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.
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.
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.
September 01, 2007 Vermont Victory A photo feature on the July Russian FedCup victory in Stowe, Vermont.
August 16, 2007 Yeltsin's Death A review of the life and work of Boris Yeltsin. History Politics Russia File
August 14, 2007 SALT I Treaty Notes on the details of and need for the SALT I treaty. History Int'l Relations Russia File
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 Russia File
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.
July 01, 2007 A Monumental Anniversary Two hundred years ago this summer, Russia and the U.S. first established diplomatic relations.
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...
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.
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.