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Looking for Connections
May 01, 2007

Looking for Connections

A consideration of some seemingly disparate, yet intrinsically linked events and facts.

A Real Prokhorovshchina
March 01, 2007

A Real Prokhorovshchina

"Whenever I travel abroad," writes our commentator, "I try not to run into fellow Russians..."

Thinking About a Successor
January 01, 2007

Thinking About a Successor

A round up of the top contenders (at present) for the presidential race of 2008, including bookie ratings.

Leaving with Style
November 01, 2006

Leaving with Style

What do you do when you are a forty-something translator and forced to attend a Madonna concert?

Back to School
September 01, 2006

Back to School

Looking back on how the first day of school (and the school year) has changed since the Soviet era.

A History of the Ruble in Three Acts
July 01, 2006

A History of the Ruble in Three Acts

As we note in our Notebook lead this issue, the Russian government is on a fast track to making the ruble fully convertible. For our PostScript, we review the history of the ruble's decline and fall, with attractive graphs!

Agitprop Trumps Counterespionage
March 01, 2006

Agitprop Trumps Counterespionage

The British spy scandal reveals as much about modern Russian counterintelligence as it does about the state of foreign spying in Russia.

A Giant's Passing
January 01, 2006

A Giant's Passing

An elegy to one of Russia's greatest modern thinkers, Mikhail Gasparov, who passed away in late 2005.

The Ultimate Choice
November 01, 2005

The Ultimate Choice

Ruminations on Mikhail Khodorkovsky's battle with Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin.

Security vs. Democracy
September 01, 2005

Security vs. Democracy

Will President Putin introduce direct federal control over the Northern Caucasus? If so, it will be a great loss for Russian democracy.

What is in a Name?
July 01, 2005

What is in a Name?

You might have thought that all of the names glorifying Communist "heroes" were eliminated in the wake of the Soviet collapse. If so, you'd be wrong.

Remembering a Giant
May 01, 2005

Remembering a Giant

An obituary and tribute to one of the greatest Kremlinologists ever, George F. Kennan

 

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From the shores of the White Sea to Moscow and the Northern Caucasus, Russian Rules is a high-speed thriller based on actual events, terrifying possibilities, and some really stupid decisions.
Bears in the Caviar

Bears in the Caviar

Bears in the Caviar is a hilarious and insightful memoir by a diplomat who was “present at the creation” of US-Soviet relations. Charles Thayer headed off to Russia in 1933, calculating that if he could just learn Russian and be on the spot when the US and USSR established relations, he could make himself indispensable and start a career in the foreign service. Remarkably, he pulled it of.
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Survival Russian

Survival Russian is an intensely practical guide to conversational, colloquial and culture-rich Russian. It uses humor, current events and thematically-driven essays to deepen readers’ understanding of Russian language and culture. This enlarged Second Edition of Survival Russian includes over 90 essays and illuminates over 2000 invaluable Russian phrases and words.
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The Little Humpbacked Horse

A beloved Russian classic about a resourceful Russian peasant, Vanya, and his miracle-working horse, who together undergo various trials, exploits and adventures at the whim of a laughable tsar, told in rich, narrative poetry.
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White Magic

The thirteen tales in this volume – all written by Russian émigrés, writers who fled their native country in the early twentieth century – contain a fair dose of magic and mysticism, of terror and the supernatural. There are Petersburg revenants, grief-stricken avengers, Lithuanian vampires, flying skeletons, murders and duels, and even a ghostly Edgar Allen Poe.
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93 Untranslatable Russian Words

Every language has concepts, ideas, words and idioms that are nearly impossible to translate into another language. This book looks at nearly 100 such Russian words and offers paths to their understanding and translation by way of examples from literature and everyday life. Difficult to translate words and concepts are introduced with dictionary definitions, then elucidated with citations from literature, speech and prose, helping the student of Russian comprehend the word/concept in context.
Fish: A History of One Migration

Fish: A History of One Migration

This mesmerizing novel from one of Russia’s most important modern authors traces the life journey of a selfless Russian everywoman. In the wake of the Soviet breakup, inexorable forces drag Vera across the breadth of the Russian empire. Facing a relentless onslaught of human and social trials, she swims against the current of life, countering adversity and pain with compassion and hope, in many ways personifying Mother Russia’s torment and resilience amid the Soviet disintegration.
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Murder at the Dacha

Senior Lieutenant Pavel Matyushkin has a problem. Several, actually. Not the least of them is the fact that a powerful Soviet boss has been murdered, and Matyushkin's surly commander has given him an unreasonably short time frame to close the case.
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22 Russian Crosswords

Test your knowledge of the Russian language, Russian history and society with these 22 challenging puzzles taken from the pages of Russian Life magazine. Most all the clues are in English, but you must fill in the answers in Russian. If you get stumped, of course all the puzzles have answers printed at the back of the book.

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