February 01, 1998 Of Pizza Commercials and Cinema Myths Recent battles for control of the hearts and minds of the Russian film industry...
February 01, 1998 Tatyana's Day This day is special not only as the name day of all Tatyanas but also as a day on which Russian students cast their cares to the wind and celebrate. This year, the holiday will be 242 years old.
February 01, 1998 A Cure For All Ills Sour cabbage is made in many countries. But nowhere is it consumed in the quantities it is in Russia.
January 01, 1998 Battle of Stalingrad One million Russia lives were lost, but, Hitler was turned back and Russia can be credited with changing the tide of WWII in Europe. History Int'l Relations Russia File
January 01, 1998 The Year of the Tiger Since this summer, Russia has been initiating a much more pragmatic, multilateral, innovative foreign policy. Long gone are the days when ideology and the politics of superpower brinksmanship set Russia’s foreign policy.
January 01, 1998 A Legend Returns Associate editor Anna Hoare caught up with hockey superstar Sergei Fyodorov to get his views on Russian and American hockey and his future plans. Interview
January 01, 1998 Chechnya Sergei Kaptilkin captured these haunting and human black and white images while posted as a war photographer in the first Chechnya war.
January 01, 1998 Why Christmas Toys are Us The yolka is the centerpiece of Russians' Christmas and New Year's celebrations. And the toys that decorate the yolka have an unusual power.