May 01, 2012 Izmail Ivanovich Sreznevsky A pathbreaking scientific investigator of Slavic linguistics, Sreznevsky nonetheless helped fan the flames of nationalism and pan-Slavism. History
April 25, 2012 Tsoy Lives! There is not a single other figure in Russian rock – living or dead – who has attained the same sort of cult status as Victor Tsoy, who would have been 50 on June 21. And while Tsoy’s biography is well-known, it hardly explains how it is that the person and legacy of Victor Tsoy continues to this day to play such an important role in Russian culture - even in Russian mass culture. Culture Russia File
March 01, 2012 The Outcasts Join Forces Pariahs Germany and Soviet Russia make a pact in 1922 that sets the stage for decades of suffering. History
March 01, 2012 The White Ring Last Sunday morning I was ashamed of my children. We had sort of planned that we would all go together to take part in the Garden Ring demonstration, but one-by-one they deserted me... Politics Russia File
March 01, 2012 Alexander Herzen He was a poet, revolutionary, memoirist, publisher and emigre. He was a scion of the Bolsheviks, but he would have wanted nothing to do with them.
March 01, 2012 Travel Notes A round-up of travel related news from around Russia, from a new torture museum, to Moscow cafes that charge by the minute.
March 01, 2012 Tea-Drinking Trinity Biscotti have nothing on Russian rusks. We offer a simple recipe, plus a rumination on a famous photo from the 1920s.
March 01, 2012 The Mail Troika Every language has words for which it is known the world over. Troika is one such word in Russian, and this equine configuration was critical to the history of Russian letters. And by that we don’t mean literature. History
March 01, 2012 The Long Retreat Soviet Russia was never more threatened than when the Czech Legion nearly turned the tide in the Civil War (1918-1922). We follow the story of one noble family, whose fate was wrapped up in this dramatic historical episode. History
