Russian Life - November/December 2019

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Mysteries of the Altai * History of Russian Scouting * A Private Farmer * Lyonushka and Ruble Bill * Siberian Forest Fires * Excerpts from A Double Life and Returning from Afar * Ivan the Terrible's Second Wife * Yeltsin's Notorious Bridge Incident * The Forgotten Eve of WWII * The Language of Fall and of Trees * King Mushroom

The War To End All Wars Ends

Only to become a war of a different sort in Russia

10+ mins

The Last Soviet-Americans

In order to get from the center of the Black Sea port of Odessa to that city’s best stretch of beach, you ride for 40 minutes on a tram.

10 mins

Grandpa Cuckoo

Vaska Solovyov, nicknamed “Cuckoo” because he stuttered whenever he said “coo-coo-could…,” was puzzled. And the puzzle was how to come up with the money he needed to throw a shindig.

6 mins

The Things They Carry

WOMEN’S HANDBAGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A MYSTERY TO ME.

10 mins

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Russian Life Magazine Description:

Russian Life is your bimonthly trip to the heart of Russian reality. Colorful. Informative. Engaging. Respected.

In short, everything you can want from a bimonthly magazine on Russian history, culture, business and travel.
Each issue contains fine features, news and photo journalism on all aspects of life in Russia, past and present.

Regular departments include: Travel Notes, Events Calendar, Russian Calendar (important events in Russian history that month), Russian Cuisine and Survival Russian – a guide to the Russian you really need to know.

If you're interested in what is going on in the world's largest country, then Russian Life – in publication since 1956 and fiercely independent since 1995 – is for you.