January 01, 2019 Man With a Box By Tamara Eidelman Pavel Bazhov, Russia's greatest modern fabulist, had a complicated and eventful life. Literature
January 01, 2019 The Freedom Factory By Ksenia Buksha The story of a real-life military factory told through monologues collected from anonymized workers, managers, and engineers. (novel excerpt) Cities & Towns Literature
January 01, 2019 Grampa Krylov By Lev Sobolev Russia’s best known poet was born 250 years ago, and his last name was not Pushkin. Biographies Literature
November 23, 2018 We Once Had a Poet Named Tyutchev By Anatoly Liberman Fyodor Tyutchev (whose 115th birthday is today) was endowed with genius and good luck: a great Russian poet, he was not killed in a duel or in the Caucasus. Nor did he rot in Siberia, but instead lived until he was 70 and died in his own bed. Culture Literature
November 09, 2018 Being Turgenev By Tamara Eidelman Everyone in Russia knows the great writer Ivan Turgenev, whose 200th birthday is today, and they make his acquaintance in three stages. History Literature
November 01, 2018 The Incomparable Uspensky By Yuliya Ballou The writer Eduard Uspensky passed away recently. In this language section, we look back at one of his contributions to Russian literature and folklore. Film & TV Language Literature
November 01, 2018 Taking Stock By Tamara Eidelman A look back at year end stock-taking, at changes that have been promised in years past, and promises that have been un-kept. History Literature
November 01, 2018 Anna and an Atlas By Robert Blaisdell and Paul E. Richardson In which we review The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessions from Russian Literature, by Viv Groskop, and Restless Empire, by Ian Barnes. History Literature
November 01, 2018 Looking for Tolstoy By Robert Blaisdell An American writer consumed by Anna Karenina goes in search of the great writer’s little-known refuge beyond the Volga, near Samara. History Literature Travel
October 04, 2018 Politics and Technology: And never the twain should meet By Irina Bukharin To selfie or not to selfie? That is the question, or at least one of the questions, addressed this week. Humor Literature News Politics The Weekly Russia File
September 09, 2018 Celebrating Tolstoy By The Editors Today is the 190th anniversary of the great writer's birth. We thought we would share a few readings to get you in a Tolstoyan spirit. History Literature
September 01, 2018 Six Books By Paul E. Richardson We review books of fiction (Chekhov, Remizov, the Brothers Strugatsky, and Anderson) and an enticing cookbook. Literature