Search Results

There are 2 item(s) tagged with the keyword "barnaul".

Displaying: 1 - 2 of 2

1. Against Some Odds, Still in the Game!: This week Russia lost but isn’t out yet; football fans, amazingly, spread cheer across Russia; and a storm reminds us of the world outside.; Tags: Rostov-on-Don, soccer, World Cup, barnaul, Nizhny Novgorod; By Irina Bukharin

2. White Ribbon Victory: Do recent nationwide demonstrations in Russia signal a new faith in public action to foment political change?; Tags: shcherbinsky, barnaul, politics, blat; By Maria Kolesnikova

Displaying: 1 - 2 of 2

How to Live 100 Russian Years

The 22 heroes in this volume were all born in 1917 – Russia’s year of revolution. They lived through Civil War, Collectivization, World War II, the Cold War, and the collapse of the USSR. Indeed, their lives are a living reflection of the past Russian century, and their stories show us a side of history not available in any other resource.

GET RESILIENCE

Join Our Tribe

Get The Weekly Russia File and exclusive discounts. It's like a smart, offbeat friend who emails you every week with all the stuff you don't want to miss.

Join Now

On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1986: Gorbachev calls dissident Andrei Sakharov and tells him he and his wife are freed from internal exile. They return to Moscow on December 23.

1932: Rodion Shchedrin, composer, born

1918: The Lithuanian SSR proclaimed by the provisional revolutionary government of Lithuania, formed entirely by the Communist Party of Lithuania. A government did not gain popular support, despite joining, two months later, on February 27, 1919, with the Soviet Socialist Republic of Byelorussia to form the Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (LBSSR or Litbel), which existed for only six months,

1916: Grigory Rasputin, Siberian peasant, mystic, and favorite of Nicholas Alexandra, shot, poisoned and eventually drowned at the house of Prince Felix Yusupov.

1915: Georgy Sviridov, composer, born

1812: During their retreat from Moscow, what was left of Napoleon's Grand Armee crossed the River Memel, Russia's border with East Prussia; 18,000 French troops remain of the 400,000 that invaded.

1800: Vasily Sadovnikov, artist, born.

1696: First Russian diplomatic mission to Europe

Read Me Too

Kulich - Sweetbread Recipe

April 23, 2001

Romney = Russian for "Cold Warrior"

September 14, 2012

Ivan the Terrible and Pokémon the Great

July 21, 2016

Election Journal: Moscow's White Ring

January 30, 2012

A Few Books

Murder and the Muse

December 12, 2016

Resilience ~ The Russian Version (Переживем)

August 17, 2018

Resilience: Life Stories of Centenarians Born in the Year of Revolution

March 05, 2018

About Us

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.