Vitaly Gashin, restorer All his life, 35-year-old Vitaly Gashin has served noble goals: if in the past he saved people’s lives, now he saves their historical heritage. 100 Young Russians
January 26, 2025 VOICES OF DEFIANCE: Soviet Jewry and the Refuseniks Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum | Culver City, ca One-day symposium dedicated to the examination of the resistance movements of American and Soviet Jews during the Cold War period Lecture Seminar
Vladimir Chuprov, activist While still a student in middle school, Vladimir Chuprov was touched by something he saw on television. “In the early 1980s,” he said, “I saw a frightening Greenpeace TV commercial showing a huge cargo ship throwing barrels of toxic waste onto boats full of environmentalists, whose action was targeted against the burial of toxic waste in the world’s oceans.” 100 Young Russians
Artyom Zhizhkin, musician Artyom Zhizhkin, 16, was accepted at Musical School #1841 on one condition: he had to take up the oboe, and only the oboe. It seems that Zhizhkin’s first teacher, Yevgeny Komarov, tested Zhizhkin’s breathing and labial skills and realized he was ideally suited for this melancholy-sounding instrument. 100 Young Russians
The Beautiful Russia of the Future: Survival Russian in Wartime A look back at what Alexei Navalny bequeathed to the Russian Language.
January 23, 2025 to February 16, 2025 Stage Adaptation of Master and Margarita Pushkin Hall (Theater 86) | New York, NY Stage Adaptation of Master and Margarita, Or, The Devil Comes to Moscow Theater
November 23, 2024 to January 12, 2025 A Hundred Rare Ornaments from the Soviet Era The Museum of Russian Arts | Minneapolis, MN A selection of spun cotton figurines used for tree decoration in the USSR in the 1930s through 1950s. Art Exhibit Exhibit, Other
January 28, 2025 Film Screening: The Master and Margarita (2024) The Wende Museum of the Cold War | Culver City, CA Film Screening: The Master and Margarita (2024) Film
Oblomov You know the story – Oblomov won't get out of bed – read the excerpt that explains it all. Literature