November 01, 1996 Still Alive, Smoker? The language of smoking and smokers, all-important in Rus', is handled in this column.
November 01, 1996 A Potent Mixture Moscow Solyanka -- a hearty fish and vegetable soup, is the featured recipe in this issue.
November 01, 1996 Remembering Past Glories At a time when it would seem Russians have little in the present to glory in, there is ever more reason for looking to the past.
November 01, 1996 Taking Fashion to the French Of the brave first generation of Russian fashion designers, no one is as flamboyant and extravagant as Valentin Yudashkin. Our correspondent finds out what lies behind the success of this eccentric aesthete.
November 01, 1996 Jewel on the Volga Yaroslavl has always been one of Russia's most attractive and visitor-friendly cities. Now, as our writer discovers, its rich history and cultural traditions are providing the basis for a revival of its fortunes. Travel
November 01, 1996 A Woman of Substance Two hundred years ago this month, the death of Empress Catherine II brought many things in Russia to an end. Russia said goodbye to its last female ruler, and to the last ruler in its history to be given the title "veliky" (great). The period known as the Golden Age of the Nobility also drew to a close. Nikolai Pavlenko tells the story of the controversial and strong-willed German princess who siezed ppower in a vast foreign country and earned the ardent respect of her subject and outsiders alike.
November 01, 1996 Operation Whirlpool Forty years ago this month, an uprising in Hungary tested the liberal credentials of the new Khrushchev regime and ended a warming trend in the Cold War. Noted historian Roy Medvedev describes the events of autumn 1956 in Budapest from a contemporary Russian standpoint.
November 01, 1996 From Amerika with Love Where to get Russian-made gifts without traveling to Russia.
November 01, 1996 In Search of La Gloire A look at the too short life and rich work of the 19th century painter Maria Bashkirtseva.
