July 01, 2001 Vermont's Russianicity The news spread like a virus. I was infected by a nonchalant email from another local Russophile, Myranda. “Thought you might be interested,” the email said, “since it is in Montpelier.”
July 01, 2001 Historical Events in July and August Dates and anniversaries that coincide with this summer's issue.
July 01, 2001 Mikhail Bulgakov: A Wolf's Life By most accounts, Mikhail Bulgakov was Russia's most talented writer of fiction in the 20th century. For not only was he gifted with prose, but he also showed uncommon courage in the face of mounting oppression. Edythe Haber gives us a glimpse of this amazing writer's life and work.
July 01, 2001 Passing on the Memories A tribute to veterans of WWII, especially the heroic Alexei Maresiev.
July 01, 2001 Chicken Kiev's little-known origin Chicken Mikhailovsky is the real name of that dish we know as Chicken Kiev.
July 01, 2001 Pontius Pilate Without question, Mikhail Bulgakov's masterwork is his novel, The Master and Margarita, finished just before his death in 1940. To introduce his work to a wider audience, we present here the "masterful" second chapter of the novel, in which Pontius Pilate confronts Yeshua. Fiction
July 01, 2001 Digging up Russian Roots There are nearly three million persons of Russian ancestry in the US today. With the opening of state archives and the removal of taboos on genealogical research in Russia (to say nothing of the online explosion), these Russian-Americans can now more easily excavate the roots of their family trees. Genealogical expert Barbra Krasner-Khait shows how it is done.
July 01, 2001 Bulgakov's Post Horses Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have translated Bulgakov's most "difficult" work: The Master and Margarita, as well as many of Russia's msot famous works of fiction. Editor Mikhail Ivanov sat down with them in Paris to talk about Bulgakov, the translator's art, and Russian literature. Interview
June 26, 2001 Invasion of Russia Remembered Sixtieth Anniversary of Operation Barbarossa; June 22, 2001. History Int'l Relations Russia File
