December 11, 2007 Solzhenitsyn's Birthday For 18 years, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - writer, Nobel laureate and political dissident - lived with his family in Cavendish, Vermont. Exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974 for cataloguing the crimes of the Gulag, he spent long days at the family's Vermont home, writing and researching... Russia File
December 10, 2007 Putin Lite or False Dmitry? And so the choice has been made.Dmitry Medvedev will be the next president of Russia, having gotten the nod from Putin, United Russia and all the other powers that matter.Now the chatter will begin discussing whether Medvedev is more liberal, how he is the "softer" choice than would have been the candidate of the siloviki, Sergei Ivanov.Don't believe a word of it.Medvedev and Putin have worked hand in glove for the past 17 years. Medvedev, in his m Russia File
December 04, 2007 Holiday Gift Ideas Where we reveal where to buy everything from Russian cologne to Russian videos. Holidays Russia File
November 29, 2007 Prianiki for the Holidays Brief history of Russian prianiki (gingerbread) and a traditional recipe to enjoy during the holidays or anytime throughout the year; especially with a nice hot pot of tea! Culture Food & Drink Holidays Russia File
November 01, 2007 Worms for Snacks Have you ever put your teeth on a shelf? This issue's Survival Russian column looks at the language of hunger...
November 01, 2007 The Tver Uprising The uprising in Tver in December 1327 was a final straw leading to the consolidation of power in Moscow.
November 01, 2007 Samuil Marshak A reflection on the life and influence of this Soviet-era poet, translator and writer.
November 01, 2007 When Things Fell Apart A chronicle of the days surrounding the 1917 revolution, in the words and thoughts of those who lived through it.
November 01, 2007 Mojitos in Moscow A look at some of Moscow's new upscale restaurants, where style and good food go hand in hand.
November 01, 2007 Soviet Images, Baikal and Chekhov Books on Soviet era photography, Lake Baikal, Private Life under Stalin, Chekhov and Literary St. Petersburg, as well as a DVD on Russian prisons.
