January 31, 2017 Happy Birthday, Vodka! 10 Shots of Trivia By Alice E.M. Underwood In 1865, vodka joined bears and matryoshkas as an eternal symbol of Russia. Here's how it happened, plus nine trivia tidbits on Russia's most beloved, harmful, and historical libation. Culture Food & Drink History Social Issues
January 31, 2017 Novosibirsk By Anton Karliner Photographer Anton Karliner explains why trains, a metro bridge, and World War II have a place in Novosibirsk history. History Regions Everyday Russia
January 25, 2017 Titan of the Russian Forest: An Ivan Shishkin Art Gallery By Alice E.M. Underwood Today marks the 185th birthday of the artist Ivan Shishkin, whose paintings evoke Russia's beauty and vastness. With a nickname like "Forest Tsar," his trees must be good. Art Culture History
January 09, 2017 Most Popular Stories of 2016 By The Editors We mined our website's log to see which blog posts were most popular with visitors last year. Here's the list. History News Politics
January 09, 2017 Maria's War: A Soldier's Autobiography This astonishingly gripping autobiography by the founder of the Russian Women’s Death Battallion in World War I is an eye-opening documentary of life before, during and after the Bolshevik Revolution. History War Nonfiction
January 07, 2017 The Good, the Bad, and the Middling By Alexander Mozhayev A tour of ten distinctive Moscow monuments that goes a long way to summarizing the state of the art in Russia today. Art History
January 01, 2017 1917 Diary By Tamara Eidelman In which we relive the events of 1917 through the words, memories and actions of some of the main players: politicians, artists, and entrepreneurs. History
January 01, 2017 Solving a Murder By The Editors Denis Karagodin solved the case of the murder of his great grandfather. History
December 26, 2016 The End of the USSR By Tamara Eidelman Where we take you back in time to the collapse of the Soviet Union, through press and reportage as it unfolded at the time. History
December 19, 2016 10 Things (And 5 Jokes) You Didn't Know About Brezhnev By Alice E.M. Underwood Soviet leader Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev would have been 110 on December 19. There are plenty of fun facts and surprising jokes behind the eyebrows. History Humor Politics
December 16, 2016 Ra-ra-Rasputin By Tamara Eidelman Who was Rasputin? Why has his name become synonymous with the idea that the Russian monarchy was doomed? That is a mystery worth exploring today, on the 100th anniversary of his murder. History
December 13, 2016 Tyumen Yulia Sulzhenko takes us to her hometown, Tyumen, Siberia's western capital, and the oil and gas capital of Russia. History Photography Regions Everyday Russia