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September 17, 2006 01:48 PM EDT -- Golden Fall has come to Moscow.... We also call this unique season of year "Babie leto" - our Russian analogue of "Indian summer." The days are sunny and relatively warm - like a last . . . more
October 10, 2006 06:49 PM EDT -- Russia Blasts Planned U.S. Anti-Missile Shield in Poland Russia hit out on Tuesday at U.S. plans to deploy an anti-missile shield on Polish soil, saying the move was an attempt to destabilize the balance . . . more
April 27, 2007 11:35 AM EDT -- Today, just two days after the former President Boris Yeltzin's funeral ceremony, my country lost two of its most beloved and remarkable citizens. Kirill Lavrov was one of our most brilliant actors, . . . more
June 11, 2008 04:52 PM EDT -- Unfortunate reality of Russia. Artivle originaly appeared on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2008/06/C111FEE5-7666-4A1C-A696-6810EAC8CDED.html By . . . more
July 01, 2007 09:48 AM EDT --   New merged region appears on Russia?s map. 01.07.2007, 01.26   MOSCOW, July 1 (Itar-Tass) - A new region ? the Kamchatka territory ? appears . . . more
Drawings of the Kremlin
by Craig Olson
views: 5 | rating: 7 | comments: 3
September 20, 2006 09:12 AM EDT --   I did this article for the Russophiles group. I have been interested in Russian science, Russian history, and Russian chess. I have had limited success with images of Russian scientists, so I decided . . . more
Homework
by Walker Bennett, SF Author
views: 27 | rating: 10 | comments: 13
November 17, 2006 10:15 PM EST -- An interesting turn of events! I have a very good friend in Arkhangelsk whose daughter is in university at the moment.  My friend knows about 20 words in English and I know a couple hundred . . . more
June, 22...
by Svetlana Goryacheva
views: 91 | rating: 9.9 | comments: 50
June 22, 2007 09:20 AM EDT -- On this day, June, 22, 1941, Hitler's troops intruded the Soviet territory and the war - which we call the Great Patriotic War - began. The war which took lives of more than 26 million of my fellow . . . more
February 06, 2007 02:28 PM EST -- Being such intelligent, well-read people at Gather, I thought I'd ask for your help . . . . .   This summer I'll be traveling . . . more
Gunmen Kill Russian Banker
by Donald H.
views: 22 | rating: 10 | comments: 9
September 15, 2006 08:53 AM EDT --                    Gunmen Kill Russian Banker Richard Balmforth Moscow GUNMEN murdered a Russian central banker . . . more
December 19, 2006 11:01 AM EST -- Commercial Raiding Russian-Style Much like their Viking forebears Russian market players are raiding the market place. Unlike the rest of the world where raiding is a term used to denotes the takeover . . . more
Down-To-Earth Aristocrat
by Donald H.
views: 46 | rating: 10 | comments: 17
September 09, 2006 01:27 PM EDT --                            Down-To-Earth Aristocrat He was tall, handsome, . . . more
April 10, 2007 12:42 PM EDT -- There was a very interesting article in this morning's "The Scotsman" (http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=98&id=548452007).  Apparently Vladimir Churov, a former colleague of . . . more
Russian Collage
by Craig Olson
views: 3 | rating: 1
April 14, 2006 11:22 AM EDT --        more
September 07, 2007 05:23 AM EDT --  (Just a little poem in prose I compiled today... ;-) )   I'm just a little Moscow sparrow - so grey, and small, and  plain, so humble and so vulnerable,  unseen among grey . . . more
A Collage of Famous Russians
by Craig Olson
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July 14, 2006 09:15 AM EDT --   This is Rasputin, who was a famous monk who was assassinated.   This is Mendeleyev, a 19th century Russian chemist who invented the periodic table.   This is Lenin. I do not admire . . . more
December 04, 2007 09:08 PM EST -- I find it very interesting, the reactions to Russia's elections this past Sunday.  For those who have not followed it, the party that President Putin supported, United Russia,  won hands . . . more
November 25, 2007 03:35 PM EST -- For students of Russian history or true Russophiles, it may be now true that the entire family of Tsar Nicholas may be reuinited. In early 1918, the Tsar, his entire family, the family doctor, and . . . more
November 01, 2006 07:57 PM EST -- Russians Dying After Moonshine Boom Following Vodka Tax Increase Almost 1000 people have died or have become seriously ill in Russia. Scores have died and 900+ have been treated in hospitals after drinking . . . more
October 03, 2007 02:55 PM EDT -- [ Sent to me by a friend in Moscow. It is very realistic! ] 10 Things You Need To know About Moscow 10. Do not waste your time in Moscow trying to understand the queue system. The very best anthropologists . . . more
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