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Vladimir Mayakovsky’s Soviet Passport
Born on July 19, 1893, in a small Georgian village, Vladimir Mayakovsky is remembered for his contributions to Soviet poetry.
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Editor’s Choice
Summer Evening with the Turetsky Choir. Beethoven, Mahler, and Britten: The Jazz Version? Peter Nalitch. Live from the Internet...
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July in Russian History
Important Dates in History
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Novelties |
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Film Review
Russian Films vs. Hollywood Movies
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Music Review
The train started with a shudder as my voyage to Kiev as a music reporter began.
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Book Review
Traveling on the railways is an experience not to be missed by anyone visiting Russia.
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Art History |
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The Gulag Creativity of Boris Sveshnikov
The 19-year-old art student left home one day on a simple errand and didn’t come back for 10 years.
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Crossing Borders |
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Germans in Russia
Of the many ethnic groups that the Russian people had contact with, it may be the Germans with whom the relationship was the most intense.
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Peter Kropotkin
With Russia’s history once more under review, the time is ripe to celebrate one of the great revolutionary thinkers.
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Scots in Russia
Patrick Gordon commanded Russian armies against the Turks and the Tatars.
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Russians in Cote d’Azur
Before the Russian Revolution in 1917, much of Russian royalty and aristocracy spent a great deal of time and money on the Cote d’Azur.
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Business |
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Visas: Quota Fulfilled
On May 26, 2008, the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation stopped accepting applications for work permits.
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Leisure |
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Mednoye
With summer here, it’s a good time to get out of the city and enjoy some of the cool pine and birch forests around Moscow.
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Odessa
Odessa is a unique city with a unique history that informs its present and is shaping its future.
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Notes from Underground: The End of an Era
The death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 began a period of “de-Stalinization”.
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Star Interview |
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The Designs of Viktoria Savvateeva
As little girls, many of us loved to make clothes for our favorite dolls, sewing shirts, dresses, even underwear.
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Real Estate |
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St. Petersburg’s Marine Facade
One day in early September, a whitehulled cruise ship is to sail up the Gulf of Finland.
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Travel |
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Mongolia: The Festival of Naadam
The history of the Mongolian Buddhist festival of Naadam is as ancient as Chinggiskhan himself.
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Wine |
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Windows on the World
Kevin Zraly was the first wine steward and wine director of what was one of Manhattan’s top restaurants, Windows on the World.
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Canadian Riches
The cork on the bottle of Dan Aykroyd wine is branded “Made from 100% Snob Free Grapes.”
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Restaurant Review |
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Carre Blanc
Carre Blanc has the distinction of being Moscow’s only real, and, not only for that reason, greatest French restaurant.
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Community |
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Fred Flintstone
This was to be an article about women drivers in Bedrock, but there is a problem: there aren’t any, or practically so.
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Lipp Service
Like many of you, I spend most of my summertime in Moscow inside and around the Garden Ring.
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Eva Lanska: Between Paris and Moscow
Paris is a well-kept, esthetically beautiful city, while Moscow is overpopulated, choked with cars, and constantly being torn up.
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Legal Line |
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Daniel Klein’s Legal Line
Passport’s legal columnist Daniel Klein fields legal questions posed by our readers.
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Out and About |
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New Detective Novel from Eva Lanska
On May 20, Russian TV personality Eva Lanska invited guests to walk right into the plot of the detective novel.
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Mercedes-Benz Classic Day
On May 17, the Mercedes-Benz Classic Club held a Moscow road race for vintage cars.
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Summer Party at Marriott Courtyard
On May 29, the Marriott Courtyard Moscow City Center had a party dedicated to the impending arrival of summer.
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Spotlight Singapore in Moscow
Spotlight Singapore is a cultural and economic project designed to facilitate dialogue between that Asian country and other nations.
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Yachting Season
Hundreds of Moscow’s glitterati gathered at the Admiral Boat Club on May 31 to mark the start of the 2008 yachting season.
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Summer Block Party
On June 5th the law firm of Hellevig, Klein & Usov held its first annual Summer Block Party for their office building.
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Diema’s Dream
On May 24, at the GUM department store on Red Square, the Diema’s Dream Foundation held its fourth annual Dreams fundraising event.
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The Last Word |
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June 12: Russia Day
RUSSIA DAY 2008 (photos)
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