March 29, 2018 New Zealand, Nuke Names, and New 'dos By Irina Bukharin Grudinin shaves the ‘stache, the other election results are in, and New Zealand struggles to offend Russia. Humor News Politics The Weekly Russia File
March 18, 2018 Tsar Vladimir II By Paul E. Richardson Putin has again been elected president. This post was originally written/aired in November 2007. Apparently, it still seems relevant. Humor Politics
November 01, 2017 1917 Diary By Tamara Eidelman All this year, in connection with the centennial of the 1917 revolutions, Calendar has offered readers a view of that year through the eyes of contemporaries. This issue we conclude the series with a look at what was going on in the pivotal months of November and December 1917. History Military Politics
November 01, 2017 Two Roads from Urzhum By David Edwards A good mystery begins unexpectedly in the unlikeliest of places. And then it takes you where you never imagined. This one took the author halfway around the world and more than a hundred years back in time. History Politics
May 31, 2017 Final Diary Entries Before Arrest By Ilya Venyavkin In cooperation with the “Lived” Project, Arzamas selected personal diary entries written immediately before their authors were arrested during the Great Terror. Almost all of these diaries were kept in the FSB Archive – the principal source of information for historians working on the events of 1937 – 1938. History Politics Social Issues
May 17, 2017 The Other Catherine: 7 Facts About Russia's First Empress By Alice E.M. Underwood Catherine I held the title of Empress 40 years before her more famous, “Great” namesake. As the first woman to rule Russia, she had great qualities of her own. Culture History Politics
March 06, 2017 Better Russia By Robert Blaisdell Bob Blaisdell reviews Other Russias, an album of images and impressions of ordinary, unconnected Russian citizens who have unexpectedly found themselves activists. Art Culture Literature Politics
February 23, 2017 Revolution! By Tamara Eidelman On February 23, 1917 the Revolution came to Petrograd. The Tsar abdicated and a long year of turmoil and political upheaval lie ahead... History Politics
December 19, 2016 10 Things (And 5 Jokes) You Didn't Know About Brezhnev By Alice E.M. Underwood Soviet leader Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev would have been 110 on December 19. There are plenty of fun facts and surprising jokes behind the eyebrows. History Humor Politics
October 31, 2016 Why Stalin's Corpse Was Exhumed on Halloween By Alice E.M. Underwood The body of Joseph Stalin was removed from the mausoleum on Red Square on October 31, 1961. It may not be as spooky as Halloween, but the former leader still haunts Russia today. History Politics Social Issues
August 17, 2016 Faded Memories of 1991 By The Editors It's been over two decades since the coup of August 1991, and only half of Russians remember it. But that's not all... History Politics