August 01, 1998 Tolstoy's Art One of the great novelists of Russia and of the world was born 170 years ago. We explore his art and life, and the impact he made on Russian literature.
August 01, 1998 A Very Hot Summer in Prague Three decades ago, Soviet and Warsaw Pact tanks roared into Czechoslovakia. As newly opened archives now reveal, the invasion was neither so swift or successful as originally portrayed.
August 01, 1998 Burying the Romanovs Tsarism was brought to a close with the burial of the Romanov bones in St. Petersburg on July 17, 1998. But were they the Romanov bones? The controversy continues.
August 01, 1998 The great bird's milk secret Ptichye moloko -- that famous Russian torte, has its history revealed here. But the recipe remains a secret...
June 01, 1998 Rubbing Salt in Peasants' Wounds 350 years ago, on June 12, 1648, a huge revolt against taxes flared up in Russia. Here is why it did not lead to democracy...
June 01, 1998 The Volga Germans Soon after coming to power in a bloodless coup, Catherine II (later “The Great”), herself German, extended an invitation to Germans to colonize portions of the lower Volga, to improve farming in the region. Travel
June 01, 1998 Ferapontov: Medieval Stronghold, Modern Treasure Secreted away in a little-known monastery in Northern Russia are some art treasures of incomparable worth. Travel
June 01, 1998 The Tsar of Russian Fish Osetrina po-Tsarsky -- sturgeon prepared in the tsarist manner. What more need be said?
June 01, 1998 Adopting from Russia: A War of Perceptions Our cover story examines one part of Russia's huge and complex problem with orphans: the several thousand Russian children adopted by foreigners each year.
