September 01, 1996 Musical Alma Mater A look at the brothers Rubinshtein (Anton and Nikolai) on the anniversary of the opening of the Moscow Conservatory (opened September 1, 1866).
September 01, 1996 Building the Future of Russia Russia's third largest city, Nizhny Novgorod, is 775 years old this month. It is celebrating with a resurrection of its Yarmarka (fair), which has roots dating to the 16th century, and which was the foundation for the 1896 Great All-Russian Exhibition. Robert Greenall offers a look at how this once grey, industrial city is using the Yarmarka to boost its fortunes.
September 01, 1996 Growing a Democracy The demise of Big Brother left Russia with an emasculated state welfare system. Non-profit organizations, with and without Western aid, are attempting to step into the breach. Katherine Young reports on how these new organizations are helping those that Russia's reforms have forgotten.
September 01, 1996 A 'Pocket' of Architecture Riding on Nizhny Novgorod's construction boom, a new wave of city architects are making their mark on the appearance of the city. William Brumfield discovers styles which combine new initiative with echoes of the city's past glory.
September 01, 1996 The Salad They Didn't Like in the Kremlin Kremlyovsky salat -- a delicious salad with salmon, rice, onions and mayo.
August 01, 1996 How Do We Feel, Doctor? Health and doctor related phrases and idioms are this issue's prescription for improving your Russian.
August 01, 1996 Getting in a Jam How to make varenye -- in this case a superb raspberry jam ideal for eating with tea.
August 01, 1996 Here Comes the Nevesta Marx was scornful, Engels was scathing. In his headier days, Lenin considered it a deplorably bourgeois means of oppressing women. But even in Soviet times, Russians got married. Now the way people go about tying the conjugal knot is changing too. Christina Ling takes a look at marriage in Russia, past and present.
August 01, 1996 Samovars President Boris Yeltsin decreed that this year be counted the 250th anniversary of the samovar. What better occasion for Lisa Dickey to visit the world's largest private collection of samovars, now on display in St. Petersburg?
