Articles

The First Master of Russian Film

May 16, 1998

On February 2, 1946, a banquet was held at Moscow’s House of Film, honoring Stalin Prize laureates. The preeminent Soviet film director, Sergei Eisenstein, who had just turned 48, was among the most feted artists in attendance. He had just completed (in December 1945) the long-awaited Part Two of his three-part epic film, Ivan the [...]

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Vodka: The Little Water of Life

March 1, 1998

By Paul E. Richardson & Mikhail Ivanov There cannot be not enough snacks, There can only be not enough vodka. There can be no silly jokes, There can only be not enough vodka. There can be no ugly women, There can only be not enough vodka. There cannot be too much vodka, There can only [...]

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Come to Moscow, Brother

September 16, 1997

By Paul Richardson and Mikhail Ivanov The merciless July sun sets alight the five, newly gilded domes of a resurrected Christ the Savior Cathedral… A double amputee veteran of the war in Chechnya patrols lines of stopped traffic by wheelchair, asking for assistance… Pensioners battle developers to save a grove of trees they planted near [...]

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