The noise in the hall died down, and then a short man in concert tails walked onto the stage. A…
Siberian Flavours: A Festival of Chaldon Cuisine
Gribyatnitsa, ikryanik, vereshchaga, nalivnye kalachi, uvar… These dishes are still prepared in Siberian villages, but for today’s city dwellers, they…
Lewis Carroll’s Russian Journal
For me, the appearance of Lewis Carroll’s Russian Journal was something completely out of the blue. The image of the…
From Folk Tales to the Big Screen: The Evolution of the Russian Fairy Tale
What place do Slavic mythology and folklore occupy in art and popular culture? How does the modern world “repackage” fairy…
Tales to Terrify Europe: Sigismund Herberstein’s Russia
Foreigners have always viewed Russia through a fairy‑tale lens – and still do. They see our country either as a…
Odoevsky: The Russian Prophet
For those who have yet to read Odoevsky, one can only feel envy: they have before them an encounter with…
Past Meets Present: The Siberian Vechorka
On Saturday evenings, the young people of modern Omsk aren’t heading to a nightclub – they’re rushing off to a…
Sevastopol: Where Heroes Stood Their Ground
The writer Gennady Cherkashin once put into words the very essence and spirit of the hero city of Sevastopol: “Here…
A man with a big heart
“I want to go to school,” a five‑year‑old boy declared to his parents. In reply, he was told that the…
The Pilgrim of the Russian Land
The sun is at its zenith. Beneath its merciless rays, the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem appear white…
