia celebrates men on Defenders of the Fatherland Day, it encourages them to have more sex, for the sake of growing the population of the Fatherland. Just not at work. Holidays Humor Men The Weekly Russia File
January 10, 2019 Crooks and Crazies this Russian Christmas By Irina Bukharin Russian Orthodox Christmas has come and gone, leaving us with all sorts of holiday lunacy. Holidays News Sports The Weekly Russia File
January 03, 2019 Out with the Old, in with the Emu By Irina Bukharin 2018 is out, 2019 is in, and even with the holidays, Russian news didn’t stop. Holidays News The Weekly Russia File
January 01, 2019 Legionnaire Photographer Photos captured by an unknown Czech Legionnaire, during those troops’ long sojourn in Russia from 1916-1919. Holidays Photography War
November 15, 2018 Whoosh, Bark, and Boo By Irina Bukharin This week was a grab bag of jobs well done, tear-jerkers, and meta-scary stories. Buckle up! Holidays Humor News
March 08, 2018 Births, Rebirths, and Nuclear Weapons By Irina Bukharin Nukes get names, a truck becomes a camera, and an old church gets a fresh look. Holidays Humor News The Weekly Russia File
March 01, 2018 Better by Half By Paul E. Richardson On International Women's Day, our Children of 1917 project, and a colleague who will be missed. Holidays Journalism Women
February 27, 2018 International Women's Day: A Look Back By Eugenia Sokolskaya Tired of having to do Valentine's Day and Mother's Day separately? Try it the Russian way and combine them into International Women's Day! A closer look at this convenient holiday's socialist origins and not-so-socialist present form. History Holidays Humor Women
January 01, 2018 On Celebrating the New Year By Natalia Gogolitsyna In this issue’s Uchites, we look at New Year’s by reading a very old text and learning a popular children’s song. Holidays Language
October 03, 2017 A Finnish Finish By Paul E. Richardson Our last stop on the Children of 1917 expedition was Finland, namely Tampere, the country's second largest city, where we met our final two heroes. Holidays Travel War Children of 1917
