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Where's the Cheese in Russian Cheese Pancakes?

Syrniki are thick curd cheese “pancakes” that everyone knows and loves. But where does the word "synik" come from? Most people think it comes...
The Word's Worth

Newspeak for the Russian New Economic Policy

Набор слов: word salad In my continuing quest to read Russian media sources and understand what on earth they mean, I’ve made some progress...
essential reading

2022 Pushkin House Book Prize Awarded to Mary Sarotte

On Sept. 28 at a gala ceremony in the London Library, the Pushkin House Book Prize for 2022 was awarded to Mary E. Sarotte for “Not One Inch: America...
Obituary

Singer, Dancer and Choreographer Boris Moiseyev, Dead at 68

Boris Moiseyev, one of the most famous performers of the Soviet Union and Russia, died on Monday in Moscow at the age of 68. The cause of death was apparently...
divided loyalties

Cold War Spies at the Venice Film Festival

Ted Hall was 16 years old when in 1944 he was recruited as the youngest physicist for the Manhattan Project, the top-secret U.S. program to develop the...
Severing Ties

Russia Shuns Oscars as Ukraine Standoff Hits Arts

Russia has decided not to put forward a film to compete in the Oscars this year, as Moscow's deteriorating ties with the West over Ukraine have...
Long read

Maria Stepanova's 'In Memory of Memory'

“In Memory of Memory” is by Maria Stepanova, an award-winning Russian poet, novelist and journalist. It was translated into English by Sasha...
weekend kitchen

How Russian Solyanka Was Born From Polish Bigos

Solyanka is one of Russian dishes that has a very convoluted and confusing history. Is it a soup or a main course of stewed cabbage? Is it spelled  ...
The Word's Worth

Newspeak in the New Russia

What they say and what they mean are two very different things.
foreign agents

Pop Diva Alla Pugacheva Comes Out Against the War

She asked the Ministry to Justice to make her a foreign agent with her husband.
long read

Elizabeth Wilson Chronicles the Miraculous Life of Maria Yudina

"Playing With Fire" is one of 10 books shortlisted for the 2022 Pushkin House Book Prize.
weekend kitchen

Apple Aspic: Down With Stereotypes!

Foreigners generally don't like Russian meat jellies and aspics. So try an apple aspic first!
delayed restitution

Poland Seeks Return of ‘Stolen’ Art From Russia’s Pushkin Museum

Russia’s Culture Ministry said the paintings in question had been given to the Soviet Union as part of German reparations after World War II. 
one big family

Explainer: Is King Charles III a Romanov?

Here is a primer on the web of relations among European royal families.
long read

'Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate'

Who is responsible for the present crisis in East-West relations? There is plenty of blame to go around.
weekend kitchen

Forshmak: A Russian-Jewish-German Dish

Here's a dish that is simple to make and delicious on dense dark bread.
The Word's Worth

Good King... Who?

Why did King Charles III get a different name in Russian?
culture crackdown

Russia Puts Top Documentary Filmmaker Mansky on Wanted List

"The fact is that I do not live in Russia and I do not agree with what is happening in Russia,” Mansky said.
find of the century

Step Into the Soviet Past with the Manhoff Archive

An archive of photos and films from the USSR in the 1950s was about to be tossed away in Seattle.
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