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1. Nostalgia Takes a Hit

War transforms the image of the Soviet-era apartment building.

Tags: war in ukraine, history, architecture, apartment
2. See Siberia by Train, Virtually

A new video game takes players across Siberia amidst the Russian Civil War.

Tags: russian revolution, russian civil war, history, video game
3. What's in a Fame?

An internet metric names the most famous historical person from Russia. They aren't Russian.

Tags: Kaliningrad, history, geography
4. Kremlin Rewrites History

A new Russian school textbook rewrites history from the 1970s to the present.

Tags: school, textbook, history
5. "Sieva," The Boy Who Lived, Dead at 97

Esteban "Sieva" Volkov, Trotsky's grandson and last surviving witness of his murder, died at age 97.

Tags: Mexico, history, politics, Esteban Volkov, trotsky
6. Four Books

Some books our reviewer liked, and their significance for lovers of all things Russian.

Tags: history, ukraine, literature, poetry
7. Playing With Fire

Maria Yudia was a profoundly gifted pianist and teacher. And there is a certain lingering myth about her...

Tags: shostakovich, women, history, classical music
8. Russian and Me

A translator with Russian roots ruminates on her past, and what it means to be a Russophile today.

Tags: history, literature, language
9. Scratch a Russian Word...

...and you are likely to find a Tatar one beneath it. We dig into the sordid details.

Tags: language, history, mongol, tatar
10. The Disillusioned

Consideration of five recent books that help us grapple with Russia, Ukraine, and history.

Tags: dissent, history, ukraine

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