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Winter 2008

Banned Art

Yes, Russia is once again banning art. Here are the five worst offenders.

Star City Limits

The Great Translation Chart

Russia's Latin Lover

Zvezdny Gorodok is just another quaint village that hasn’t seen a spruce-up since the 1970s. One difference: this village sends people into space.
From Vladimir Nabokov’s monstrously bloated Onegin to David Mamet’s extra-lean Cherry Orchard, we rifle through English translations of Russian lit classics and pick the best. You’re welcome.
Food
 The Immovable Feast Things may change, but the New Year table always looks the same
Column
 Everything is Illuminati Michael Idov on the new Russia’s conspiracy obsession
Column
 On the Take Leonid Bershidsky on the wonders of a bribe-based economy
Music
 Tubular Hells Meet Russia’s first viral-video celebs: a thug philosopher and a singing Borat
Made in Russia
 The Many Lives of LOMO This issue’s icon: the people’s camera
Fashion
 Denis Simachev One man helps a nation regain its sense of style
Travel
 Visions of Arkhangelsk Tourism here used to be of the involuntary variety. Now it’s merely recommended.
Film
 Small Miracles : Soviet Holiday Movie Kinda-Classics. What the reds were viewing while you watched It’s a Wonderful Life

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Archive
Spring 2007
Explores the fate of free speech, Ivan the Terrible's buried treasure, time travel and homosexuality. Also: young women chopping wood, and a photographic journey to Russia's Far East.
Fall 2007
Fall 2007 Issue with a Bear on the Cover (and Eight More Bears Inside). Children Draw Putin, the New Workaholics, Guide to Sochi, the Russophobe and the Rise and Fall of the Russian Tea Room.
Business Issue
Wild East: American Investment Firm TPG Capital and Russian State Bank VTB Storm St. Petersburg Retailer's Office with Tear Gas and Bombs. Offensive Art. NYSE in Russia.
Summer 2008
Coronating Medvedev, Beet Generation and Russian Porn Academy, "Poor Art," color photos from 1909, and Nina Khrushcheva on Nabokov and Buckley
Fall/Winter 2009
Winter 09 — War and Fashion Issue in stores now.