July 01, 2000 Venichka's Long Quest to Stardom Finally, author Vendikt Yerofeev is getting the attention he deserves.
June 13, 2000 Role of Women in Russian Cooking Today, the wonderful, hearty and traditional recipes and meals of the Russian table can be attributed to the efforts of Russian women to provide sustenance and nurturing to their families. Culture Food & Drink Women Russia File
June 03, 2000 Golden Khokhloma Unique and enchanting folk art from the region of Transvolga. Art Regions Russia File
May 14, 2000 St. Grand Duchess Elizabeth How did the grand-daughter of Queen Victoria and sister to the Tsarina end up a martyred nun? Health Russia File
May 01, 2000 The Plight of Russia's Orphans The statistics regarding Russia's orphaned and/or abandoned children are quite disturbing with Americans making up the majority of foreign adoptive parents. Reforms have been implemented but do little to improve living conditions in Russia's orphanages. What does the future hold for these children? Int'l Relations Russia File
May 01, 2000 Russia's Troubled Times Russia's turbulent Time of Trouble, period between the Rurik and Romanov Dynasties. History Russia File
May 01, 2000 Dessert a la Tartar Kaymak with wafers is the tasty dessert treat offered in this issue. It is an ancient Tartar/Mongol dish of carmelized cream.
May 01, 2000 Boring Old Russia After a decade marked by coup attempts, parliament sieges, wildly optimistic economic programs, cabinet reshufflings and Caucasian wars, boring is good.
May 01, 2000 Russia's Boys of Summer Baseball is not something one immediately associates with Russia. And rightly so. Yet interesting things can happen in the most unlikely of places.
May 01, 2000 Chekhov Today Few writers have had as much impact on literature and drama as Anton Chekhov. And yet his legacy is largely ignored or overlooked.
May 01, 2000 Suvorov Russia's greatest military general, Alexander Suvorov, is little known outside his homeland, where his exploits are the stuff of legend.
