Over 75 years have passed since the end of World War II, but the collective memory of the conflict remains potently present for the people of the Russian Federation. Professor…
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In his latest authoritative book, “Journeys Through the Russian Empire,” (Duke University Press, 2020) Russian scholar, photographer, and chronicler of Russian architecture William Craft Brumfield frames the life and work…
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Katherine Zubovich's "Moscow Monumental" charts the decades long effort to transform Russia’s ancient second city into the triumphant capital of the new socialist state, and the construction of the city's…
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A conversation with Professor Michael Khodarkovsky about his new book, Russia's 20th Century: a fresh look at the arc of Soviet history.
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While the Russian Revolutions claimed many Romanov victims, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, the mother of Nicholas II, famously survived. The life of this fascinating woman, born a Danish princess, is…
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Ekaterinburg's Grisly Centenary: The Final Fate of the Romanovs (more…)
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Pel’meni and Susan didn’t seem like a match made in heaven when I looked at it objectively.
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