April 23, 2020 Dr. Anton Chekhov and the Typhus Epidemic In 1887, Chekhov the doctor encountered typhus, leading Chekhov the writer to pen this powerful story. Health History Literature Science CVSG Russia File
March 18, 2020 Dissecting Chekhov Translation is an art, not a science. And translating Chekhov is a particularly challenging art. Literature Reviews Russia File
March 14, 2020 Coronavirus Coping: Russian Lit has the Answers Russian literature has an answer for everything. In the times of coronovirus, this is your guide. Art Literature CVSG Russia File
March 14, 2020 The Government Inspector Gets a Monument A town in Volgograd Oblast prepares to welcome Gogol's Inspector... again. Cities & Towns Culture Literature Russia File
March 01, 2020 The Beauties On the occasion of the great writer’s 160th birthday, we offer up one of his lesser-known classics, newly translated. Literature Women
March 01, 2020 Punk Rock and Klotsvog Reviews of a history of punk rock and a novel about a not very likeable woman. Literature Music
March 01, 2020 The Case Against Foreign Lit 300 years of book burnings, banishments, and censorship in Russian books. Government History Literature
February 27, 2020 #TBT Russian Literature is Born 195 years ago today Russian literature was born when a certain Yevgeny showed up. Literature St. Petersburg TBT
January 01, 2020 The Winter of 1920 The first months of 1920 was a dark time in Russia. The Civil War was grinding to its grim conclusion and intellectuals were in the crosshairs. Economy History Literature War
January 01, 2020 Vsevolod Ivanov Vsevolod Ivanov’s books have long since been largely forgotten, and today it is hard to decide whether or not his current obscurity is deserved. Biographies History Literature
October 30, 2019 Dostoyevsky's Birthday in 10 Dark Quotes In honor of the writer's 198th birthday, here are 10 quotes to celebrate the life and writings of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. They may not be cheerful, but they sure are profound. Culture Literature Russia File
October 28, 2019 Velimir Khlebnikov: Innovating 100 Years Before Silicon Valley Happy birthday to Velimir Khlebnikov, Futurist poet, avant-gardist, and developer of an algorithm to predict the future. Art Biographies Literature Russia File
