Nikolai Shuvalov, bell maker The son of a dairy worker and a truck driver, Nikolai Shuvalov, 42, is modest to a fault. A self-trained artisan in the art of bell making, Shuvalov founded the Italmas workshop in Tutaev, on the banks of the Volga in Yaroslavl region. 100 Young Russians
Castle of Concrete In this new novel, set in the final year of the Soviet Union, young Sonya is reunited with her once-dissident mother, and they are on their way to navigating a new life together. History Literature Memoir
Flame Out Due to the sports doping ban about which much has been written, Russia was not allowed to compete in the Tokyo Olympics this summer. But Russian athletes did compete under the “flag” of the “Russian Olympic Committee” (ROC). Sports
Original Lithographs The featured artist in this issue is Yuri Annenkov, whose wonderful lithographs from Paris in the 1920s set a perfectly bohemian mood. Art
Sergei Zhilin, musician “Before, it was possible to just bring out a Russian Bear who raised up a paw, and everyone applauded and said ‘Ooh, super.’ Today that Bear has to do something.” 100 Young Russians
Que Faire? One of Teffi's best known stories offers a humorous take on emigre attitudes toward Paris. Humor
Atlas of the Invisible They died in the War on Ukraine, and now they are being remembered with a street or plaza.
