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On the serendipitous mixture of fire and ice in this summer's issue.

For Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Revolution began in August 1914.

June 21, 1547 is remembered as the day of the Great Moscow Fire. The wooden city was devastated, and the destruction was later taken as an omen portending the horrors of Ivan IV's reign. 

Russia is not known as a soccer powerhouse. But it does have a devoted fan base and will host the 2018 World Cup. We look back at 1994, the first time Russia qualified for the World Cup and a Russian player made history.

Think you know Yuri Vizbor? Think again! Sure, you may have heard his songs, but did you know he was also a teacher? An alpinist? A journalist? A radio operator?

Ever wonder how many arshins tall you are? Or how many verst to the nearest grocery store? Get a sense from this list of old Slavic measurements.
 

Today is the 401st anniversary of the crowning of the first Romanov Tsar, Mikhail, in 1613, and the end of the "Time of Troubles." This of course has nothing to do with current events. Just thought I'd mention it in passing. 

May 2 marks 300 years since the death of Prince Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn in remote northern exile.

Mikhail Bakunin played a role in uprisings all over the continent.

Everything of note on the travel front.

Readers write in with corrections and opinions.

An iconic radio tower in Moscow is in threat of being razed, despite what activists, international experts, or the law has to say about it.