Farewell, Glas, come back soon
“I thought the world will gasp with admiration.” This is how publisher Natasha Perova described what she thought would be the reaction to the first books by Glas, the Russian… Read more »
How to cure us: the medical demons and demonic medicine of Dr. Mikhail Bulgakov
Like most men of science, Serge Voronoff was a romantic. His dream was simple: to prove the viability of cross-species tissue grafts—or, in layman’s terms, to replace the past-their-prime testicles… Read more »
A gallery of burning buildings: 10 first paragraphs about The End in Russian literature
10. Here is how it will end: you will be on a train. You will be walking down a street, in St. Petersburg. You will be riding a red horse.… Read more »
Hey, Verne!: Putin, Power, and the Mysterious Island of Spaceship Russia
On July 27th, 2012, Vladimir Churov made a surprise appearance. The surprising part wasn’t that he appeared: after all, as both the man in charge of Russia’s recently-concluded presidential elections… Read more »
Russia’s children’s ombudsman: Forget about sex education, just read Russian literature
It’s not the first thing that comes to mind when you consider Russian literature, but Pavel Astakhov, Russia’s children’s ombudsman (aka Children’s Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian… Read more »