Archive

Spring 2007

What a bear says when he sees a couple making love in the forest

Now that educated Russian discourse has all but emigrated from print to the Web (taking especially to the criss-crossing blather streams of LiveJournal, which looms surprisingly large here), it was only a matter of time before we discovered the bane of every English-language Internet forum: the macro meme.

Komsomolsk-on-Amur

Freedom of Speech

The Great Russian-American Snow Job

My trip to Komsomolsk-on-Amur was pleasant in every way. And it was good to learn that it really does take eight hours to fly from one side of Russia to the other.
Interview with Nina Krushcheva: Granddaughter of Nikita Krushchev talks about status of free speech, dissent, and critical dialogue today in Russia.
Books
 A Cup of Sorrow "There they were again – those same red circles on the skin. I had already seen them on two other orphans within a month, at the Doctors of the World clinic in St. Petersburg. "
Column
 The Sixth Sense "Having lived in New York for a third of century, I can recognize a countryman from behind, at the wheel and in a stroller."
Food
 Golubtsy (Stuffed Cabbages) What is it that sets Russian women apart from their Western counterparts? It’s their innate, almost mystical knack for cooking golubtsy.
Travel
 Trainspotting Russia is 7 days wide and 14 days long, according to Ilya Merenzon, who prefers traveling by train and enjoys meeting the restaurant car waitresses.
Column
 How to spend the dinner money "The beauty and availability of Russian women draws many foreigners to Moscow..."

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