OPERATION RE-EMIGRATION: Why Russians Who Fled The War Are Returning Home What it is like for those who left Russia after the 2022 mobilization, but who have now chosen to return.
Yevgeny Plyushchenko, athlete Yevgeny Plyushchenko, 18, is the golden boy of figure skating. Not because he is a son of some VIPs or former champions. Not even because he likes to perform in bright, at times provocative costumes. 100 Young Russians
Bury Me With My Rod And Reel Teach a woman to fish, and, it is said, she will feed the whole community, not just herself.
Nikolai Repin, entrepreneur Mathematician, internet pioneer and businessman, Nikolai Repin is a serious character. Even curt digressions into his former hobby (“sailing”) or family life (“a wife and a little daughter”) are matter-of-fact and give no cause for even a smile of pride. Life is not a joking matter to 41-year-old Nikolai Repin. 100 Young Russians
"We're all neighbors now. No, not neighbors. FAMILY." How a disastrous flood is helping to knit a community back together and taking leader to task.
Marat Safin, athlete It takes an extraordinary tennis player to unseat Pete Sampras in three straight sets in a Grand Slam final. Marat Safin is that player. 100 Young Russians
Alyosha the Pot One of the author's last stories, and one of his most poignant. Not published until after his death. In English and Russian. Literature
Maxim Sokolov, journalist Maxim Sokolov, 41, hardly looks the part of a Russian TV journalist. The stocky, bearded writer looks more like a 19th century Russian kupets who you can picture calling out to a waiter in the traktir, “Hey, man! Bring twenty bliny! And don’t forget the salmon! 100 Young Russians
After the Ball Excerpt from one of Tolstoy's later and lesser known stories, in which he seems to revert to his earlier, more literary style. In English and Russian Literature
Maria Yeliseyeva, activist Maria Yeliseyeva, 36, had been working for years with children and the arts—she had an art studio attached to the local House of Pioneers, plus a puppet theater. But just over seven years ago, she happened to visit Orphanage #103 in Moscow’s Lefortovo district. 100 Young Russians
