Culture & Customs

Our last stop on the Children of 1917 expedition was Finland, namely Tampere, the country's second largest city, where we met our final two heroes.

Minsk is a city built for giants. And it is where we met a great soul, Maria Fyodorovna Rylik, who dedicated her life to teaching and her family.

In which a retired Polish butcher explains how to live to be 100 and serenades us on his trumpet.

On borders, learning Polish, the influence of culture, and the importance of a sense of humor.

A second post from Krasnoyarsk, where we meet a poetry-writing, rug-weaving centenarian.

Krasnoyarsk: knocking down stereotypes about Siberia and meeting a centenarian who will not be stopped.

On the importance of coffee, academicians, a museum, a rooster, the harvesting of turf, and collectivization. Oh, and Novosibirsk.

On the importance of coffee, academicians, a museum, a rooster, the harvesting of turf, and collectivization.

Quotable quotes from newsmakers and not.

On the preemptive shutdown of a ballet directed by Krill Serebennikov, who, subsequent to this issue going to press, was arrested on trumped up charges of financial fraud.

“On Saturdays, smoke drifts over the village. The banyas are being heated.” Let’s go!

Not many organizations defend the press in modern Russia. In fact, just one seems to be doing it vigorously. This one.