November 01, 2013 Navalny's Near Miss An insider's account of the Navalny campaign for Moscow mayor. Politics
November 01, 2013 Baba Yagas, Kremlin and Cooks A review of two books on Baba Yaga, one on the Kremlin, and one on Soviet cuisine and memoir. Also brief reviews of two movies and three other books on everything from Lee Harvey Oswald to emigres in Paris.
November 01, 2013 Russian Chicago This sprawling Midwestern city is arguably America’s most Slavic metropolis. Yet it is surprisingly challenging to locate its Russian center. Russians Abroad
November 01, 2013 Night on Tsvetnoy Boulevard In this excerpt and preview from the forthcoming Moscow and Muscovites we hear of Gilyarovsky's harrowing nighttime adventure along a Moscow boulevard. Moscow
November 01, 2013 Stolby and Stolbisty Just beyond Krasnoyarsk is a national park catering to adventurous travelers. Recent upgrades show what Russia’s national park system could become. Travel
November 01, 2013 Fiction Contest In which we announce - and print the entries - of the two winners of our fiction contest, based on a picture that appeared in our summer issue. Literature
November 01, 2013 From Anna to Mikhail A short poem by Anna Akhmatova believed to be to Mikhail Lozinsky, who supported her through thick and thin. History Literature
November 01, 2013 The Plot Against the Big Three Sixty years ago this November, the Soviets uncovered a Nazi plot to assassinate Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt at the Tehran Conference. Or did they?
November 01, 2013 In the Army Now James Brown decided to test himself at the elite Russian paratroopers’ boot camp. This is his story. Military
November 01, 2013 Detskaya Zhelezhnaya Doroga The language learning insert focuses on the story on the Children's Railroad in this issue.