January 01, 2003 A Honey of a Winter Drink Sbiten was the drink of choice in Russia long before tea made its appearance.
January 01, 2003 Marina Raskova and Soviet Women Aviators of WWII Marina Raskova, who founded the world's first female aviator corps, has a life story as amazing as the achievements of the corps bearing her name that went on to fight in WWII.
January 01, 2003 Studying Russian Outside the Capitals Some reasons to consider studying Russian outside Moscow and St. Petersburg, with a listing of schools and their programs in provincial cities.
November 01, 2002 A Small Crowd of Oxymorons A look at some of the oxymorons that litter the Russian language.
November 01, 2002 Aiding Siberia While the Russian Civil War raged, a few hundred American Red Cross volunteers labored in far-flung Siberian cities to help refugees and wounded soldiers. Florence Hoffman was one of those volunteers three-quarters of a century ago, and this is her first-hand account of her year in Siberia.
November 01, 2002 The Shalyapin of Russian Soccer On December 1, legendary Russian soccer and hockey player Vsevolod Bobrov (1922-1979) would have turned 80. Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko called Bobrov “the Shalyapin of Russian soccer, and the Gagarin of the puck in Rus.’"
November 01, 2002 Enriching the Russian Language On November 22, 1887, Samuil Marshak was born. A poet, translator, playright, dramatist, literary critic and editor, Marshak was born in Voronezh and began writing poetry at a very early age.
November 01, 2002 A Leading Light of Russian Satire October 28 is the centenary of the illustrious actor of stage and screen, Erast Pavlovich Garin (1902-1980).
November 01, 2002 Eldar Ryazanov Eldar Ryazanov, the legendary film director and screenwriter, turns 75 on November 18. He began his filmmaking career in 1950 by making short subjects and documentaries.
November 01, 2002 A Chapter Closes Mikhail Ivanov, our editor for the past seven years, has decided to move on to new challenges and opportunities.
