March 01, 2011 Perestroika, Molotov and Dachas By Paul E. Richardson A review of the film "My Perestroika," and the books "Dacha Idylls," "Molotov's Magic Lantern," and "The Road."
January 01, 2011 Siberia, Emigration, Gorky and Georgia By Paul E. Richardson Reviews of: Stalina, by Emily Rubin; Travels in Siberia, by Ian Frazier; Childhood, by Maksim Gorky; Balancing Act, by Natasha Borzilova; and the film Russian Lessons.
November 01, 2010 Spies, Androids and Napoleon By Paul E. Richardson Reviews of Stalin's Romeo Spy, Lost and Found in Russia, Russia Against Napoleon, Android Karenina, The New Nobility, and Russian Music for Cello and Piano.
May 01, 2010 Ravens, Enemies and Crumbs By Paul E. Richardson Reviews of: "The Raven's Gift" by Jon Turk, "Know Your Enemy," by David C. Engerman, "A Mountain of Crumbs," by Elena Gorokhovaya, "Russian San Francisco," by Lydia Zaverukha and Nina Bodgan, and "Peter the Great," by Derek Wilson.
January 01, 2010 Math and Memoirs By Paul E. Richardson A review of "Perfect Rigor" by Masha Gessen, "Anton Chekhov, a Brother's Memoir," by Mikhail Chekhov, three excellent new fiction volumes, and the first of a two part series on language learning aids.
November 01, 2009 Terror, Pushkin and the Beatles By Paul E. Richardson Reviews of In the First Circle, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the documentary How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin, and four other books: There is no Freedom Without Bread!, by Constantine Pleshakov, Brief Lives: Alexander Pushkin, by Robert Chandler, Privet Amerika, and Terrible Tsarinas, by Henri Troyat.
September 01, 2009 Spies, Shostakovich and Gagarin's Grandson By Paul E. Richardson Reviews of the film Gagarin's Grandson, the PBS series Keeping Score, as well as the books The Lost Spy, Spymaster, Everything Flows, A Hero of Our Time and Trotsky.
July 01, 2009 Summer Reading By Paul E. Richardson Selections include: The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight; Londongrad; Kamchatka; Red Sky, Black Death; Wave of Terror; Ballerina (DVD)
May 01, 2009 Into the Screening Room By Paul E. Richardson Where we review four recent films from or about Russia and a new television series appearing on PBS.
March 01, 2009 Verses, Vodka and Royalty By Paul E. Richardson Reviews of Verses and Versions; The King of Vodka; The Last Days of the Romanovs; The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan. Plus brief reviews of some potboiler thrillers, some worthy, some not so much.
January 01, 2009 The Evil That Runs Through Men's Hearts By Paul E. Richardson Five new books that touch, in various ways, on the evil chapters of Soviet and Russian history over the last 100 or so years.
November 01, 2008 Capitals, Oligarchs and Cats By Paul E. Richardson A review of a new book on the Silver Age, another on a Potato Oligarch, and two children's books, including one about a cat...
