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How do you get from pie-seller to tsar’s favorite? Mostly by being a brilliant strategist – but having a tsar willing to turn a blind eye to your corruption helps, too.

It's that time of year again: dancing toys, mice, and candy, waltzing flowers, presents coming to life... But was this time of year always so closely tied to the Nutcracker?

Explore a rich dessert named after the gourmand and minister of finance under Tsar Alexander I: Guriev Kasha.

Putin sees the world in terms of judo, the sport closest to his heart, while President Obama sees it in terms of basketball.

An insider's account of the Navalny campaign for Moscow mayor.

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.

From politics and sports to stats and quotable quotes.

Everything you need to know from the travel front.

This sprawling Midwestern city is arguably America’s most Slavic metropolis. Yet it is surprisingly challenging to locate its Russian center.

In this excerpt and preview from the forthcoming Moscow and Muscovites we hear of Gilyarovsky's harrowing nighttime adventure along a Moscow boulevard.

Just beyond Krasnoyarsk is a national park catering to adventurous travelers. Recent upgrades show what Russia’s national park system could become.

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.