Once embraced by Soviet authorities as a celebration of women's liberation under communism, International Women's Day (March 8) stands stripped of ideology, but not consequence. Our author takes the occasion to ask women about their role in the new Russia.
While their husbands dismantled the Cold War in the late 1980s, Nancy Reagan and Raisa Gorbachev were waging a very visible one on their own. Less well known is the low key though active friendship between current First Ladies Hillary Rodham Clinton and Naina Yeltsin.
From intensive immersion programs to laid back educational tours, opportunities to Study Russian language and culture have never been so varied or accessible.
Anyone who dare contest that women hold together the fabric of Russian society has not spent much time in that country.
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The latest from the travel front.
All the news that fits from all across Russia.
Useful phrases and idioms from the world of metros, trolleybuses and other public transport.
They may not seem that remarkable on the surface, but bliny, when cooked right, are light and heavenly. Here's how to cook the up right, plus a bit of the folklore about what makes them so important to Russians.
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