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Articles by Stephen M. Norris
The Great War That Led to Imperial Apocalypse
In November 1914, the Russian-Jewish writer Semyon Ansky traveled to Galicia to see how the war had changed the region. Ansky — the pen name of Shloyme-Zanvl...
Eastern Front Also Produced Great WWI Prose
The centenary of the Great War is upon us and so too are the innumerable events, publications and reminders of its significance.
Zhivago, Pasternak's 'Final Happiness and Madness'
When the editorial board of Novy Mir formally rejected the publication of Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" in September 1956, they sent the author...
Book Review: The Tale Behind Pasternak's Zhivago Exciting as Book Itself
When the editorial board of "Novy Mir" formally rejected the publication of Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" in September 1956, they sent the author...
Book Review: Plokhy's 'The Last Empire' Is the Best Account of the Soviet Collapse Yet
The recent turmoil in Ukraine has led many Western analysts to accuse President Vladimir Putin of seeking to resurrect the "Soviet Empire." Indeed...
Book Review: Roots of Russian Nationalism Seen in 20th-Century Ukraine
From mid-October, larger and larger crowds convened in Kiev. Worried about their size and their calls for change, the authorities declared martial...
Ukraine's New Sites of Memory, Part III: The Two Banderas
On Jan. 22, 2010, then-President Viktor Yushchenko awarded Stepan Bandera the title "Hero of Ukraine." The decision met with official anger from the...
Ukraine's Sites of Memory: Chernobyl in the Heart
President Vladimir Putin may have declared in 2005 that the Soviet collapse was the "major geopolitical disaster of the century," but the Ukrainian...
Ukraine's New Sites of Memory: A Candle in Kiev
In Kiev's center, next to the Pecherska Lavra and looming above the Dnieper river, stands a new monument dedicated to remembering the famine, or...
Shevchenko's 'Kobzar' Portrays Ukrainian Nationhood
Taras Shevchenko's birthday was March 9, 1814 and this past Sunday, Ukrainians celebrated his bicentennial. In Kiev, Maidan activists laid a wreath...
Konstantin Ernst's Blockbuster History in Sochi
If you tuned into NBC to watch the Olympic opening ceremony, you might have missed some important details about the spectacle. The early headlines...