Russian Life Summer Issue

[Paul Richardson]

The new, July/August 2009 issue of Russian Life is in the mail.

Russian Life is the bimonthly magazine of Russian culture, history  
travel and life.
Subscriptions and back issues available at:
http://www.russianlife.com

Here is what you'll find in our current issue:

Pity the Miliman, by Maria Antonova (Note Book)
When Denis Yevsyukov went on a shooting rampage in a Moscow  
supermarket, it turned public (and presidential) attention toward the  
most corrupt of Russia's public institutions.

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, by Tamara Eidelman (Russian Calendar)
In the spring of 1939, world war appeared inevitable. Hitler was on  
the march in Europe and the Soviet Union was looking to avoid war for  
as long as possible. By August, Stalin had decide to cast his lot with  
Hitler...

Socialist Realism, by Tamara Eidelman (Russian Calendar)
Socialist Realism, a new art form devised by Stalin and Maxim Gorky,  
was pronounced to the world as the henceforth official path of Soviet  
art in August 1934. We look back... { Translation by: Nora Favorov }

Alexander Godunov, by Tamara Eidelman (Russian Calendar)
The god-like ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defected on August 23,  
1979. It was a dramatic event, riveting the world for 3 days. And  
Godunov did not fare so well in the US after his defection.

Gogol 101, by Mikhail Ivanov (Survival Russian)
In which columnist Mikhail Ivanov impresses upon his son the  
importance of reading Gogol, sharing several important Gogolisms along  
the way.

The Beauty Hunter, by Brett Forrest
Anton Alfer has a problem. He is a model scout in the land of models.  
Fifty percent of the world's top models issue from the former Soviet  
Union. Alfer has to choose which girls will make it and which won't.

Soviet Karelia, by Irene Woodhead
Eighty years ago, thousands of Finns who had emigrated to America were  
convinced to return east, to create a new, Finnish homeland in the  
Soviet Republic of Karelia. Things did not work out exactly as planned.

The Kitchen Debate, by Yale Richmond
Fifty years ago this summer, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and  
American Vice President Richard Nixon sparred before the media,  
debating the merits of Capitalism versus Communism on the site of the  
first-ever American Exhibition in Moscow. It set the stage for 40  
years of cultural exchanged.

Media View, by Anastasia Osipova
Vladimir Mukusev, once a media star, has been persona non grata on  
Russian television for a decade. We hand him a mike.

Romanov Worship, by Stella Rock
Ninety years after their assassination in Yekaterinburg, the Romanov  
Royal Family has become an object of intense devotion and veneration.

Farm Preserves, by Darra Goldstein (Russian Cuisine)
While variety may be the spice of life, it is the simplest food that  
fosters friendship, especially when it is offered from the heart.  
Columnist Darra Goldstein remembers her time as a guide at a US  
Exhibit in Moscow and shares a recipe for salted mushrooms.

Summer Reading, by Paul E. Richardson (Under Review)
Selections include: The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight;  
Londongrad; Kamchatka; Red Sky, Black Death; Wave of Terror; Ballerina  
(DVD)

Khrushchev v. Nixon, by John Jacobs (Post Script)
John Jacobs was press officer for the first ever American Exhibit in  
Moscow. He offers a first-hand view of the Nixon-Khrushchev Kitchen  
Debate.


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