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Russia’s best known poet was born 250 years ago, and his last name was not Pushkin.

Bloggers and twitterers this fall, in the lead-up to the mayoral elections, were effusive in their praise of Moscow living conditions. Was it real or staged?

After declensions, cases, aspect, verbs of motion, pronunciation, and all the other trials of the Russian language, there is one more thing to learn: quotes, jokes and allusions. Let's do this.

For our final TWERF of 2017, we look back and re-share some of our favorite stories from 2017. They may not be the most note-worthy or news-worthy stories, but we felt they were the most fun.

In which we move east to Samara, on the Volga River, and meet two centenarians living alone in very different ways.

In which we are reminded of a 1924 decision about train schedules.

For all the romanticism commonly associated with world travel, the brutal reality is that it is often a very un-romantic undertaking to move the meat that is our bodies around in the world.

Any good expedition has its lighter moments. We have collected nine such scenes from recent days into a one-act play for your enjoyment.