May 01, 1996 Just What the Doctor Ordered Everyone has heard of borshch, but few people know it was named after a weed...
May 01, 1996 Defending One Sixth of the Earth On the occasion of May Day, when Russia celebrates its most important victory, over Nazi Germany, we look at the place of the military in Russia today.
May 01, 1996 Senka Life at the front during WWII is vividly portrayed in this short work, Senka, by one of Russia's most eminent war writers. Fiction
May 01, 1996 Stalin's Mysteries: Some Answers, Many Questions A review of Eduard Radzinsky's "Stalin".
May 01, 1996 All Hands on Deck Life on a Russian tall ship is explored in this article about a journey on the Ukrainian ship Tovarishch. Travel
May 01, 1996 Ascension of the Savior A history of the observance of this important Orthodox holiday, celebrated on the 40th day from Orthodox Easter.
April 01, 1996 Laughter Through Tears Moscow may not believe in tears, but it definitely believes in laughter. Russian Life’s Mikhail Ivanov takes the occasion of April Fool’s day to look at how the Russian sense of humor has evolved from the Brezhnev years to post-perestroika times.
