The Golden Ring is one of the most famous tourist routes within Russia. Not more than a day from the capital, it offers a glimpse into Russia’s 1000-year-old history. But what if you venture slightly off this well-worn ring?
The Moscow Conservatory is dangerously threatened by the river above which it floats, and by the bureaucrats who underfinance it.
The Internet is becoming an important factor in Russian culture and the Russian economy. We trace its history and plot its future trajectory.
Crafted as a showpiece of communist achievement, today VDNKh is a time-capsule of Soviet kitsch. And yet...
Four years ago, we profiled 100 Young Russians to Watch in the New Century. We felt it was about time to check back and see how some of them are doing.
The internet makes this magazine possible. Yet the internet is very much a double-edged sword.
Readers comment and correct.
The latest from the travel front.
All the news that fits from all across Russia.
A profile of the actor, writer and poet who stood up to the Soviet regime and outlived it in both his art and his life.
Short takes on some historical dates with anniversaries during this issue's publication period.
Biography of the amazing 18th century inventor Ivan Kulibin.
A look at the language (which at times hardly seems like Russian) which reigns on the RuNet.
We review The Five, by Vladimir Jabotinsky, Bobby Fischer Goes to War, A Traveller's Companion to Moscow, Strange Soviet Practices and a CD called Russian Romance.
Veggie-burgers have a Russian antecedent. We give the recipe, plus some interesting cultural history on cookbooks.
A transcript of a conversation we recently uncovered between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Russian Life is a publication of a 30-year-young, award-winning publishing house that creates a bimonthly magazine, books, maps, and other products for Russophiles the world over.
Russian Life 73 Main Street, Suite 402 Montpelier VT 05602
802-223-4955
[email protected]
