May/June 2017

Even in the worst of times, we need to remember that the people on the other side are people too.

Readers sound off.

On the Kremlin's Arctic flip flops.

A look at Russian dreams and memes.

In which we look at the revolutionary year through the eyes of the people living through it.

A look at the many ways of taking a break, linguistically speaking.

In this issue’s Uchites, we look at Vladimir Vysotsky and read one of his poems. 

The Republic of Georgia is a land of exquisite paradoxes that are sometimes lovable, sometimes infuriating.

There are many ways to learn music, but just one 
“Russian Way,” as cellist Marianne Ide finds out.

Some gifted young athletes are excelling at the world’s favorite sport – football (aka soccer) – which is amazing given that they are all legally blind.

Where better to begin a literary tour of Moscow than at Mikhail Bulgakov’s notoriously bad apartment, which had an important cameo in his most famous work.

Soviet revolutionary mythology had it that the Aurora’s shot, signaling the beginning of the Bolshevik Revolution, was heard round the world. We check in to find out the latest on the cruiser, and to examine some of its own myths.

Russians love bread, and you are going to love this recipe for Whole Wheat Bread with Seeds.

In which we review 12 titles that have been teetering in our review pile and that Russophiles should love.

Russia's annual spring draft began April 1. This dinosaur gets harder to kill with each passing year.