Yesterday the internet buzzed with a controversial ad for the Central Children’s Department Store, more commonly known as “Children’s World.” This iconic Soviet landmark dominates one side of Lubyanka Square,…
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Today is Valentine's Day! Russians have taken to this holiday with gusto! You can't move in Moscow today without tripping over something heart-shaped or red. St. Valentine was a Roman…
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The Domestic Goddess of the Green Line Here’s one of the great unsolved mysteries of the universe: (more…)
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All about Russia's black gold... (more…)
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In the winter of my thirty-ninth year, which was my thirteenth in Moscow, I began to be very SAD (seasonal affectively disordered.) (more…)
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