Following the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953, Russian writers began to strike out in new and bold directions, slowly…
A Crisis in Russia In a stunning report entitled “Dead Souls,” in the January 1999 issue of The Atlantic Monthly,…
During May of 1998, a major nationwide survey was taken of young Russians between the ages of 18 and 29.…
One of the must-see sites for visitors to Moscow is Victory Park (Park Podedy), the massive memorial complex built to…
On Friday, July 17, 1998, exactly 80 years to the day since the Romanov family and its retinue were shot…
In the preface of his book Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia, David Remnick noted that interest in Russia…
During his presidential campaign in June 1996, President Boris Yeltsin initiated a public debate in which he challenged Russian citizens…
As early as 1965, the Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn predicted that “Time has finally run out for Communism.” He said…
Crime and Punishment is one of the world’s greatest literary works. Written in 1864 by the Russian writer Fedor Dostoevsky,…
One of the recurring struggles in post-Communist Russia is the heated debate over the rights of religious minorities and the…