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Space Food
September 01, 2007

Space Food

The history of food in space, through Russian eyes. Plus a great recipe for an Apple Zefir so light and ethereral it will make you feel like it floats.

Russian Worldview, Rafting, and Sophia Tolstaya
September 01, 2007

Russian Worldview, Rafting, and Sophia Tolstaya

We review a new book on Sophia Tolstoy's photography hobby, an excellent translation of Andrei Sinyavsky's book on Russian folk belief, and a great armchair travel book on rafting down one of the world's wildest rivers.

An Animating Genius
September 01, 2007

An Animating Genius

A look back at the life of Alexander Tatarsky, a genius of Russian animation who passed away this summer.

Vermont Victory
September 01, 2007

Vermont Victory

A photo feature on the July Russian FedCup victory in Stowe, Vermont.
Green Update
July 05, 2007

Green Update

Sometimes, if you study something long enough, and get a little bit lucky, what seems hard is actually very easy.

We have decided to change printers for Russian Life. Starting with our next issue (September 2007), we will be printing the magazine in Missouri instead of Ohio, at Ovid Bell Press (founded 1924). A number of factors came into play, but not the least of them was the fact that we are able to shift the pr
Like a Good Neighbor
July 01, 2007

Like a Good Neighbor

There are good neighbors and there are bad neighbors. In this linguistic diversion, we peer under the hood for useful phrases in dealing with either sort.

A Monumental Anniversary
July 01, 2007

A Monumental Anniversary

Two hundred years ago this summer, Russia and the U.S. first established diplomatic relations.

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
July 01, 2007

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves

A crime is committed in Laura's village by some wandering gypsies. So her husband takes the law into his own hands...

A New Art: Theater and the 18-hour Meal
July 01, 2007

A New Art: Theater and the 18-hour Meal

When Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko met for their famous 18-hour meal in the summer of 1897, they could hardly have known they would change theater forever.

A Russian Feminist
July 01, 2007

A Russian Feminist

Anna Filosofova was born in 1837 and lived in 1912. She was one of Russia's first and most successful feminists.

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