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Catherine I held the title of Empress 40 years before her more famous, “Great” namesake. As the first woman to rule Russia, she had great qualities of her own.

Victory Day meant full streets but empty skies. A hollow chess piece hides more than its next move. And a day in the life of an Arctic doctor. 

Pop-star grandmas advertise action films, May Day doesn't go great for vegans, and a Russian frog smuggler's story gets even more unlikely. 

Even in the worst of times, we need to remember that the people on the other side are people too.

Russians love bread, and you are going to love this recipe for Whole Wheat Bread with Seeds.

Some gifted young athletes are excelling at the world’s favorite sport – football (aka soccer) – which is amazing given that they are all legally blind.

On the Kremlin's Arctic flip flops.

A look at Russian dreams and memes.

In which we look at the revolutionary year through the eyes of the people living through it.

In this issue’s Uchites, we look at Vladimir Vysotsky and read one of his poems. 

Soviet revolutionary mythology had it that the Aurora’s shot, signaling the beginning of the Bolshevik Revolution, was heard round the world. We check in to find out the latest on the cruiser, and to examine some of its own myths.

The Republic of Georgia is a land of exquisite paradoxes that are sometimes lovable, sometimes infuriating.