July/August 2008

Russia this spring won a series of notable victories on the international stage.

Readers comment and correct.

The latest from the travel front.

All the news that fits from all across Russia.

Vladimir Korolenko has been completely forgotten as a writer...

Whenever I "hide a smile in my mustache," a certain old friend from across the ocean feels uneasy and nervous...

For most people who grew up in the cities of the Soviet Union, July 12th was a summer day like any other...

What is it like to grow up with four older sisters? To be treated constantly as an invalid, while knowing you are heir to one of the most powerful monarchies on Earth?

Hot August days and nights await athletes heading to China for this summer’s Olympic games. We survey Russia’s top medal hopes.

A look back at the first Russian Olympic Gold Medalist, Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin.

Tatiana Lebedeva is a lieutenant colonel in the Russian Army, and one of Russia’s best hopes for gold in two long jump events.

Forty-six years ago this summer, the Soviet Union was rocked by its largest mass protest. Dozens died, but only recently have the facts become known.

Russia has one of the world’s most scientifically advanced work forces. Which makes it a natural to take advantage of the global software?outsourcing surge.

The tentacles of Russian software outsourcing are everywhere. Even in tiny Montpelier, Vermont, where Russian Life has its publishing offices.

Mead has a long history in Russian culture and, it turns out, diplomacy. Join us in a round of cranberry mead.

Reviews of: The Angel of Grozny, Investigating the Russian Mafia, Young Pushkin, The Pearl, and History of Music in Russia from Antiquity to 1800

A few choice quotes from June's St. Petersburg Economic Forum, where everybody who was anybody was on display...