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Fallen Monuments, Then and Now

The USSR’s fallen monuments and failed reckoning offer lessons for our own near future.

July 7, 2020 in Essays, Russia, Travel, Writing.

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? 

April 5, 2019 in Books, Flying, Russia, Women, Writing.

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?

August 19, 2016 in Essays, Russia, Travel, Writing.

A Series of Increasingly Urgent Chernobyl-Related Headlines Ultimately Rejected by Pravda

In “honor” of the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster…

May 2, 2016 in Ideas and Innovations, Russia.

Emory University Shuts Down Russian Major

On Emory University’s decision to shutter several academic departments, including my beloved Russian

September 19, 2012 in Russia, Writing.

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”).

July 31, 2012 in Russia, Writing.

Victory Day in Russia

On Victory Day in the former USSR

May 9, 2012 in Russia, Women, Writing.

Fall of the USSR, 20 Years Ago. Who cares?

The Soviet Union crapped out 20 years ago. Who even remembers?

December 26, 2011 in Essays, Russia, Travel.

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