Let’s Go Already!

Mikhail Bykov Troika Is No Bird

Alexander Pushkin loved traveling. Someone counted that the poet had ridden roughly 34,000 verst, i.e. 40,000 km or 25,000 miles across Russia.

Valentina Perevedentseva The Spiritual Antidote of Julian Lowenfeld

Pushkin’s poetry is capable of not only helping humanity overcome its values crisis, it might even be able to lend a hand in saving us from global warming, according to Julian Henry Lowenfeld.

Vyacheslav Nikonov A Most Eminent Citizen of the Russian State

It is in the works of Nikolai Karamzin that Russian conservative thinking emerged.

Vera Medvedeva Kransnoyarsk Ballad

Romanticism and pragmatism – these two contradictory qualities have served as the pillars of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater.

Olga Ott In the Name of Lomonosov

The Lomonosov Days in Berlin competition, organized by the Society of Russian Language Parents and Teachers of Berlin and supported by the Russkiy Mir Foundation, was held in the German capital in late 2011.

Alla Berezovskaya Best to See Once

We spoke with Elena Lysovaya, director of the German-Russian Mediaportal a year and a half ago during the awards presentation of the Memory of the Heart campaign, organized by the Russkiy Mir Foundation.

Alla Berezovskaya There’s a Referendum!

In Latvia the second stage has concluded for the collecting of signatures in support of granting the Russian language the status of a second state language.

Alek Epstein End of the Golden Age

Printed press in the Russian language in Israel has been going through some difficult times during the past decade.

Vladimir Emelyanenko How to Heal History

Why wasn’t a joint History of the CIS published in time for the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Commonwealth of Independent States?

Denis Terentiev The Difficulties of Reconciliation

In the background of ordinary Russian village scenes, it is difficult not to notice the signs in German. In the well-groomed park with colossal sculptures the trees are numbered and the pathways are surprisingly even.

Elena Vladimirova “All directors have had woeful days with me”

Leonid Zorin has had a unique and very dramatic literary history. His first book was published when he was but 10 years old and Gorky himself praised the author.

Denis Terentiev He’s a Monument

St. Petersburg sculptor Vladimir Gorevoi is one of the last Mohicans of monumentalism.

Irina Lukyanova On Spiritual Joy

Veresaev was not a writer. A doctor – yes; a memoirist – yes. A polemicist, literary historian and translator – he did all that quite well. But he slowly, painfully and meticulously wrote second-rate prose.

Sergei Vinogradov Returning to the Mill

The winds of change are blowing the way of ancient mills. Windmills are seeing a restoration boom in Russia.

Mikhail Bykov Dodo

Marina Tsvetaeva couldn’t stand the word ‘poetess’. There are some activities in life which entail a basic essence that cannot be changed or suppressed.

Ksenia Bobrovich The Fire-Bird of Russia’s Rebirth

Fall, 1905… Rain beats against the windowpane. Maria Tenisheva gazes out but not at the railway platform.

Evgeny Rezepov The New Adventures of Kolobok

Only this past year did it become known where Kolobok was running to when he ran away from grandma and grandpa…

Oksana Prilepina From Masquerade to Nyura Chapai

The III International Festival of Chamber Theaters and Small Format Performances Moldfest.Rampa.Ru was held in Chisinau, bringing together theatrical groups from 24 cities of 16 different countries.

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