Fallen Monuments, Then and Now
The USSR’s fallen monuments and failed reckoning offer lessons for our own near future.
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?
Emory University Shuts Down Russian Major
On Emory University’s decision to shutter several academic departments, including my beloved Russian
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?
Diary of a Soviet Airwoman at War: The Front Closes In
In which a highly cussed young Anna shoots up a comrade’s truck tires to “convince” him to help her start her U-2 and fly out of danger.
Back in the (Former) USSR
I never thought I’d see Moscow again, although I dreamed of it for fourteen years. I boarded a teeming Aeroflot flight in late summer 2005, as Katrina’s receding waters revealed, inch by inch, the erasure of New Orleans as I once knew it. Mourning for that blighted, intoxicating city, I rushed towards another place I…
Diary of a Soviet Airwoman at War: The Battle Draws Near
A young Soviet combat airwoman’s diary of WWII
The Greenery 