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Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "The Amorous Detective and Other Stories," a short story collection reminiscing about life in Soviet Georgia

Katherine Leung reviews the poetry of Mikhail Aizenberg, translated by J. Kates in the collection "Say Thank You"

Xandie Kuenning reviews "A Crime in the Family," a memoir from Sacha Batthyány about discovering the dark side of one's family history

Sijie Jiang shows how the lasting influence of Soviet culture on the communist China heavily impacts the course of today's Sino-Russian relations.

If Gorbachev is remembered only for the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia may never escape from the clutches of autocracy, writes Hugo Blewett-Mundy.

Although the Red Army left the Danish island of Bornholm 76 years ago, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought the memories of those events to life again. This small island, stretched between [...]

Russia’s gas exports have claimed the headlines again, as war in Ukraine rumbles on and sanctions against the Russian regime are brought back on the table. Webs of metal reaching from the Urals [...]

Katherine Leung review Barbara Martin's Dissident Histories in the Soviet Union: From De-Stalinization to Perestroika.

“Is that your car?” Khusnidin asked, pointing to the UAZ Hunter my friend and I had rented in Bishkek. “I have a Soviet car as well, a white Lada Niva” he said proudly, as my friend plowed the [...]

Thirty years after the break-up of the Soviet Union and the creation of the Russian Federation, many still want to describe the Russian economy, society, and political scenes as “transitional”. [...]