Pushkin: The Bronze GuestBy Igor Tabakov
As one of Russia's most influential writers, Alexander Pushkin is revered for his creative use of language and his large body of work. His statue on Moscow's Tverskaya Ulitsa was built in 1880 and was moved to Pushkin Square in 1950, and throughout the past century it has overlooked a multitude of changes in the city. Igor Tabakov has accumulated a series of different views of the monument to the writer, and here he shares his favorites.
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Will ‘Bloggerization’ of Russian Bureaucracy Change Relationship between State and Citizens?By Paul Goble
The Internet and even the more limited blogosphere are simply not going to transform Russian political life or Russian culture as quickly as many of the partisans of the world wide web have suggested.
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Drunk Burglar Trampled To Death By Giant PigBy Carl Schreck
The 200-kilogram hog was aggravated by the stink of booze emanating from the luckless thief, police say.
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Turning Our Backs on Anton ChekhovBy John Freedman
In his new production of "The Seagull," Kristian Smeds did what any self-respecting contemporary visionary would do when confronted with a work groaning under the weight of its own mythology: He took the play on, shook it hard and created something new that responds to it.
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Words Worth a Thousand PicturesBy Max Seddon
I recently translated an artwork — not the text written to it, not the text in it, but the actual artwork — that is also a legal document, which for its author, Yury Albert, is par for the course.
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