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Gazebos for the People: A Review Essay of Christopher Herwig’s Soviet Bus Stops, Vols. I-II
In Herwig’s photos, bus stops blend in and interact with the environment in a way that seems at once intentional and strangely spontaneous.
Soviet Cinema Lives! Montage, the Kuleshov Effect, and "Game of Thrones"
Over a century of use, early Soviet film techniques have demonstrated their flexibility and power, whether they are deployed to introduce Soviet viewers to Lenin’s New Economic Policy or chronicle...
May Day: A History
The first of May has been celebrated around the world for centuries. Known as “May Day,” the holiday originated in revelries anticipating the coming of spring in the Northern Hemisphere...
Dispatch from Moscow: Observing the World Cup
Just steps from the Mausoleum, fans could participate in a mock World Cup soccer match, buy refreshments, or try their luck kicking a ball against the "highly skilled" Robokeeper —...
Russian Christmas Comes But Once a Year
In the United States, the Christmas season is winding down — or concluded depending on whom you speak to. The “most wonderful time of the year” typically ends after the...
The Story of the Russian “Winnie the Pooh,” Part II
Zakhoder’s Vinni Pukh tends to make snarky comments that speak directly to adult reality.
How Pushkin Became a Cat, Part II
Sometimes, it turns out, "Pushkin" is simply a fun nickname, in no way “instantly summoning,” as the devoted Gogol put it, “an intimation of Russia’s national poet.”
Open Letter on the Termination of Russian Studies Faculty at Ohio University
Like you, we are wholeheartedly invested in the survival and recovery of higher education in the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That recovery depends on the will of universities...
Together, Russia and America Make the Worst Film of the Century
Branded, the recent film written and directed by Jamie Bradshaw and Aleksandr Dulerain, is a shining example for the much-ballyhooed "reset" of Russian-American relations. Bradshaw and Duleriin have proven that...
Anna Karenina, Runway Diva, or, Vengeance is mine, saith The Gap
All fashionistas are alike; all fashion victims are victims in their own way.
Russia is Attacking Western Liberal Democracies
Russia is engaging in an orchestrated, strategic campaign whose purpose is to erode liberal democracy in Europe and the United States.
Film Review: Sarik Andreasian's "Guardians" (2016)
With "Guardians," cinemas saw a Russian superhero team at last. Most of them wished they could unsee it.
Theater Review: Jonathan Leaf's "Pushkin," Now Playing at New York's Sheen Center
When I saw the Sheen Center's new Pushkin play (which runs until August 25), I came aware of both the reverence I should have felt were I Russian and the...
How Pushkin Became a Cat, Part I
An American magazine article from 1936 plainly states that “the name Pushkin is ideal for a cat.” Why?
Тhе Story of the Russian “Winnie the Pooh,” Part I
"A Heffalump, a Horrible Heffalump…a Herrible Hoffalump! Hoff, Hoff, a Hellible Horralump! Holl, Holl, a Hoffable Hellerump!"
Dispatches from NYU Libraries
Experts debate The Global History of Sport in the Cold War - Day 1
On October 23, 2015, the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia opened the New York session of “The Global History of Sport in the Cold War,” a...
Experts debate The Global History of Sport in the Cold War - Day 2
On October 24, 2015, the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia hosted the second part of “The Global History of Sport in the Cold War,” a two-day...