The country house of Konstantin Korovin in Okhotino has miraculously survived to this day. This very house remembers not only…
From Vietnam with Love
Poet and translator Hoang Thuy Toan introduced several generations of Vietnamese readers to Russian poetry. Over seven decades of work,…
«Time! I will pass you by!»
A fair-haired thirteen-year-old girl once asked a seasoned revolutionary: “Can one be a poet and belong to the Party?” “No,”…
A Russian Fairy Tale with a French Accent
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…
