Fallen Monuments, Then and Now
The USSR’s fallen monuments and failed reckoning offer lessons for our own near future.
Her Story All Year Long
Why do all these “little-known histories” of women leading outsized, daring lives in war and espionage slow to a trickle after Women’s History Month is over?
Remembering the 1991 Moscow Coup—and What Came After
Twenty-five years ago today, tanks rumbled through the streets of Moscow. Do you remember where you were?
A Series of Increasingly Urgent Chernobyl-Related Headlines Ultimately Rejected by Pravda
In “honor” of the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster…
Emory University Shuts Down Russian Major
On Emory University’s decision to shutter several academic departments, including my beloved Russian
Honest Language Lessons: Русский
A poorly-executed tribute to the McSweeney’s “Honest” series, with props to my beloved old Russian 101 primer (in which an early vocab word was “crane operator”).
Victory Day in Russia
On Victory Day in the former USSR
Fall of the USSR, 20 Years Ago. Who cares?
The Soviet Union crapped out 20 years ago. Who even remembers?
The Greenery 