Red Cavalry — Isaac Babel; Russia at War
In between wars are other wars. Men fight in them all, whatever is available. Between World War I and …
Tag Archives: Russia
Stalingrad, a Novel – Theodore Plievier
War
Oblomov: The Greatest Russian Novel You’ve Never Heard Of
1842 to 1880: what a forty years for readers of literary masterworks! Â Beginning with Gogol’s Dead Souls and ending with …
Violence Is My Theme — Vladimir Sorokin
Add this to my lengthening to-read-before-you-die list: From The Telegraph’s Best Fiction Books 2011: Moscow, 2028. A scream, a moan, …
Great Russian Heat Wave is Over
From Jeff Masters at Wunderblog: The Great Russian Heat Wave of 2010 ends A powerful cold front swept through Russia …
The Great Russian Heat Wave Continues
The mid-term and long-term effects of climate change are looking like they’ve become short-term this summer. Burning in Russia. Drowning …
Katyn: A Film
I was just on the cusp of realizing that “foreign” films existed and were a real alternative to what 1950s …