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How ice cream came to become a Soviet passion.

The USSR’s abrupt termination on December 25, 1991, was the most significant international event of the last half of the twentieth century.

The latest from the travel front.

All the news that fits from all across Russia.

It was the last, most difficult part of the Trans-Siberian to build – a 90 km stretch of railway bending around Lake Baikal’s southern coast. To this day it preserves the ethos of its age and is the symbolic heart of the 9,289 kilometer rail line.

A round up of political jokes and jabs being bandied about in the wake of Putin's announcement that he will be running for the presidency again.

Reviews of a new biography of Tolstoy, a book about a French-run spy, and a firsthand account of the end of the Soviet empire. Oh, and a new translation of a less-read work by Dostoyevsky.

Most Finns define their nationhood and heritage in terms of Russia, of which Finland was a part from 1809 to 1917. We explore the complex interplay of Russo-Finnish relations, past and present,especially those along the border.

For 30 years, an art gallery in the shadow of Denver’s Union Station has been a showcase for modern Russian art – works that are definitely turning heads and exciting emotion.

This issue's Uchites insert focuses on Amphibian Man, which is covered in the Calendar section of this issue.

Russian talking names can lead to many unexpected places. In this instance to euphemistic phrases for, well, you know...