The retelling of history is the best way to understand Russia today.

Russia fascinates and amazes. It is almost more of a living meme, an ethereal parody-land, than it is a real place with real people living real..]]> https://store.russianlife.com/far-away-tales-from-rural-russia/ Sun, 20 Oct 2024 14:48:47 +0000 https://store.russianlife.com/far-away-tales-from-rural-russia/

FAR FROM THE NOISY BOULEVARDS and smoky factories of Moscow, nestled amid forests and rivers, fields and taiga, the Russian village carries on.

It is a beguiling place, where life slows down, where there is room and time for mystery and imagination, for berry picking and courting,..

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FAR FROM THE NOISY BOULEVARDS and smoky factories of Moscow, nestled amid forests and rivers, fields and taiga, the Russian village carries on.

It is a beguiling place, where life slows down, where there is room and time for mystery and imagination, for berry picking and courting,..

Price: $25.00

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FAR FROM THE NOISY BOULEVARDS and smoky factories of Moscow, nestled amid forests and rivers, fields and taiga, the Russian village carries on.

It is a beguiling place, where life slows down, where there is room and time for mystery and imagination, for berry picking and courting,..]]> https://store.russianlife.com/kashtanka-a-bilingual-reader/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:27:22 +0000 https://store.russianlife.com/kashtanka-a-bilingual-reader/

A bilingual presentation (English and accented Russian on facing pages) of one of the great classics of Russian literature. Chekhov's tale of a little dog is rife with social commentary, touching moments, and cultural touchstones. With a fresh translation and introduction by Bob Blaisdell (auth..

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A bilingual presentation (English and accented Russian on facing pages) of one of the great classics of Russian literature. Chekhov's tale of a little dog is rife with social commentary, touching moments, and cultural touchstones. With a fresh translation and introduction by Bob Blaisdell (auth..

Price: $12.00

]]> A bilingual presentation (English and accented Russian on facing pages) of one of the great classics of Russian literature. Chekhov's tale of a little dog is rife with social commentary, touching moments, and cultural touchstones. With a fresh translation and introduction by Bob Blaisdell (auth..]]>

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is widely considered one of history’s finest writers of short stories and plays...]]> https://store.russianlife.com/steppe/ Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:33:15 +0000 https://store.russianlife.com/steppe/

This is the work that made Chekhov..

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Call it resilience, grit, or just perseverance – it takes a special sort of person to have survived the last 100 years of Russian and Soviet history. 

The 22 heroes in this volume were all born in 1917 – Russia’s year of revolution – somewh..

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Call it resilience, grit, or just perseverance – it takes a special sort of person to have survived the last 100 years of Russian and Soviet history. 

The 22 heroes in this volume were all born in 1917 – Russia’s year of revolution – somewh..

Price: $20.00

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Call it resilience, grit, or just perseverance – it takes a special sort of person to have survived the last 100 years of Russian and Soviet history. 

The 22 heroes in this volume were all born in 1917 – Russia’s year of revolution – somewh..]]> $20.00]]> https://store.russianlife.com/driving-down-russias-spine/ Sun, 17 Apr 2016 10:11:25 +0000 https://store.russianlife.com/driving-down-russias-spine/

On one level, this book is the story of an epic 6000-kilometer road trip from the frigid shores of the Barents Sea to Sochi, Russia’s southernmost tip on the Black Sea. Dubbed "The Spine of Russia," the adventure tasked a mismatched duo of Russian and American journalists with capturing a..

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On one level, this book is the story of an epic 6000-kilometer road trip from the frigid shores of the Barents Sea to Sochi, Russia’s southernmost tip on the Black Sea. Dubbed "The Spine of Russia," the adventure tasked a mismatched duo of Russian and American journalists with capturing a..

Price: $15.00

]]> On one level, this book is the story of an epic 6000-kilometer road trip from the frigid shores of the Barents Sea to Sochi, Russia’s southernmost tip on the Black Sea. Dubbed "The Spine of Russia," the adventure tasked a mismatched duo of Russian and American journalists with capturing a..]]>

We searched high and low for Russian-themed wrapping paper, but couldn't find any, so we decided to make our..]]> https://store.russianlife.com/russian-rules/ Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:20:11 +0000 https://store.russianlife.com/russian-rules/

One hundred kilometers north of Arkhangelsk, a Russian sea captain ferries a silent operative to a secluded lighthouse... In Moscow, a hapless American answers an errant phone call and is ordered to make a mob hit... In a remote village in the Caucasus, a strange sickness is killi..

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One hundred kilometers north of Arkhangelsk, a Russian sea captain ferries a silent operative to a secluded lighthouse... In Moscow, a hapless American answers an errant phone call and is ordered to make a mob hit... In a remote village in the Caucasus, a strange sickness is killi..

Price: $16.00

]]> One hundred kilometers north of Arkhangelsk, a Russian sea captain ferries a silent operative to a secluded lighthouse... In Moscow, a hapless American answers an errant phone call and is ordered to make a mob hit... In a remote village in the Caucasus, a strange sickness is killi..]]>