March 01, 1998 Bringing Home the Gifts How to shop for some unique and valued Russian gifts to bring back home to friends.
March 01, 1998 Berdyaev and the Russian Idea A profile of one of 20th century Russia's preeminent philsophers.
March 01, 1998 Dishes to Wow the Women Two dishes that are great for celebrating women's day (with the men cooking!): Beef with prunes and Pork with prune sauce.
February 01, 1998 It's the Participation That Counts! Ah sports ... Here is the "mandatory program" of sports idioms and phrases.
February 01, 1998 The Agony and the Ecstasy At first glance, the many stories in this month’s issue might seem to have little in common. In fact, there is a common thread. Each story is about the triumph of talent and beauty amidst incredible adversity.
February 01, 1998 The First Master of Russsian Film Maxim Gorky once called film "the Kingdom of Shadows." Sergei Eisenstein was one of the earliest kings of this realm.
February 01, 1998 The Road to Nagano Can the 1998 Russian Winter Olympic team repeat its 1994 performance, bringing home more gold medals than any other national team.
February 01, 1998 Russian Hamlet with a Guitar The poems, voice and lyrics of Vladimir Vysotsky are cherished parts of Russian culture, because they resonate with uncommon truth and depth of feeling.
February 01, 1998 Singing in Exile Fyodor Shalyapin is one of the great operatic singers of our age. But Shalyapin was larger than life in other respects as well.
February 01, 1998 Vladimir: The Power of Architecture When Vladimir fell to the Mongols in 1238, it signaled the beginning of hundreds ofyears of Russian subjugation. But that was just one of the many trials in this town's long history. Travel
