... Sergei Zhenovach. Stars Vasily Bochkaryov. Maly Theater. 6 p.m. Sunday, May 20th Doc.tor: Vladimir Pankov’s so-called “soundrama” production of Yelena Isayeva’s play about the life of a provincial doctor. Teatr.doc. 8 p.m. New Dogs (Sobaki): Valery Belyakovich adapts Konstantin Sergiyenko’s story “Good-Bye, Gulch” about homeless dogs. Stanislavsky Drama Theater. 7 p.m. New Hunger (Golod): Andrei Vasilyev’s staging of Knut Hamsun novel with Artyom Kretov...

... to feed growing interest in the divisive religious figure who has embodied the church's thickening ties with newly inaugurated President Vladimir Putin. Kirill has openly supported Putin, whose campaign and election to a six-year term in March were dogged by regular street protests against his rule. The silver-haired Kirill, who has warned against "manipulation" on the Internet, is shown at the top of the page deep in prayer over a large golden chalice and crucifix. "There is growing...

... hard to keep under control. In American English, тяжёлая аудитория in the theater is a tough crowd. In school, тяжёлый класс might be an unruly class. Тяжёлый can also be a synonym for большой (massive), so you might come across a тяжёлая собака (huge dog). It can also have the sense of being clumsy, so you might hear about тяжёлый мужик (lumbering hulk). Тяжёлые черты лица are gross features. When used to describe the arts, тяжёлый usually refers to a style that is obtuse, convoluted, or otherwise...

... "Sitlhxpk'el," notes Jonathan David Bobalijk, a University of Connecticut linguistics professor providing examples of some particularities in the Itelmen language. "QsXaj." These words bear not only the meanings of "embers" and "dog" but also the honor of existing in a language both tantalizingly rich and worryingly rare. Itelmen is a highly endangered tongue. Spoken by an ethnic group indigenous to the Kamchatka peninsula, the language is now carried only by a few dozen...

... sense. Part of his brief will be to oversee the energy sector, which seems to be in the crosshairs. One surprise was the appointment of relative unknown Alexander Novak to oversee the energy portfolio. At the same time, the departure of siloviki top dog Igor Sechin from government is another big shakeup in the structure of control over energy — he's been moved to head Rosneftgaz, the holding company that owns the state's stake in oil major Rosneft. This appointment has been widely taken to...

... home and murdered in the local cemetery. The ghetto was established there on the first day of Passover in 1942. Hunger and diseases took their toll, she wrote, and on a lilac-scented May Day, a deep ditch was dug nearby. SS troops armed with whips and dogs rounded up the elderly and ill and shot them to death. The rest were forced to work for the Germans in factories and construction, and on the railroad. Some of the Jews who lived in the Polish city of Krakow were helped by Oskar Schindler during...

... posts and fences with their batons as they ran, were joined by plainclothes police officers wielding batons as they arrested a group of six protestors in a residential courtyard on Plotnikov Pereulok. A local resident, Ilya Arbatsky, who was walking his dog at the time of the arrests, said that the protestors were all teenagers, with none over the age of 20. 
 Many activists were released shortly after being taken into custody, only to rejoin protesters and be arrested again. At about 9:45 p...

... excuse that few believe — that he is needed in Russia to help form a new Cabinet, a job that is the direct responsibility of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Putin could have just as well told Obama that he couldn't make the summit because his dog Koni ate his only tie. At the same time, however, it is understandable why Putin wants to skip the event. The G8 has always been an exclusive "gentlemen's club" of the world's leading industrial democracies, where Putin, much like former...

... declarations bordering on threats from the authorities, that Occupy Abai would not be tolerated. Notably, Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov told Afisha magazine on May 11 that the sit-in was intolerable and would be broken up. This game of cat and dog between the protesters and the authorities continued into the night of May 12 when Vladimir Platonov, the head of the Moscow City Duma, essentially warned Akunin that the May 13 march might turn out badly. The declarations of Peskov, Platonov and...

... would you recommend taking outside Petropavlovsk? A: So much depends on the time of year. In the winter and spring, you can rent cross-country skis and follow beautiful trails that take you through birch forests and under volcanoes. You can also go dog-mushing for the day. In the summer, you can arrange trips on horseback or go rafting down the Avacha River. Ascending Avacha Volcano is a must. And if you like gardening, I’d recommend going to a dacha region and peeking over fences. People...