March 03, 2020 Bedside Manner, Barrels, and Big Bangs “Maybe we should change our perspective on how to communicate with patients? What technologies and working methods should we use?” – Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko Health Space Quote
March 02, 2020 Petrov Goes Back to School Guard duty sends an old villager back to school, and down a broad and dusty lane full of memories. Education History Language
March 02, 2020 Crowdfunded $2.3 Million Will Save a Child A family in Yekaterinburg raised 153 million rubles ($2.3 million) to save their five-month-old daughter's life. Children Health Russia File
March 01, 2020 The Beauties On the occasion of the great writer’s 160th birthday, we offer up one of his lesser-known classics, newly translated. Literature Women
March 01, 2020 Northern Wood A group of intrepid preservationists toil quietly in Russia’s northern realms to preserve old wooden churches and izbas that are just a snowstorm away from perishing. Architecture History Regions
March 01, 2020 Cooking with Nettle Ah, spring, when nature wakes from its winter slumber, and the farmers markets come alive with fresh greens like spinach, sorrel, and green onions. Food & Drink
March 01, 2020 Winter Ferry Tale If a vessel is unlucky enough to be berthed as a river ferry in Yakutsk, it will spend most of its life frozen into the surface of the Lena River. Regions
March 01, 2020 Memory Fades Here’s the thing about history: you can’t see everything that is going on when you are living it, and then, when you try to dredge up what really happened, all you’ve got is your frail memories. History
March 01, 2020 A Village School As if trapped in a time warp, a remote village school in the Mari El Republic preserves a largely forgotten style of schooling, mostly cut off from the twenty-first century. Education Rural Life
March 01, 2020 Whatever it is, we're against it If you believe the papers, Russia is in the grips of протестное настроение, which literally means a mood for protest, but which might be better translated as “loaded for bear.” Government Language Politics
March 01, 2020 Punk Rock and Klotsvog Reviews of a history of punk rock and a novel about a not very likeable woman. Literature Music
March 01, 2020 Putting Robots to Work on the Past Ever wanted to take a stroll in nineteenth century Moscow? See how one Russian uses machine learning to make grainy old videos ever more realistic. History Photography Russia File