It’s an unfortunate fact that no Russian writer since Solzhenitsyn has penetrated the Western consciousness; no composer since Shostakovich, and no playwright since Chekhov, either. But Russian [...]
Just a week before the seriousness of the ongoing pandemic really hit, when it was still possible – though a bit complicated – to travel between countries, I found myself in a hotel [...]
Vladimir Putin, the man, is shrouded in secret, despite the fact that Vladimir Putin, the president, maintains an extraordinarily public profile. What we know about Putin’s biography could barely [...]
Joseph Stalin left behind a bloody legacy. Countless millions of Soviet citizens met their end as a result of his policies. For some, this meant whittling away their foreseeable future in a [...]
Angela Stent’s previous book, The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian relations in the twenty-first century, became the definitive source on U.S.-Russia relations the moment it was published, in [...]
In 2013, Russia’s State Duma unanimously passed a bill criminalizing the distribution of “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships.” The legislation effectively prohibited public [...]
For years, Eliot Borenstein’s previous book, Overkill: sex and violence in contemporary Russian popular culture, has been my go-to recommendation for colleagues and Russocurious friends who want [...]
