October 25, 2006 Notes from Underground [Editor's Letter for the Nov/Dec 2006 issue. By Paul E. Richardson]The day after Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated (see page 9), I was editing this issueâ??s story on Dostoyevsky (page 50) and happened to read Vissarion Belinskyâ??s infamous 1847 letter to Nikolai Gogol. The public reading of this letter (to a handful of friends) was a main reason for Dostoyevskyâ??s conviction for subversion. This famous excerpt attracted my attention: Russia File
October 25, 2006 Tiger by the tail In the November/December 2006 issue of Russian Life, we have an interesting article about recent events in Kondopoga, by Russian security expert Marina Latysheva. In the article, Latysheva asserts that certain persons of influence may have sought to exploit the events in Kondopoga. The conflict was not an ethnic backlash at all, Latysheva said, but all about local residents' battling against a t Russia File
October 17, 2006 Matryoshka - Soul of Russia The history and traditions surrounding matryoshka; Russian nesting dolls; Russia's most sought after folkart souvenir. Russia File
September 01, 2006 The Bering Strait The "discovery" of the Bering Strait happened well before Vitus Bering passed through its icy narrows.
September 01, 2006 Dmitry Shostakovich A short biography of the composer whose life was continually challenged by the Powers That Be.
September 01, 2006 The Soviet Table A consideration of how much Russian cuisine has changed since the Soviet era, when the magazine was founded.
September 01, 2006 Moscow and Russia A review of a new "biography" of Moscow during WWII and a photo book on Russia.
September 01, 2006 Back to School Looking back on how the first day of school (and the school year) has changed since the Soviet era.
